Miami and Ft. Lauderdale Auto Accident Attorneys
Florida, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Car Accident Lawyers
MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR YOU, AS THE VICTIM, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION
It is imperative that accident victims take prompt measures to preserve evidence and gather facts at the scene. If you are involved in a car, motorcycle, truck or bus accident you should record the names, addresses and phone numbers of the other drivers and passengers. You should also obtain the driver's license information of the other drivers involved as well as the name of their insurance carriers.
The names, addresses and phone numbers of witnesses should also be collected at the scene if possible. Photos should be taken of the cars involved in the accident, the scene of the wreck and your injuries as soon as possible as well.
PHOTOS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESFUL NEGOTIATION OR LITIGATION OF YOUR CASE
Motor vehicle insurance is an important consideration. Many drivers ignore motor vehicle liability insurance requirements, cannot afford to purchase insurance or carry insufficient insurance. You, as the injured victim, may carry uninsured motorist coverage which is a form of insurance that pays for bodily injury that results from an accident with a driver who is legally responsible for the injuries but has no liability coverage or coverage limits below your uninsured motorist limits. If you have been involved in an accident with an uninsured or underinsured driver, it is imperative that you contact an attorney immediately so you do not waive valuable legal rights.
The commercial trucking industry in the United States is plagued by numerous safety problems. Oversize, overweight and speeding trucks, truck driver fatigue, substandard vehicle maintenance, and insufficient regulatory enforcement are all obstacles to safe trucking operations. Thousands of trucking companies consistently place productivity concerns over issues of safety. As a result, numerous collisions occur every year involving large tractor-trailer trucks causing injuries to automobile drivers and passengers. If you are injured in an accident in your car involving a tractor-trailer vehicle, contact our firm immediately for guidance.
In 2004, there were an estimated 6,426,000 car accidents in the United States of America. There were about 2.8 million injuries resulting from those accidents, and approximately 42,800 people were killed in auto accidents in 2004. The motorcyclist's death rate in 2004 reached 3,927. An average of 117 people die every day in motor vehicle crashes in the United States. This means that a death occurs every 12 minutes.
It is a common misconception that victims of automobile accidents do not need attorneys. Until the victim of an automobile accident retains an attorney, the insurance company knows that the person they are dealing with is not currently prepared to take his or her case to court and therefore, they are unlikely to offer fair compensation.
Given today's horrendous stigmas associated with exercising one's legal right, especially when insurance companies routinely offer little or nothing for an accident unless the injured party has retained counsel, it is not uncommon for many victims injured in car accidents to attempt to negotiate directly with the insurance carrier themselves. In most instances, the individual is first met with insincere concern by the carrier, who then steadfastly proceeds to build a case against him/her.
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Youngs and Associates, P.A. of Miami, Florida represents injured individuals in auto accidents, boat accidents, motorcycle accidents, trip and fall cases and all personal injury and wrongful death victims and their families throughout South Florida in communities of Miami-Dade County, Broward County, Palm Beach County, and Monroe County, including Ft. Lauderdale, Plantation, Weston, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs, Coral Gables, Miramar, Miami Beach, Miami Lakes, North Miami Beach, Aventura, Key West, Key Largo, Marathon, Plantation, North Miami. Weston, Pembroke Pines, Miramar, Opa-Locka, Hialeah, Coral Springs, Cooper City, Davie, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Jupiter and throughout Florida. We also assist victims in cases involving all types of accidents with injuries, medical malpractice, food poisoning, cruise ship injuries, dog bites, hit and run accidents, car wrecks, machinery and construction Injuries, inadequate security, workers’ injuries and compensation serving all of South Florida, including: Pembroke Pines, Weston, Davie, Aventura, Cooper City, Plantation, Sunrise, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Broward County, Dade County, Miami and other areas of South Florida. We are lawyers serving victims of all types of personal injury, medical malpractice, defective product liability, car accidents, pharmaceutical negligence, dental negligence and malpractice, admiralty law, wrongful death, dog bites, motorcycle Accidents, school bus accidents and slip and fall injuries.
