Personal Injury Attorney in Miami

Motor vehicle accidents are the most common type of personal injury case because motor vehicle accidents happen every day. In 2018 alone, there were over 400,000 crashes with 254,484 of them resulting in injuries and 3,150 of them resulting in fatalities. A vehicle accident can involve any type of vehicle including cars, motorcycles, trucks, and SUVs and can involve pedestrians as well. Vehicle accidents are also one of the more serious types of personal injury case because of the potentially catastrophic damage to the occupants of the involved vehicles, the vehicles, and any property involved in the accident.

Even a minor collision can result in whiplash injuries, whereas more devastating accidents can cause broken bones, internal bleeding, and serious head injuries. Those injuries can result in expensive medical bills and lost wages due to the victim being unable to work. There are also the costs of vehicle repairs or replacement costs. All of those expenses are why it is important that anyone involved in a vehicle accident contact a Miami personal injury lawyer as soon as they can.

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This is one of the more self-explanatory kinds of personal injury, but despite its simple, straightforward nature, it can have serious consequences. Slip and fall injuries are a subcategory of what are called premises liability claims. What that means is that when a person slips, falls, and injures themselves on a property, the owner of that property can be held liable for the person’s injuries. A slip and fall can be caused by wet flooring, poor lighting, uneven ground, torn carpeting, or anything that causes perilous footing without any warning notice being prominently displayed.

Additionally, the slip and fall victim must have a legal reason to be on the property, so if someone is trespassing on a property, then the owner may not need to provide any warning. Aside from the presence, or lack thereof, of warning signs, one or more of the following conditions must be present on the property:

• The property owner must have created the dangerous condition.
• The property owner did not take corrective measures to fix the condition.
• The dangerous condition was present long enough that the owner should have known about it and fixed it.

A slip and fall case is one where there will be a lot of arguments about common sense, namely that a reasonable person would have identified and fixed the problem causing the accident. Another aspect to consider is that a reasonable person could have noticed or anticipated the dangerous condition. Slip and fall accidents can cause serious injuries like broken hips, concussions, broken bones, sprains, cuts, bruises, or muscle strains. All those injuries can result in high medical expenses and lost wages, which is why slip and fall victims deserve compensation.

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When any of the preceding personal injury cases causes someone’s death, a wrongful death suit can be filed by the family of the decedent. That means that the burden of proof in a wrongful death claim is the same as it is in a personal injury case. So, if someone dies because of medical malpractice, it is necessary to prove that the doctor was negligent in their treatment of the patient.

A wrongful death claim can be filed on behalf of the decedent by someone representing the survivors who had a relationship with the deceased, in Florida, that includes the following people:

• The spouse
• The parents
• The children
• Dependent blood relatives
• Dependent adoptive siblings
• Children born out of wedlock to the mother or father, but it must be established that the father provided child support

The survivors of the decedent are called beneficiaries and are eligible to receive compensation for funeral and burial expenses, medical expenses incurred while the decedent was alive, loss of financial support, loss of companionship, and any other expenses or financial consequences related to the death of the victim.

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