Posts tagged automobile accident

• The Reason For The Rise In Florida Auto Accident Insurance Fraud

  Ed Normand | January 27, 2012 11:36 AM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Fraud related to Florida auto accidents is a huge problem. The cause of the problem is well known: Florida's Personal Injury Protection Insurance (PIP) laws give an automatic $10,000.00 in...

• Whiplash Causes Auto Accident Victim’s Costly Injuries

  Ed Normand | September 20, 2011 9:06 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Whiplash is a common but silent injury in trucking and car accidents. Whiplash is a misunderstood injury a person can sustain in an accident. It cannot be seen and is largely argued as an...

• Beware: Scary Hospital Tactics in Patient Billing

  Ed Normand | August 10, 2011 4:22 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 53 year old woman is involved in a motor vehicle accident. No fault of her own. She is taken via ambulance to Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. While there she fills out her...

• Toyota pedal fix welcome, but why so late

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | February 04, 2010 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  News on Monday that Toyota has found a fix for sticky gas pedals that have caused cars to speed up unexpectedly is welcome. It is the second recall that Toyota is issuing – the first was to...

• More Dangers of Distracted Driving

  Ed Normand | November 03, 2009 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A client of mine was forever maimed in a recent car crash, but she wasn’t even driving. Jane was walking in her neighborhood, in broad daylight, when a car veered off the road, and mowed her...

• Dangers of Distracted Driving

  Ed Normand | September 30, 2009 10:24 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  With the advent of safer cars, airbags and mandatory seatbelts one would think that we are progressing toward safer roadways. Technology, however, is bringing about a new and very real danger:...

• A New Way To Objectively Measure Pain

  Ed Normand | August 12, 2009 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A difficult issue in the presentation of a personal injury claim is whether the victim is truly in pain and if so how much? This is especially true in cases with non surgical injuries or...

• Laws Hide Insurance Coverage From Juries

  Ed Normand | July 16, 2009 3:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In Florida and many other states there is a little known law that prevents juries evaluating a civil case from knowing about the existence of insurance. Whether or not someone is insured and how...

• Car Insurance in the New Economy

  Ed Normand | July 09, 2009 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Now more than ever we need to carefully consider the insurance coverage we buy. In the recession more and more drivers are reducing coverage or going without. To protect yourself and your family...

• What is a Lien and Why do They Get Paid Before Me?

  Ed Normand | July 09, 2009 1:04 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In the context of a personal injury case, a lien holder is a creditor that has the right to get paid out of the recovery or settlement before you do. There are many many types of lien holders and...