Year: 2018
Under Insured Driver & Extra-Contractual Liability In Florida there is no legal requirement for people driving on our roads to purchase insurance coverage to pay for bodily injury they cause others. This means you may be in an accident with an under insured driver. Our car accident lawyers at Zimmet & Zimmet we believe that this is…
Video surveillance is often used to try to hurt your case. If you have been injured in an accident, it’s important to know that insurance companies will often hire private investigators to follow and video you. The objective for this type of surveillance is to try and catch you doing something that you have testified…
Uninsured Driver Car Accidents There has been a recent disturbing trend of more and more drivers not carrying any insurance to pay for the damage they cause on our Florida roads. At Zimmet & Zimmet we represent people injured in car accidents in Volusia and Flagler Counties from our office in Dayton Beach. Today we received a…
Watch out for rear end collisions! A recent traffic safety study analyzed the cause, location, and severity of 63,036 accidents in the two county area from the years 2011 – 2015. The study identified three roads in the area that are the most dangerous. It should come as no surprise to people who live here…
Don’t Choose One with a Wasting Liability Policy. What’s That? Our clients often ask us how they should go about selecting a nursing home. At Zimmet & Zimmet, we are local Daytona Beach nursing home injury attorneys who represent people for injuries and wrongful death as a result of nursing home negligence and abuse. While…
Real insurance or fake insurance? Choosing a nursing home for a loved one in Florida is a difficult decision at best. Our clients often ask us for tips on how to choose. Here is a tip you may not have thought of. Ask for a copy of the nursing home’s liability insurance policy and declaration page. While at first…
The Insurance Company is the Real Adverse Party The Daytona Beach News Journal is reporting that Carolyn Perry 81, of Clarkstown Michigan was killed early Monday morning when a the driver of a pick up truck she was a passenger in drove his truck off the road and hit a tree. The driver, Jerry Hershman, suffered…
How could it happen? A pedestrian was killed in the early morning hours of March 1, 2018 in Deltona Florida. The Volusia County Sheriff’s office reported that a pedestrian was hit when he stepped out in front of a truck near the intersection of Elkham and Howland Blvd. This tragedy is part of a larger…
The Consequences Are Going Up A law that would allow police to pull people over for texting while driving recently passed its third and final Florida House committee. While texting and driving is currently against the law in Florida, police cannot pull people over solely for texting and driving. The stop must be predicated on…
There are many potential pit falls or traps an injured person may fall into during the course of their insurance claim and litigation. But without a doubt the single most effective way to destroy your case is to lie. Many of the issues that will be determined by a jury depend on how the jurors…