Auto accident law as it applies in Florida – Expertise of a Miami personal injury advocate

Under the Florida law, you are allowed to recover medical expenses and lost wages after being injured in a car accident from your own auto insurance policy. If one of your family members died in an auto accident, you have a right to wrongful death claim which includes reimbursement for funeral expenses. Bear in mind that as long as you or your loved one was not at fault for the accident, the insurance company cannot raise the rates because you filed a claim. For covering the expenses in excess of what your insurance company covers, the at-fault driver or their insurance company is liable.

Conditions for personal injury compensation under the Florida law

Under Florida law, your permanent injury needs to qualify as being within a reasonable degree of medical probability for you to receive money damages from the at-fault driver or their insurance company. The degree of probability is very comprehensive and you do not have to be in a wheel chair or on crutches to qualify for compensation. Continuing pain or other medical conditions which a doctor certifies as permanent qualifies to be within the medical degree of probability.

Tactics used by the insurance company or defendant’s lawyer

The defendant’s lawyer or the insurance company of the at-fault driver tries to dispute your permanent injury. Apart from claiming that your injury is not a permanent one, they also try to prove that it is caused by a condition that existed prior to the accident. However, with the help of an experienced Personal injury advocate in Miami you can get compensation for all economic losses, including loss of wages current and future, apart from medical expenses current and future.