Click here to see my firm’s website and an article published there about how parents can be liable for their childrens automobile accidents. I am a personal injury attorney in Daytona Beach handling auto accident cases.
If you are in a car accident in the Central Florida area, you may think that your “full coverage” will pay for all of the damages you sustained. As a Daytona Beach personal injury attorney, I see insurance policy exclusions that allow the insurance company to aviod paying for some of the damages a car accident [...]
Parents are generally not responsible for car accidents caused by their children. However, there are some circumstances where a parent can become liable. A child under the age of 18 must have the drivers license application signed by a parent. If the minor is negligent in the operation of a motor vehicle before reaching 18, [...]
In the course of my Personal Injury Practice, I see all types of reckless behavoir. I represented a client who was rear ended by a careless driver who was speeding and ran into the back of my clients vehicle causing severe damage. Running into a stopped vehicle while speeding is reckless in it own right. However, [...]
Florida does not have a law banning any type of cell phone use while driving. Here is a link to a chart which shows which states have enacted restrictions on cell phone use while driving. It is quite alarming that Florida does not have anything in place to restrict texting and driving. This means that [...]
If you are involved in an accident, make sure to take pictures with your cell phone.
As a personal injury lawyer in Daytona Beach, I was glead to read a recent report that stated that the number of deaths on Florida’s roadways were down in 2008. Infact, the number of traffic fatalities hit an eight year low. It is the third year in a row that traffic fatalities have declined and the [...]
Car and Driver magaizine brought two drivers out on to a test track to measure their reaction times to a red light appearing on their windshield. They were tested while driving at 35 m.p.h. and 70 m.p.h. to get base line readings. The drivers then had their reaction times measured both while reading a text [...]
Early Monday eveing, Ashraf Eskander, 35, of Daytona Beach was driving out of control along State Road 407 in Brevard County. Florida Highway Patrol investigators reported that Mr. Eskander was passing cars at a high rate of speed and did not return to his own lan in time. He crashed head-on into a vehicle driven by Stephon Stanton [...]
I can see the aquatic parks statement now, ” I’m sorry little three year old. I should have told you that there was going to be a shark in the dolphin exhibit. I wish there was something I could do to help you, but I don’t have to. See, you drew me this little happy face on the liability waiver [...]