Clearwater Florida Car Accident Legal Articles
These legal articles have important information about traffic laws, safety, injuries, accidents and personal injury claims. Our online legal library of articles is updated frequently by our team of local experts on behalf of Jim Dodson, an experienced car accident lawyer.
If you have lost a loved one in a traffic accident or you have been seriously injured, you may be overwhelmed by the questions and decisions you face. You should be able to focus on your grief or your recovery without the immense burden of dealing with how to pay the medical bills or what you should say to the claims adjuster. Our personal injury law firm has over 25 years experience successfully representing car accident cases and wrongful death claims. You need to feel confident that you can turn your personal injury case over to a lawyer who cares about you. If you have immediate questions and want to speak to a Clearwater car accident attorney, call our office at 888-815-6398 to schedule a time to discuss your accident case. There is never a fee for a consultation.
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Common Knee Injuries After a Car Crash Knee injuries from a car accident can occur when the knee hits some part of the car’s interior, such as the dashboard, door, window or, in some cases, the roof. -
Common Spinal Fractures That Occur After a Serious Car Crash Car accidents cause 45 percent of all spinal fractures. They can be very painful and debilitating. Different kinds cause different degrees of disability. -
What are Flexion-Distraction Fractures and What are the Treatment Options? Flexion-distraction fractures can occur in a head-on car collision when the upper body is thrown forward while the lower body is restrained by a seat belt. -
Florida Car Crash Causes a Burst Fracture of the Spine A burst fracture is one in which the vertebra is crushed in all directions. They threaten the spinal cord and can cause injury to the nerves or even paralysis. -
Symptoms & Treatment for a Subdural Hematoma Subdural hematoma is an accumulation of blood on the surface of the brain. This can result from serious head injuries such as those suffered in a car accident. -
Lumbar Fusion Surgery for a Herniated Disc A back injury that may result when you’ve been rear-ended in a car accident is a herniated disc. The most common location is the lower back (lumbar spine). -
Most Common Type of Car Accident is a Rear-End Collision The most common type of car accident is the rear-end collision. There are approximately 2.5 million rear-end accidents in the United States every year. -
A Rear-end Car Accident Can Cause a Cervical Herniated Disc An injury that sometimes occurs in a car accident when the car you are in is hit in the rear is a herniated disc in the neck area, or cervical spine. -
Types of Distracted Driving that Cause Florida Car Crashes Distracted driving is an ever-increasing problem. In 2010 more than 3,000 people died in car accidents caused by distracted driving. -
Florida Car Crashes Caused By Teen Drivers Every year around 5000 people ages 16 to 20 die in car accidents and another 400,000 are seriously injured. Teens four times the average number of car crashes.