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Auto Accidents

3 Ways to Prevent Drunk Driving

Mark Hickey
Don’t drink and drive; it’s a simple mantra, but one so many people have trouble following. Mothers Against Drunk Driving reports that in 2012, 10,322 people died and more than 345,000 people were injured as a result of collisions caused by drunk driving. If you’ve vowed never to drink and drive, it’s a start, but there’s more you can do to prevent drunk driving among friends and family members. Follow this simple checklist whenever alcohol is around....
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Firm News

Florida’s New Auto Insurance PIP Laws Take Effect

Mark Hickey
Effective January 1, 2013, those injured in a Florida car accident have only14 daysfrom the date of the car crash to seek medical care or risk forfeiting the right to receive thousands of dollars in accident-related medical care.  Failure to obtain medical treatment within this very limited timeframe will completely bar a Florida car accident victim’s right to receive payment of any insurance benefits due under their automobile insurance policy, regardless of fault. In addition, under...
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Results

$158,000 Final Judgment Tampa Car Accident

Mark Hickey
Tampa car accident lawyers Frank Fernandez and Jennifer Fernandez obtained a $158,000 Final Judgment following a jury Verdict for a 32-year-old woman who sustained neck injuries in a rear-end car accident in Tampa, Florida.  At trial, the Defendant denied she was liable claiming that she had suffered a seizure and blacked out just prior to the car crash. The Defendant failed to prove her case and in the end, her insurer Allstate Insurance Company was...
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Personal Injury Results

$136,000 Jury Verdict Against Polk County Sheriff’s Office

Mark Hickey
Tampa car accident lawyers Frank Fernandez and Jennifer Fernandez obtained a $136,000 jury Verdict on behalf of Albert Ceballos, a 52-year-old Mexican immigrant who suffered low back injuries as a result of two separate car accidents, the first involving a Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy and the second involving an underinsured driver.  At the time of the first collision, which occurred at 1:30 a.m. the Plaintiff was a pedestrian who had stopped to render emergency medical...
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