Fort Lauderdale Injury Attorney Blog

Driving to court in Broward County recently, we saw yet another auto accident that was caused by a negligent left turn. We have been handling personal injury automobile accident cases for almost a combined 40 years between Mark and Rhonda, and the significant percentage of crashes involve people at red lights or stop signs who are suddenly hit in the rear by careless, negligent drivers, or who themselves crash into a car making a negligent left turn across traffic.

Although the case is certainly more straight forward when the injured victim is the one who had the right of way, we have been successful when representing the turning party as well. Often it might seem that an automobile crash resulting from a left turn across traffic must be due to the turning vehicles' negligence, but we have accident reconstruction experts who have successfully proven that speeding by the oncoming car was the real cause - something by doing metallurgy tests, sometimes by measuring the skid marks in order to determine speed, and increasingly by obtaining GPS data from both vehicles so as to get a precise reading of the speed.

Hit in the rear cases are more straight forward, although there do exist some exceptions to that rule. For instance, if a car stops short negligently, or tries to make an illegal U turn, and is struck from behind, then the claim by the struck driver is not necessarily a "slam dunk", and the driver who struck the leading vehicle, if injured, may have a claim himself.

It is always wise to have experienced attorneys deal with the big insurance companies in these situations. Remember, the goal of insurance adjusters is to save their company money, not to pay you! If they have to pretend to be your friend, so be it, but consumers need to be weary.

We'd like to help. Call Rhonda or Mark at 954.389.8150, 239.793.3331, or email us via our website at www.fairnessforall.com.