Miami Gardens Car Accident Lawyer

If you or a loved one was involved in a car accident and sustained a serious bodily injury then you need help understanding your legal rights. A Miami Gardens car accident lawyer at Gerson & Schwartz, P.A. can assist you with your case. According to 2011 Traffic Crash Statistics there were 227,998 car wrecks in the state over the course of the year that resulted in 181,652 people suffering injuries and 2,400 people losing their lives. While the wrecks can happen anywhere, thousands happened in Miami-Dade County, including many in Miami Gardens.

The law firm of Gerson & Schwartz PA handles all cases on what is called a contingent fee agreement. That means that clients only pay for attorneys fees out of the gross proceeds of settlement or recovery. If there is no recovery then there are no attorneys fees owed to our firm. Contingent fess agreements allow people who don’t have financial resources to pay for a lawyer by the hour a way to access court rooms. Our law firm has been representing clients in that have sustain serious to catastrophic injury cases in car accidents in Miami Gardens and other areas of South Florida for the last 50 years. Common accident claims we have direct experience in include:

• Hit and Run Accidents
• Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith Claims
• Poor Road Design
• Mechanical Failure
• Road Hazards
• Rear End Collisions
• Failure to Yield Accidents
• Side Impact Accidents
• Head on Collisions
• Distracted Driving
• Drunk Driving Accidents
• DUI/DWI Accidents

One of the suburbs near Miami, Florida is Miami Gardens. Miami Gardens is in the north-central part of Miami-Dade County and is surrounded by Miramar, Miami Lakes, unincorporated Miami-Dade County, North Miami Beach and Ives Estates. It is the largest city in the state of Florida with a demographic group in which African Americans are the majority and it had a population of 109,680 as of the 2011 U.S. Census Bureau estimates. It was also the site of thousands of car accidents in 2011, putting motorists at risk.

In Miami-Dade County, where Miami Gardens is located, there were 42,171 car wrecks over the course of 2011. A total of 1,889 of the Miami-Dade County accidents happened in Miami Gardens. Countywide, car accidents caused 248 fatalities, including 58 wrecks that happened because of a drunk driver.

Drunk driving is a major cause for concern in Miami Gardens, as 63 of the crashes that occurred in the area involved alcohol use. Drivers are not allowed to operate a motor vehicle if their blood-alcohol content (BAC) is over the legal limit of .08, so when a motorist is drunk behind the wheel, he is assumed to be negligent by virtue of his intoxication. This means that injured car accident victims or their loved ones can make a claim for compensation for wrongful death or serious injuries simply by showing that the negligence was the direct cause of the traffic collision.

For many other types of motor-vehicle accidents in Miami Gardens, including speeding, distracted drivers, motorcycle accidents and wrecks caused by drowsy or distracted drivers. Injured victims need to prove that the other driver who caused their accident failed to act with reasonable care in order to be successful. An injured victim who can prove that another motorist was negligent in causing a car crash is entitled to receive financial compensation to help pay for medical bills, lost income, pain and suffering, scarring, disfigurement and emotional distress.

Those injured in car and auto accidents are not just limited to motorists in vehicles either. In Florida in 2011, there were 7,039 pedestrian accidents and 8,621 motorcycle accidents. These wrecks resulted in 413 motorcycle drivers and 38 motorcycle passengers dying, as well as 497 pedestrians losing their lives.

Our attorneys routinely represent client injured in auto accidents arise from:

• Rear End Collisions
• Failure to Yield Accidents
• Side Impact Accidents
• Head on Collisions
• Distracted Driving
• Drunk Driving Accidents
• DUI/DWI Accidents
• Hit and Run Accidents
• Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith Claims
• Poor Road Design
• Mechanical Failure
• Road Hazards
• Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims
• Rollover Accidents
• Catastrophic Car Accident Injuries
• Chain Reaction Accidents

If you or a loved one was involved in a car accident, a pedestrian or bicycle or motorcycle crash that was caused by the negligent acts of a third party someone you have legal rights under the law. Read more about what to do if injured in a car accident in Miami Gardens. Or to find out how we can help, contact a Miami Gardens auto accident lawyer at Gerson & Schwartz, P.A. today for a free and confidential consultation. Call us at (305) 371-6000 or send us an email to info@gslawusa.com. To read more about us and the many different types of personal injury cases our law firm has experience in feel free to browse this website.