If you are the victim in one of North Port’s many car accidents, this is not the time when you should spend your limited energy on fighting with insurance company adjusters and lawyers. Instead, devote your time to your emotional, mental and physical recovery.

Let the experienced and knowledgeable car accident attorneys at Boohoff Law help you by standing as your champion in the insurance company battle. They can bring their skill and experience to your fight and will work to get you the fullest available recovery.

Florida is a no-fault state, and you generally first must file a claim against your own insurance or under your PIP coverage for minor accidents. However, you can sue the negligent driver directly for your expenses and losses when they exceed your PIP coverage.

Our experienced North Port personal injury lawyers can help you pursue both claims and fight to recover all of the damages you deserve.

How Do so Many Car Accidents Happen Here?

North Port is a busy area with many tourist attractions. This gathering of those looking about themselves leads to a lot of traffic, leading to a lot of traffic accidents.

In one recent year, Sarasota County experienced over 10,000 accidents resulting in 61 deaths. Those who die in car accidents in the county are overwhelmingly males between the age of 15 and 20. Pedestrian deaths related to tourism continue to rise, and Florida continues to experience some of the highest accident rates in the United States.

Most car accidents happen because of someone’s negligence. Usually, that negligence is another driver’s, but it can be the negligence of a government or property owner creating adverse conditions on the road.

At that point, assuming you were not the victim of an intentional vehicular assault, you will need to prove that the at-fault driver or drivers:

• Had a duty of care to you – this one is generally easy because drivers essentially assume this duty of care to everyone on the road when they accept the privilege of having a driver’s license.
• Breached that duty to you – a breach is usually an act of careless or reckless driving. It can consist of:
  • Failing to follow traffic signs or signals – especially at intersections, pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcycle riders can be easy victims of a driver’s careless following of the signs and signals.
  • Distracted driving – is perhaps the fastest-growing cause of traffic accidents. Distracted driving includes driving while putting on makeup, eating, texting, using a handheld device, drinking a beverage, adjusting settings on components in your vehicle, and even just talking to another passenger.
  • DUI driving – it does not matter whether it’s alcohol or drugs, or whether the drugs were legal or illegal—if they impact your driving, you should not drive
  • Driving while sleepy – can be as dangerous as a DUE
  • Speeding
• Driving unsafely for conditions – when it’s rainy, or a major storm is coming ashore, you should not drive the same way you will on a typical gorgeous sunny Florida day.
• The breach caused your injury – causation will generally be two-pronged: would the injury have happened but for the breach, and whether the injury was reasonably foreseeable from the breach.
• Injury caused you damages for which you can recover financial compensation. These can include damage to your person as well as property damage to your vehicle and its contents.