Please accept this week’s blog entry from the accident lawyer from Boca Raton (injury lawyer Deerfield Beach, injury attorney Delray Beach, accident lawyer Pompano Beach, accident lawyer Boynton Beach).
Generally, when you are in a car accident in Florida, PIP laws apply and you should be able to apply for PIP benefits from your own car or possibly a resident relative or possibly from the car that you were in at the time of the loss. Generally, Personal injury Protection (PIP) pays for 80 percent of your medical bills and 60 percent of your wages up to a total of $10,000. Thus, if you supply your PIP insurance company with a wage verification form showing what you earned and the time missed from work plus providing them with a disability note from your treating physician, then you should be able to collect 60 percent of your wages for the time you missed from work. This would be the case if you were at fault for the accident or not, as in Florida we have no-fault system for this aspect of the case. If another person was at fault, you may have a claim to collect the 40 percent of the wages from the other person or their insurance as part of a injury settlement.
If you have been in an accident and have questions, please call Drucker Law Offices at 561-483-9199 (Boca Raton Main office) or 954-755-2120 (Coral Springs satellite office) or 305-981-1561 (Miami satellite office).
Of course, every case is has to be judged based on the facts of the case. The advice in this blog is intended to be general in nature and should not to be construed as specific advice for a case, as the most slight difference in the facts could ultimately change the result. Also, this blog is, as the web site suggests, based on Florida law and the laws of any other states or country could vary significantly from Florida.
