Fort Lauderdale Injury Attorney Blog

With many Florida drivers uninsured, particularly in Broward, Miami Dade, Palm Beach and Collier Counties, it borders on the irresponsible for people not to protect themselves with Uninsured / Underinsured Motorist insurance (commonly called just "UM") in the event they suffer serious personal injuries due to some other person's negligence. One recent South Florida client was sitting at a red light when she was struck from behind by an uninsured man who was travelling about 50 miles per hour. Our client's injuries were devastating, requiring immediate surgery to keep her neck bones together with metal plates, rods and screws. Although she had significant liability insurance in the event she injured someone else, she opted to save a few bucks and decline UM insurance. UM is a bargain because it protects you against the negligence of others - people you have no control over - unlike any other type of auto insurance. In fact, it is not a good deal for insurance companies, which is why the Florida legislature requires insurers who wish to sell automobile insurance in Florida to offer it to consumers. The person who injured her is without assets and now in prison for at least three years on unrelated drug charges. Had our client had UM insurance, she would have been able to collect the same amount of money for herself that she is insured for in the event she negligently harmed others.

We've spent our entire legal careers as personal injury lawyers, dealing with automobile accidents resulting in serious injury or wrongful death, and the attendant insurance issues that almost always arise. We have successfully found insurance where many thought none existed, and successfully sued Florida insurance companies who wrongly disclaimed coverage. Call us at 954.389.8150 or 239.793.3331, or email us through our website at www.fairnessforall.com, for a free consultation with Mark or Rhonda Weinstein.

A recent Broward County / Fort Lauderdale newspaper story detailed a rash of South Florida hit and run accidents resulting in serious personal injury, sometimes involving auto - on - auto car crashes, and sometimes involving Fort Lauderdale or Broward County pedestrians being struck by automobiles. Whether the rash is circumstantial, or due to people dropping their automobile insurance during troubled financial times, is unclear. However, so long as victims of these crimes have had the foresight to purchase Uninsured Motorist / Underinsured Motorist insurance, their damages often will be covered above and beyond their personal injury protection (pip) insurance, even when the perpetrator can not be found.

When "phantom" vehicles are involved, automobile insurers often try every trick in the book to avoid payment, but at Weinstein & Weinstein, P.A., we have been quite successful on behalf of innocently injured South Florida consumers who need a knowledgeable voice and someone to fight for them. Give us a call or send us a note through our website, www.fairnessforall.com, to set up a free consultation with Mark or Rhonda Weinstein.

A driver of a 1996 Jaguar sustained severe injuries and died at the scene when he lost control of his car on an exit ramp of I-95 in Broward County. The Fort Lauderdale vehicle accident happened at approximately 11:30 a.m, in broad daylight, on the southbound ramp of I-95 leading to Interstate 595, according the the Florida Highway Patrol.

An accident involving only one car is often caused by dangerous road conditions, other drivers who are speeding, drunk drivers who cause injuries or deaths and fail to stop, defective design and/or maintenance of an automobile, or simple error by the driver. Negligence of the driver in a single automobile accident often results in serious personal injuries to passengers, who have a claim against the driver and/or the driver's insurance company, or the injured person's own insurance company if uninsured motorists insurance or underinsured motorists insurance was purchased. The other types of negligence described possess an injured person with valid claims against the wrongdoer, be it against a municipality, person, private company, or automobile manufacturer. We have been successful in many instances in bringing cases for personal injury or wrongful death even when there is only one vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident, be the accident in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Naples, or elsewhere in the State and nation.

If you are severely injured in an automobile accident, we'd like to help. Remember that attorneys who are experienced in personal injury, wrongful death and automobile accident cases can ensure that all possible avenues of recovery are thoroughly exhausted and that your rights as an accident victim are protected. Call us at 954.389.8150, 239.793.3331, or contact us by email through our website at www.fairnessforall.com.