Personal Injury FAQs

What are the notice requirements of ante-litem cases?

When a person is injured by an employee of the government in Pensacola, they have the right to file a civil lawsuit seeking damages for financial losses. Even though a victim has these rights, the filing of such a lawsuit...

What happens when you are injured by a government employee?

When a person is involved in some type of accident with a private citizen, that person has the right to seek compensation for financial losses in the civil court system. In most cases, a person has two years from the...

What is federal ante-litem?

Any person who is injured as the result of someone's error or negligence has the right to seek compensation for their injuries in civil court. This is not only the case when the at-fault party is a private person. You...

What is an ante-litem case?

An ante-litem case is one that follows a bit of a different process than a typical personal injury case. In these instances, a lawsuit can only be filed after an ante-litem notice has been served. This is a piece of...

What is negligent entrustment?

You can be held legally liable for a vehicle accident, even if you were nowhere in the vehicle. When you loan your vehicle to someone in Pensacola and they cause an accident, you could be charged with negligent entrustment. Before...

What is punitive damages case?

Punitive damages do not apply to every personal injury case in Pensacola. In fact, punitive damages are only awarded by judges in a small number of cases. Typically, these damages are awarded in DUI and hit and run cases, and...

Elements of a Bus Accident

Thousands of people take buses every day. It stands to reason that with this number of riders, there are dozens of buses on Pensacola roads and highways at any given time. When a vehicle and a bus collide, or a...

Pensacola Hit and Run

What is a Hit and Run? Any time a person is involved in a car accident in Pensacola, they have a duty to stop and wait for police to arrive. In the event that police are not called, the person...

Elements of an RV accident

The pull of the open road has many couples and families taking to the RV for a family road trip. Driving through several cities or even dozens of states is a great way to bond as a family and see...

Elements of a boating accident

Boating is one of the most popular pastimes in Pensacola and Florida in general. The beautiful weather and the call of the ocean are simply too much to resist. Unfortunately, while some days on the water end wonderfully, others end...