Injury Cases Involving Traffic and Vehicle Accidents
It is always in your best interest to hire an experienced accident lawyer to ensure your legal rights are fully represented when you seek compensation for your car accident, motorcycle accident, truck accident, ride-sharing accidents and other motor vehicle or personal injury cases. The legal process can be very complex and time consuming which is why hiring legal professionals while working towards obtaining compensation for severe injuries, lost wages, property damage and other financial compensation from the other driver responsible for the accident is always in your best interest. We maintain a close attorney client relationship throughout the entire process to ensure you fully recover compensation for your accident injuries, property damage and other punitive damages involved with your case.
The goal is simple: to obtain as much money for our client’s injury accident claim as possible under Florida law. Call our law offices for a free consultation at 954-913-2273 to speak with our car accident lawyers.
Why You Deserve Compensation for An Injury Case Involving Car Accidents and Other Motor Vehicle Accidents
A driver has a responsibility to use reasonable care in the operation of his or her transportation vehicle and overall highway safety to avoid car accidents with other motorists. If he or she does not, or engages in distracted driving, and someone is hurt in an accident; the at fault driver is responsible for the damages they caused due to reckless driving and the auto accident they caused.
If drivers do not use reasonable care in the operation of their automobiles or motor vehicles or engages in distracted driving and someone is hurt, then they are responsible for the auto accident claim damages that were caused as well as the injuries sustained by the car accident victims due to the driver’s negligence under Florida law. Traffic collisions remain one of the leading causes of personal injury and death in the country. In 2019, an estimated 38,800 people lost their lives to automobile crashes and motorcycle accidents and about 4.4 million people were injured seriously enough to require medical attention and emergency care in car crashes last year.
Every day, we get in our cars and forget how dangerous they can be, and how suddenly and violently our lives can change in a car wreck. The accident attorneys at the law office of Cutler Rader have been aggressively handling personal injury cases and traffic accident cases for decades. Our expertise runs from understanding all types of injuries sustained by the accident victim to figuring out how a collision occurred.
When necessary, we engage engineers, car accident collision reconstructions, and every necessary type of medical provider. The goal is simple: to obtain as much money for our injury clients as possible under Florida law. Call our accident law firm for a free consultation and free case review at 954-913-2273 to speak with our car accident attorneys.
Types of Accident Injury Cases
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Automobile Accidents
The car accident lawyers of Cutler Rader have been aggressively handling car accidents and traffic collision cases for decades. Our expertise runs from understanding all types of injuries to figuring out how a collision occurred. When necessary, we engage engineers, collision reconstructions, and every necessary type of medical provider.
The attorneys at the law office of Cutler Rader strive for excellence and give our clients the personal attention they deserve. We prepare every personal injury and accident case for trial and try cases as necessary. Have a free consultation with one of our personal injury attorneys to discuss your car accident claim case today. Our law offices works hard to provide outstanding legal representation for our clients and we understand the devastating personal and financial effects of car accidents.
The goal is simple: to obtain as much money for our client’s injury accident claim as possible under Florida law. Call our law offices for a free consultation at 954-913-2273 to speak with our Coral Springs auto accident attorneys.
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Bicycle Accidents
Watch How You Ride!! Bikes Are Dangerous!!
Have you or a loved one been injured while riding a bicycle? If so, you deserve fair compensation.
Can you believe that there has been a 7% increase in bicyclist fatalities from 2006 to 2017? According to the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center there were 783 bicyclist deaths in the USA during 2017. In Florida, there were 116 cyclist deaths in 2017.
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Boat Accidents
South Florida is known for enjoying a recreational life on the water. Whether it’s diving, water skiing, jet skis or other recreational activities. However, accidents on the water happen frequently.
In 2018, the Coast Guard counted 4,145 accidents that involved 633 deaths, 2,511 injuries and approximately $46 million dollars of damage to property as a result of recreational boating accidents according to the US Coast Guard’s Boating Safety Division. Where the cause of death was known, 76% of the fatal boating accident victims drowned. Of those drowning victims with reported life jacket usage, 84.5% were not wearing a life jacket.
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Bus Accidents
A fatal bus accident occurs every two and a half hours in this country according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Bus Accidents are as common as they are devastating. In 2017 there were 4,237 large trucks and buses involved in fatal crashes; with intercity buses accounted for 13 percent, and school buses and transit buses accounted for 40 percent and 35 percent, respectively, of all buses involved in fatal crashes*. Unlike other vehicle accidents, bus accidents carry a much great risk of injury due to the occupancy levels, the lack of seat belts availability or use, unsecured luggage and personal effect as well as other faulty and negligent issues from poor maintenance.
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Drunk Driving Accidents
Drunk driving accidents have a devastating impact on the injured party and their families. Drunk drivers need to be accountable for endangering the lives of innocent people. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 10,874 people were killed in alcohol-impaired crashes in 2017. Alcohol-impaired crash fatalities accounted for 29% of all crash fatalities. The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates 1,017,808 drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics in 2016. The arrest rate works out to one arrest for about every 215 licensed drivers in the United States.
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Motorcycle Accidents
In 2017, there were 4,990 motorcyclists killed on U.S. roadways. In 2016, motorcyclist fatalities occurred 28 times more frequently than passenger vehicle fatalities in motor vehicle crashes when accounting for vehicle miles traveled.
According to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report, 89,000 people were injured in motorcycle crashes in 2017. 40% of motorcyclists killed in accidents were not wearing helmets. In 2014, motorcyclists were about 29 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a crash per vehicle mile traveled and five times more likely to be injured.
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Pedestrian Accidents
In 2018, there were 6,227 pedestrians killed in traffic accidents which is the highest in nearly three decades. That number makes up 17% of all traffic incident related fatalities. Despite numerous state and nationwide campaigns to curb this growing statistic, pedestrian fatalities and injuries due to traffic crashes continue increasing each year.
Causes of Pedestrian Accidents:
- Getting hit by a motor vehicle
- Tripping on an uneven/cracked sidewalk
- Wildlife or pet involvement
- Stepping in a hole
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Ride Sharing Accidents
Ride Sharing Accidents- Who’s Responsible?
Ever wonder who’s going to pay your medical bills, lost wages or pain and suffering if you get into a collision in a rideshare? You should!
Ride sharing is an arrangement with a driver in a private vehicle driven by its owner in which a passenger travels for a fee, especially as arranged by means of a phone app or website.
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Train Accidents
Train accidents are more common than you may think. When we think of train accidents we often think of train on car collisions, train on train collisions or even derailments. However, train accidents come in a wide variety of situations from slip and fall injuries to fatal accidents involving pedestrians and or vehicles or both. People who have experienced train accidents have noted how abruptly it happens, how violent it feels and how utterly powerless they felt. Of those who do live to speak about it, the devastating and life-long injuries that one can suffer at the hands of a careless operator or other individuals are indescribable. When a train accident occurs, it can involve lots of different people and can be the responsibility of many different parties. Finding a good attorney to help review the case is critical. A claim can involve the manufacturer of the train, those that maintain the tracks, the people responsible for loading the train when it involves displacement of items. It can be against a municipality or government or private entities that were supposed to maintain the train tracks, signals and crossings or be simply against the operator of the train.
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Truck Accidents
Commercial truck drivers face tougher laws than any other motorist because they are in control of large and very heavy vehicles weighing up to 100,000 lbs, that’s 50 tons! When commercial trucks are involved in an accident, the injuries sustained can be much more severe, and are often deadly.
A total of 4,102 people died in large truck crashes in 2017. 17% of these deaths were truck occupants, 68% were occupants of cars and other passenger vehicles, and 14% were pedestrians.