Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Distraction-Related Pedestrian Accidents
Pedestrian accidents, like any other type of accident, occur for a variety of different reasons, many of which involve driver or pedestrian distraction. Determining whether this type of distraction played a role can have a significant impact when it comes to recovering damages, so if you were involved in a car accident in Florida… Read More »
Determining Who is Liable for a Chain Reaction Accident
Multi-vehicle accidents have a number of different causes, but chain reaction collisions are perhaps the most common. These accidents occur when there are three or more vehicles in a row, the first of which is involved in a collision, which causes the next car to collide with the first vehicle, and so on. Because… Read More »
Determining Damages in Your Personal Injury Claim
Sustaining serious injuries in an accident can have far reaching consequences for the injured parties and their families. For instance, particularly traumatic injuries are often difficult, painful, and expensive to treat, and could still leave a person struggling with disability for months or even years after an accident, while also trying to stay on… Read More »
Open and Obvious Property Conditions Can Affect Premises Liability Claims
Property owners are required to use a certain amount of care to ensure that their premises are properly maintained when they invite others onto that property. Landowners who fail to take these steps could open themselves up to liability if someone is injured as a result of their negligence. There are certain types of… Read More »
What to do After a Slip and Fall Accident
When many people think about personal injury claims they imagine serious car accidents, or injuries caused by dangerous consumer products. While these types of accidents can and do occur at a surprisingly high rate, the reality is that some of the most common accidents behind personal injury claims are actually slip and fall accidents…. Read More »
Injuries Caused by Fallen Tree Branches
With winter in full swing, pedestrians are more at risk of being injured by a fallen tree branch than at any other time of the year. Unfortunately, determining liability in these types of cases tends to be difficult, so many injured parties are left without compensation for their injuries. To ensure that this doesn’t… Read More »
Collecting Compensation for Delayed Injuries
Thousands of people are injured in car accidents in Florida every year. While many of these injuries, such as lacerations and broken bones, are immediately noticeable to victims, others, such as nerve damage and head trauma may only manifest after a number of days, or even weeks have passed. Recovering damages in these cases… Read More »
Proving Fault in a Motorcycle Accident
Motorcycle collisions are among the most devastating types of vehicle accidents in which a person can be involved. This is largely because riders are much more susceptible to injury, while motorcycles are also less maneuverable and resilient than standard passenger vehicles. As a result of these disadvantages, injuries sustained by riders tend to be… Read More »
The Statute of Limitations for Filing a Car Accident Claim in Florida
Florida is a no-fault auto insurance state, which means that in most cases, car accident victims are required to go through their own insurers when seeking compensation for accident-related losses regardless of who was actually at fault for the accident. There are, however, certain situations when injured parties are permitted to file lawsuits against… Read More »
Common Car Accident Injuries
Car accidents can result in a variety of injuries ranging in severity from minor scrapes and bruises to head trauma and spinal cord injuries. Generally, how severe an injury is depends on a number of different factors, including where the injured party was sitting in the vehicle at the time of the accident, the… Read More »
