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Accidents happen. That is what we tell youngsters who are upset about crushing a favorite toy or spilling a drink at the dinner table. We often think “accident” is a neutral word to describe poor luck — but in reality, it’s more nuanced than that. “Accident” tends to imply that no one is at fault …

One of the major issues in any personal injury case is, what is gonna be the future needs for your medical care? We have to look at and say, how do we project, what’s the future treatment going to be over the course of your life? Because once the case is settled, you can’t come …

In Florida, we have an element of damages called loss of wage-earning capacity. What that means is, when you’ve been hurt in an accident, it can actually affect your ability to earn money at your job in the future. If you’re working in a job and you wanted to work til age 62, you might …

In Florida, we have something known as comparative fault. And what that really means is that when a jury is listening to all the evidence at a trial, they can divide the fault up in a pie chart. And so they could actually say, the plaintiff who’s injured is 50% at fault and the other …

A letter of protection is a letter that a patient will provide to a doctor that asks the doctor to please hold off on collection of the medical bills until your case is resolved. So if you’ve been seriously injured in an accident and you don’t have the financial wherewithal or means to pay the …

  If you’re having shooting pain, it may be caused by a facet joint injury that wouldn’t be seen on an MRI. A facet joint injury is damage to a joint in the spine. The joint is right here where the articulating surfaces are here between the bones. Oftentimes, in an accident, the vertebral bodies …

You should contact an attorney about a shoulder injury soon after a wreck. Oftentimes, after a crash, someone will be having radiating arm pain. That is an injury that can actually get worse over time, so it’s very important to get in and see a lawyer soon so the lawyer can help assess the situation …

 A car accident can cause shoulder injuries. It’s very important to meet with an attorney right away after an accident where you’re having a shoulder injury because the insurance industry often times will dispute this type of injury from a crash, claiming that it’s from wear and tear over your life or what doctors …

   A person’s back can be injured in a car crash in many different ways. Sometimes, when the crash is unfolding, the driver will have their foot fully extended, and when there’s an impact, there is a bolt of pain that shoots up the leg and it jams up into the hip girdle, and …

Often times, clients come to me, and they’ve been struggling with back pain for a long period of time, and they’ve already undergone physical therapy. They’ve taken medication. They’ve been to a chiropractor, and they’re still left with this pain that’s their constant companion. So what I’ll do is sit down with them and go …