Car Accidents
Car accidents outnumber by far any other type of accident. Consequently, it stands to reason more car accident cases are filed in the U.S. than any other type of personal injury case. In-depth knowledge of Florida car insurance coverage as well as liability laws forms the basis for strong cases. Typically, insurance companies pay all damages and compensation awarded in car accident claims, if the driver at fault was insured. If the at-fault driver’s insurance balks at covering damages, filing a lawsuit may be the only way to recover your loss.
Read More >Truck Accidents
With the increasing number of trucks on our nation’s highways, truck accidents are on the rise. This type of accident, involving the tremendous weight and size of an 18 wheeler, tractor trailer or semi, poses a greater threat of severe injury or mortality. Large trucking companies may send agents to the site of accidents and employ teams of attorneys and investigators to resolve their cases. There is no substitute for a seasoned personal injury lawyer to prevail against insurance carriers and trucking company litigation teams.
Read More >Slip & Fall
A type of Premises Liability
A slip and fall injury case involves someone slipping and falling because of a hazardous condition. If the property owner knew about the condition and within a reasonable amount of time failed to correct it, he could be held liable.
An example of a slip and fall injury would be:
A hotel guest suffers an injury from slipping and falling in a bathtub. As it turns out, the cleaning staff had repeatedly reported to the manager that the non-tread strips in the bathtub were missing in that hotel room.
Read More >Wrongful Death
When someone’s behavior or negligence results in death of another, the death is classified as "wrongful death". Immediate family, usually the spouse or children bring a wrongful death claim for compensation in damages and losses.
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Personal Injuries
Unlike many law offices, for a quarter of a century the Law Firm of David J. Glatthorn has exclusively practiced in Personal Injury Law in West Palm Beach Florida.
Personal Injury law broadly encompasses any accident or occurrence resulting in personal injury through fault of another as opposed to accident’s damage caused to property. Many accidents and specific types of injury fall under the category of "Personal Injury".
Brain Injuries
The Center for Disease Control reports that each year over 1.5 million Americans suffer from a brain injury. Over 50,000 deaths a year result from brain injuries.
Obvious brain injuries (those demonstrated by CAT scan, MRIs, etc) can result in coma, inability to speak, inability to control bodily functions, and significant loss of IQ. Costs of care can rapidly overwhelm the average family.
Mild traumatic brain injury, without objective signs on films, can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Often the injured person explains away the short-term memory loss, the deficits in language and word skills as "being lazy" or "I’m just getting old".
Many times it is the wife or husband or friends of the injured person that first notice and are alarmed at the often subtle changes after a brain injury. Such leads can be invaluable in getting the injured person properly diagnosed through neurological and psychological testing.
Whether severe or "mild", brain injuries can have a life long effect on every aspect of an injured person’s life, from work to relationships with others.
Spinal Injuries
The National Spinal Cord injury Statistical Center reports that over 250,000 people in the U.S. live with spinal cord injuries.
These can range from microscopic tears of the ligaments, tendons and muscles that support the spine(popularly referred to as "whiplash") to herniations of the discs that act as shock absorbers between the bones of the spinal column to the tragedy of paralysis.
Each spinal injury is different and the same injury can affect different persons in radically different ways but in the overwhelming percentage of cases, the effects continue throughout the person’s lifetime.
The major causes of spinal injuries are:
- Auto accidents
- Falls
- Violence (sometimes as a result of criminal attack due to inadequate security)
David Glatthorn has represented thousands of persons with spinal injuries. His expertise and experience enables him to assemble the necessary witnesses to prove the liability of the defendant. These can include accident construction experts, architects (to prove building code violations that lead to falls) and security experts.
Presenting a full picture of the sometimes catastrophic effect these injuries cause can require the testimony of doctors, therapists, vocational experts and economists, in addition to effect on loved ones.
David Glatthorn is committed to aggressive, ethical representation to bring justice to the victims of spinal injuries. Please take advantage of our Free Case Evaluation. Through the information you provide we can quickly help you determine if you have case.