Everyone has been in the situation where you are driving on I-95 or another highway when a tractor trailer, seemingly swerving back and forth onto the dividers between lanes and with its driver barely in control, blows past like you are parked. This is unfortunately an everyday occurrence on Florida interstates, state highways, and even…
If you are employed as a carpenter, you are injured in a car accident caused by someone else’s negligence, and your ability to use one of your hands is badly impaired as a result of that injury, then you are right to be worried about what effect that person’s negligence may have on your ability…
You are riding your motorcycle on a stretch of I-95 in Palm Beach County, not wearing a helmet, when a motorist texting while driving her sports car above the speed limit merges straight into you; she barely glancing up from her phone to check her rear-view mirror before changing lanes. Your bike is sideswiped by…
On your way into your bank’s local branch to deposit a check, you trip and fall. You walked into the bank just like every other time, did not see a hole in the floor where one of the tiles was missing and in the process of being replaced, and stepped straight into the hole, twisting…
One of the most important, but least understood, truths of motor vehicle accidents or other personal injury scenarios in which a victim is injured as a result of someone else’s negligence in Florida is the importance of receiving medical treatment for whatever injuries you suffered as soon as possible after your injuries have occurred. There…
Florida pedestrian accidents occur with alarming frequency. Simply put, the Sunshine State is a dangerous state for pedestrians and, in fact, is often rated as the most dangerous state in the country for pedestrians. It contains many of the most dangerous cities in the country for pedestrians on every annual ranking. With every year that…
Schwed, Adams & McGinley, PA is pleased to announce that Super Lawyers® has selected Allen Gressett to its ranks of 2020 Rising Stars in the Mid-South. Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas in each state who are recognized highly by their peers for their professional achievement. To be considered for…
You are heading home from the grocery store one day after work when you stop at a yellow light that is clearly about to turn red. The next thing you know, you hear a deafening noise, and your car is thrown forward into the intersection. The driver behind you, clearly intent on making that light,…
If you have been injured due to someone else’s negligence in Florida, chances are you have either filed a claim with the responsible party’s insurance carrier or, if the responsible party’s insurer refused to take your claim seriously, or a personal injury lawsuit against the driver that injured you. There will come a point in…
One of the great mysteries for a person who has been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence in Florida is how the other side’s insurer comes to its valuation of their claim against that insurer’s client, the person who injured them. This will be a large factor in whether the insurer tries to…
