Winter Park Car Accident Lawyers

In a typical year, the State of Florida experiences approximately 400,000 car accidents, resulting in around 250,000 injuries. In the Orlando metropolitan area alone, there were over 20,000 injuries and 206 fatalities due to car accidents in the year 2022. Beyond physical harm, individuals involved in a car accident may encounter financial difficulties and endure lasting psychological trauma. If you were injured in a Winter Park car accident, and another party was responsible for causing or contributing to the accident, you may be entitled to compensation for your physical injuries and emotional trauma. You may also be entitled to compensation if a loved one was fatally injured in a Winter Park car accident.

The Winter Park car accident attorneys at Bailey Fisher understand the profound injuries a motor vehicle collision can inflict on your life. Recognizing the challenges of navigating the legal process while still trying to prioritize your recovery, the team at Bailey Fisher is devoted to assisting you in the pursuit of justice. With the necessary expertise and resources, we aim to identify the responsible party (or parties) and hold them accountable. We are committed to ensuring that you receive comprehensive and equitable compensation for both your physical and emotional injuries.

What Are Common Causes of Winter Park Car Accidents?

Despite the common use of the phrase “car accident,” most collisions are not true accidents. Instead, collisions typically occur because of negligent conduct on the part of one or more parties involved in the collision. Negligence refers to the breach of a duty of care owed to others, in this case to other motorists on the roadway. While a wide variety of conduct can amount to negligence, common examples include:

Speed. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), speed contributes to one in three crashes, making it a top contributing factor.
Distracted Driving. Anything that takes your eyes off the road, your hands off the wheel, or your focus off the task of driving is considered distracted driving which contributes to a fatal crash every three hours nationwide.
Impaired Driving. While the frequency of impaired driving collisions has decreased in recent years, data published by the NHTSA tells us that an impaired driver still causes a fatal crash every hour in the U.S.
Fatigued Driving. Driving while fatigued is as dangerous as driving while impaired, contributing to over 20 percent of all collisions in the U.S., according to the Foundation for Traffic Safety (FTS).

What Are Some Common Winter Park Car Accident Injuries?

One reason it is so important to have a thorough medical examination completed following a car accident is that every victim suffers a unique set of injuries and some of the most serious injuries may not show symptoms for hours or even days after the crash. Some common accident injuries include:

Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Spinal cord injuries
Herniated or bulging discs
Internal organ damage
Broken bones
Paralysis
Burns
Lost limbs
Cuts and lacerations
Depression
Anxiety
Post-traumatic stress disorder

How Does Florida’s No-Fault Insurance Law Impact My Winter Park Car Accident?

Along with several other states, Florida has a “no-fault” insurance law. The law requires drivers to carry a minimum amount of Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance coverage that pays their medical bills and lost wages (up to $10,000) if they are injured in an accident without regard to who was at fault in the collision. If, however, you are seriously injured in a car accident, you can pursue a traditional personal injury lawsuit to recover additional compensation for damages, including damages for non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering. To meet the Florida “serious injury” threshold, a victim must suffer one or more of the following injuries:

Significant and permanent loss of an important bodily function.
Permanent injury within a reasonable degree of medical probability.
Significant and permanent scarring or disfigurement.
Death.

Am I Entitled to Compensation for a Winter Park Car Accident?

One of the many reasons to contact the team at Bailey Fisher is to determine if your injuries meet the Florida serious injury threshold, thereby allowing you to pursue compensation in a traditional personal injury lawsuit. If your injuries do qualify, you may be entitled to both economic and non-economic damages from the party or parties who caused or contributed to the collision. Economic damages reflect the objective, out-of-pocket expenses related to the crash, while non-economic damages are intended to compensate a victim for the subjective injuries suffered because of the accident. Your damages settlement or award may include compensation for things such as:

Expenses involved in repairing or replacing your vehicle.
Medical, hospital, and surgical expenses.
Rehabilitation expenses.
Past and future lost income.
Physical and emotional pain and suffering.
Scarring and disfigurement.
Diminished quality of life.

If you lost a spouse, parent, or child in a Winter Park car accident, you may also be entitled to compensation in a Florida wrongful death lawsuit for things such as mental pain and suffering, the loss of companionship, care, and support of the decedent, and the loss of future net accumulations to the decedent’s estate.

Get Help from Experienced Winter Park Car Accident Lawyer

If you were injured in a Winter Park car accident, or you are the surviving loved one of someone who was fatally injured in one, it is in your best interest to speak to the experienced Winter Park car accident lawyers at Bailey Fisher Law as soon as possible to ensure that your rights are protected, and the at-fault party (or parties) is held accountable.

Call us at 407-628-2929 or submit our online form today. One of our experienced Winter Park car accident lawyers will evaluate your case for free. For viable personal injury cases, we will follow up with the necessary legal action to hold the responsible party accountable for their negligence and recover the financial compensation you deserve for your pain, suffering, and losses.