An unexpected injury could disrupt your life in every way. You may need medical treatment and time to recover, and may experience financial hardship as a result.
Contact a Maitland personal injury lawyer at our firm for help. Our attorneys at The Florida Firm are well-known for their aggressive advocacy in securing fair compensation for injured individuals, and our firm is dedicated to providing compassionate, personalized service.
Serious Injuries Require Legal Representation
When an accident injures you or seriously hurts or kills a family member, pursuing a lawsuit may not be your top priority. You and your family should focus on recovering from the injuries, coping with any permanent impacts, and moving forward after the loss.
However, people often take legal action since it is the only way to hold someone accountable for causing harm. Our attorneys represent people in Maitland who have sustained severe physical harm, such as:
- Severe fractures
- Burns
- Soft tissue injuries
- Disfiguring facial injuries
- Damage to internal organs
- Head injuries, including traumatic brain injury
- Paralysis
- Amputation
We also represent parents whose children suffered birth injuries and people who experienced severe harm due to medical errors, such as a failure to diagnose cancer in a timely manner.
We could help regardless of the circumstance that caused your injury. We handle cases involving:
- Vehicle accidents, including car, truck, bus, motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian crashes
- Medical malpractice
- Nursing home abuse
- Premises liability
- Slips, trips, and falls
- Dog bites
- Defective products
- Workplace accidents
No matter the cause, our dedicated injury lawyers are committed to pursuing justice and securing the compensation you need to rebuild your life.
Proving Someone Else Is Legally Responsible for Your Injuries
In order to hold another party financially responsible for your injuries, you must prove that their negligence caused the incident or condition that led to the harm. Negligence is a failure to use an appropriate degree of caution to prevent injury to others.
Proving negligence depends on the circumstances and the relationship between you and the responsible party. A healthcare provider has a duty to meet the standard of care expected from other similarly credentialed providers practicing in the same area and is negligent if their care fails to meet this standard. A truck or bus driver must use the utmost care to avoid injuring others using the road, but other drivers must use only reasonable care to avoid harming others.
Our attorneys have experience handling all types of personal injury cases in Maitland. Our team could investigate the incident that harmed you, identify the potentially responsible parties, and collect evidence of their negligence to hold them accountable.
How Do You Prove Your Damages in an Injury Case?
If you could prove that another party’s negligence contributed to an incident that harmed you, that party owes you compensation. It is critical to keep evidence of all your expenses and losses related to your injury, including:
- Co-payments and deductibles
- Time off from work
- Paid time off used
- Any incidental costs you incur, such as parking at medical appointments, babysitters, and help for household tasks you cannot perform due to your injury
The responsible party must also compensate you for your pain and suffering. Keeping a journal helps you document the severity of your pain, the events and activities you miss due to the injury, and the impact on your mental health, such as sleeplessness, anxiety, or mood swings.
If you were partially responsible for the accident that injured you, it could impact the damages you may receive. According to Florida Statutes § 768.81, you may claim damages from other negligent parties even if your conduct contributed to your accident. However, the court reduces the amount you receive by a percentage that reflects your degree of fault, and you cannot collect any damages if you primarily caused the accident.
Damages in Fatal Accidents
When a family member dies due to someone else’s negligent or criminal act, you could file a wrongful death lawsuit against them. Your family could receive compensation for:
- Your loved one’s lost earnings
- Funds your loved one would have saved over their lifetime and left to you as an inheritance
- Your loved one’s medical and funeral expenses
- Your mental anguish and loss of companionship
Our Maitland injury lawyers have obtained significant compensation in verdicts and settlements in many wrongful death cases on behalf of surviving family members. For example, we secured an $887,500 recovery in a wrongful death medical malpractice case involving a failure to timely diagnose and treat an intra-abdominal bleed.
Contact Our Maitland Personal Injury Attorneys To Pursue Compensation
When another party causes you injuries in an accident or incident, they should compensate you for your losses. For the best chance of receiving fair compensation, work with an experienced Maitland personal injury lawyer at Colling Gilbert Wright.
We are the law firm other lawyers turn to when they or their family members need representation in an injury case. Contact us today with no risk, as we only collect our fees and expenses if we obtain compensation for you.