With the holiday season often comes road trips to visit family or fun vacations to snowy winter wonderlands! As exciting as holiday trips can be, they also mean much more traffic and increasingly hazardous road conditions.
With the holiday season often comes road trips to visit family or fun vacations to snowy winter wonderlands! As exciting as holiday trips can be, they also mean much more traffic and increasingly hazardous road conditions.
Topics: Distracted Driving, Speeding Accidents, Drinking and Driving, auto accident, Gainesville, Tips
Posted by Steven A. Bagen
Nov 14, 2019 12:32:00 PM
After an accident, it can be easy to make a mistake: a mistake that could cost you dearly, and may prevent you from receiving the money you deserve. These seven common mistakes may not seem like a big deal, but they can have a profound effect on the outcome of your case. A little attentiveness can go a long way towards reaching a successful settlement or award!
Topics: Personal Injury Attorney(s), Serious Accidents & Injuries, Personal Injury Law, suing your employer, auto accident, personal injury cases for minors, Tips
Millions of accidents occur every year. No one expects to get into a car accident, so when an accident happens to you, it is all too easy to forget what you should do in the moments and days afterward—especially if you were seriously injured in the accident.
Topics: Car Accidents, Serious Accidents & Injuries, hit and run, auto accident, Gainesville
If you are injured because of another person’s or company’s negligence, you are entitled to compensation for your injuries and losses caused by your injury under Florida statutes. However, these statutes for personal injury outline specific requirements for filing a personal injury claim in the state. Here is what you should know about Florida’s personal injury statutes if you are considering filing a case.
Topics: Boating Accidents, Wrongful Death, Truck Accidents, Personal Injury Law, auto accident
Posted by Steven A. Bagen
Aug 6, 2019 9:15:00 AM
If you have been involved in a car accident, you need to know about PIP insurance. PIP, or Personal Injury Protection, is the generic phrase used in Florida to describe the medical and wage coverage available for the policyholder and others to pay medical bills and lost wages after you have had a car accident.
Topics: Car Accidents, Personal Injury, auto accident
The death of a loved one leaves a hole in our lives we can never fill. The pain of a tragic loss is more than enough to bear during the process of grieving, and can make shouldering other responsibilities, like memorial details, overwhelming. Obtaining legal advice, in addition to support, during this time is critical to navigating the difficult road ahead.
Topics: Wrongful Death, auto accident
A car accident can upset your life, and an accident involving a fatality is especially tragic.
Fatal Crash Totals
Topics: Car Accidents, Wrongful Death, auto accident
Posted by Steven A. Bagen
Mar 21, 2017 11:50:14 AM
A traffic accident occurring Monday morning has left a motorcyclist in critical condition.
The accident occurred in front of UF Health Shands around 11:45 am. According to officials at the Gainesville Police Department (GPD), the crash involved one motorcycle and one car.
Topics: Motorcycle Accidents, auto accident
Posted by Steven A. Bagen
Nov 18, 2016 12:04:27 PM
The last 40 years have seen a decline in highway fatalities. Unfortunately, 2015 saw the largest annual percentage jump over any year in the last 50, and, thus far, 2016 has been even worse. In the first six months of 2016, highway deaths increased by over 10% from a comparable period in 2015.
Topics: Distracted Driving, Car, auto accident, smartphone, mobile devices
Posted by Steven Bagen
Oct 28, 2016 4:15:00 PM
This morning was an unfortunate reminder of Florida’s status as the leader in the nation for bicycle deaths per capita.
Topics: Pedestrian Accidents, Truck Accidents, Car, auto accident
