Orlando car accident cases involving rear end collisions involve unique claims. Rear-end impacts are the most common type of car accident, making up millions of insurance claims every year – most for property damage. Rear-end accidents that involve low-impact collisions, often do not result in immediate, severe pain. However, rear-end car accidents occurring at low speeds can often lead to serious injuries that affect individual’s ability to work and live normally. Many of our clients do NOT seek medical help right away. These rear end car accident clients assume their back and neck pain will go away. Sadly, the delay in seeking treatment may make their injury more difficult to treat. In addition, the insurance company for the driver who caused the rear end accident will claim the injury must not have been severe if our client did get immediate medical treatment or evaluation.
As Orlando car accident lawyers handling rear-end car accidents, we understand how the initial shock of the rear end accident generally prevents clients from immediately appreciating the extent of injury. We have successfully recovered settlements and awards for rear end auto accident clients who did not immediately seek medical help, but who did suffer injury in the car accident. In those cases, it is important for our clients to understand and relive the time of the rear end impact. We consult with jury consultants and help our clients understand the psychology involved when a driver or passenger is sitting at a red light, completely unaware of careless driver approaching from the rear. When the explosive impact occurs, clients often feel stunned, confused and dazed. Psychologically, most hardworking folks believe they “will get better,” so they delay going to the hospital, medical clinic or doctor’s office. As we have shared with insurance claims representatives, jurors and our clients, this is NORMAL.
As my partner, a medical doctor and attorney, Walter Ward, MD/JD, has taught our clients, it is important to fully understand the anatomy and medicine involved in rear end collisions. Obviously, an innocent driver or passenger suffering real injury deserves an Orlando auto accident attorney who understands how to deal with the medicine and bring the truth to light.
Too many innocent, honest people suffer an injury in Orlando and unknowingly settle for so much less. Yet, our clients have explained that people who are injured are not aware that there are law firms with an attorney who is also a medical doctor, a registered nurse on staff and a board certified civil trial lawyer. It is for that reason I wrote the book, Seeking Justice: An Insider’s Guide for the Injured. It helps protect decent, honest people from falling into the hands of lawyers who have no business handling an important injury case. We continue to make a Free copy of this book available to anyone injured in Florida.
