{"id":249,"date":"2022-06-10T16:37:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T20:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2022-06-10T16:37:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T20:37:10","slug":"miami-dade-county-to-pay-4-million-for-catastrophic-spinal-cord-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/miami-dade-county-to-pay-4-million-for-catastrophic-spinal-cord-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade County to Pay $4 Million for Catastrophic Spinal Cord Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six years after suffering catastrophic injuries in a South Florida car accident, a young girl and her family will finally gain some financial relief for their devastating financial, physical, and emotional losses.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/florida\/florida-county-pays-4-million-for-girl-with-severed-spine\/\" class=\"broken_link\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami NBC-affiliate WFLA News Channel 8<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> covered the story, reporting that the victim\u2019s spinal cord was severed in a collision with a police cruiser. The officer driving the vehicle was speeding through an intersection without properly working traffic lights as Hurricane Matthew was bearing down on the state in 2016. The girl, an infant at the time, was traveling in a vehicle driven by her mother when it entered the intersection. The police cruiser smashed into the car, causing an impact that severed the victim\u2019s spinal cord.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $4 million was reached by settlement of the parties, and it is the largest sum Miami-Dade County has ever paid for an accident claim. You should consult with a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/catastrophic-injuries.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami catastrophic injuries lawyer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if you or a loved one suffered harm to the brain, spinal cord, or spine, but a few points about this case are informative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distribution of the Settlement Award<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/miami-dade-county-to-pay-4-million-for-catastrophic-spinal-cord-injuries\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Miami-Dade County to Pay $4 Million for Catastrophic Spinal Cord Injuries\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six years after suffering catastrophic injuries in a South Florida car accident, a young girl and her family will finally gain some financial relief for their devastating financial, physical, and emotional losses. Miami NBC-affiliate WFLA News Channel 8 covered the story, reporting that the victim\u2019s spinal cord was severed in a collision with a police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,21],"tags":[16,34],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-accidents","category-personal-injury","tag-attorneys-for-car-accidents","tag-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Miami-Dade County to Pay $4 Million for Catastrophic Spinal Cord Injuries &#8212; Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Blog &#8212; June 10, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Six years after suffering catastrophic injuries in a South Florida car accident, a young girl and her family will finally gain some financial relief for &#8212; 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