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• Car Accidents
• Nursing and Medical Malpractice
• Child Injuries
• Newsletters
• General

Car Accidents

• Florida's most dangerous activity: car accidents
  How to stay alive in Florida | Driving a car is the most dangerous thing you can do
• Can an Insurance company pay for one type of coverage and then deny another type on the same policy?
  In a recent case, the court described how it is perfectly legal for an insurance company to pay for the damage caused to a vehicle in a car accident and then turn around and deny coverage for the injuries caused in that same accident under the same insurance policy.
• Different laws apply to boating accidents
  Different laws apply to boating accidents. If you've been injured in a boating accident, you may not need a lawyer, but before you sign any forms or hire a lawyer, get the free books and information available right here at this website.
• Daytona Beach injury lawyer talks about how dangerous it is to ride a bicycle in Florida
  Been injured in an accident? Been injured in a bicycle accident? Been hit by a car? Florida is the most dangerous state for bicyclists. Learn more about your legal rights
• New proposed law in Florida will allow law enforment to pull over drivers for not wearing a seatbelt
  Daytona Car Accident Attorney | New proposed law will allow law enforcemnt to pull drivers over for not wearing a seatbelt
• Florida Uninsured Drivers
  Many people in Florida drive without bodily injury insurance coverage. It has been estimated that 25% and 33% of all drivers have no bodily injury coverage. If they run a red light or they slam into the back of your car and they cause you to have a permanent injury, there may be no bodily injury insurance company that you can look to compensate you for the very real losses that you have suffered.
• Uninsured driver causes car accident, who is covered by your UM policy?
  Find out who is covered under your own Underinsured Motorist policy. The answer may surprise you! Car accident lawyer discusses who is covered under a UM policy after the auto wreck has occured. Daytona Beach Lawyer talks about insurance coverage involved with accidents and injuries.
• Do you have a Partial Fault Claim?
  Sometimes it’s a little difficult to tell who is responsible for an accident. Sometimes both parties in an accident are partly responsible.
• Florida No-Fault Insurance
  Many people know that Florida is a “no-fault state.” That does not mean that you can go out and cause an accident and not bear any responsibility for it. “No-fault” relates to your own insurance.
• Claims For Pain And Loss Of Lifestyle
  If you are badly injured in a motor vehicle accident, in addition to your medical expenses, in addition to your wage loss you may have other expenses. You may have hospitalization, your spouse may have to take care of you and you may have emotional problems. You may have pain, suffering, other types of damages that don’t directly take dollars out of your pocket, but in a very real way are a loss to your enjoyment of your normal lifestyle.
• How to Avoid Car Accidents with Florida Law Enforcement
  Car and motorcycle accidents are a regrettable fact of life in Central Florida. Often crashes can lead to serious injury, loss of property and income or even death. At the law offices of Zimmet & Quarles, we want drivers who’ve been injured in a wreck to know the full extent of their rights under the law and exactly how to proceed with their case. That’s why we’ve written two new books on the subject that are available free at our Web site or by calling toll free 1-800-934-1020. As conscientious and passionate advocates for accident victims, our goal is to provide comprehensive professional legal advice in a no-pressure atmosphere. Call us today to discuss your options.

Nursing and Medical Malpractice

• Police Investigate Ridgecrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Protecting your family from falls at nursing homes. Do nurses pretend falls don't happen at nursing homes?
  Strategies to prevent falls in nursing homes to protect your family.
• Florida standard living will form can harm your quality of life
  Three examples of how the Florida standard living will form can harm your quality of life
• Medical Malpractice Limits
  People find this hard to believe, but it’s true. Doctors have special protections about who can sue them in the case of a death. If a doctor’s carelessness causes a death, then there are circumstances where there is no one eligible to sue them because no one meets the definition of a “survivor” of that dead person under the Medical Malpractice Act.
• Proving a Medical Malpractice Case
  People often think that just because a doctor made an error there will be a good medical negligence case. That’s not necessarily correct. There are three elements to a medical malpractice case, negligence, causation and injury.
• Preventing Falls
  The nurse should look at a number of factors to determine what that risk is. We suggest that you talk carefully and fully with the nurse about what those factors are so that you can make sure that the things which need to be done to prevent falls are actually being done.
• Pain Management
  It’s important for the nurses to evaluate the response that you have to any type of pain medication or any other type of pain relief strategy.
• How to Prevent Bed Sores
  Nursing staff should look at the patient’s skin every day. If there are places on your skin that are red, that is a sign that a bedsore could be developing. If there is a red area on your skin, find out what that red area is, what caused it and then do something about it.
• Bedsores
  What happens when people develop bedsores is that pressure on the skin depresses the capillary and makes it impossible for the blood to flow through. That means that the oxygen doesn’t go through the capillary, the skin doesn’t get the oxygen it needs and the skin tissue dies.
• C-Diff Infection Causes Death
  When people in Central Florida seek medical help at a hospital, walk-in clinic or nursing home, they put their trust in trained professionals to treat them honestly and fairly during times of need. While the vast majority receives proper care, some must ultimately face the reality they’ve been mistreated or neglected. If you suspect that you or a loved one is a victim of nursing or medical malpractice, you need to get the facts. Review the information in our free book available at this site. If you decide you need a lawyer, the Law Office of Zimmet & Quarles will provide you a free, no obligation consultation to discuss your options.

Child Injuries

• Am I Liable For My Child's Actions?
  Parents may wonder if they are legally responsible for any injuries or damage that their children cause. There is no bright line rule in Florida that says all parents are responsible for their child's actions before the age of X. However, certain circumstances exist where parents are liable for their child's actions.
• Can You Be Sued If Your Child Loans A Friend His ATV And The Friend Is Injured?
  This development is important for parents to be aware of whether they live in Orlando, Daytona Beach, Jacksonville or anywhere else in Florida. As parents, we can be liable for the actions of our children. Depending on the circumstances, parents can be liable for the consequences that came from their child simply allowing a friend to drive their ATV.
• The Long Arm of NICA: Two ways NICA will prevent you from filing a negligence lawsuit if your child develops a neurological injury in a hospital nursery.
  Reveals how NICA will prevent you from filing a negligence lawsuit even if your child develops a neurological injury in a hospital nursery. Don't let this happen to you.
• NICA Gets Aggressive with Injured Florida Children and their Parents
  The Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) lost a case on appeal recently in which it took a page from underhanded insurance company tactics and attempted to deny benefits to deserving claimants. Injured children and their parents should be wary when dealing with this agency.
• How to spot child abuse: know the signs
  Child abuse is all to common and preventable. If we take the time to notice a few telltale signs and act on them, we can help prevent child abuse and save a child from a life of trauma and even death
• Florida Law Treats Child Injuries Differently than Other Injuries
  Children are different than adults and should be treated as such. Florida law recognizes their more vulnerable nature and treats child injuries differently than adult injuries. Here's how ...
• Florida’s Statute of Limitation for Sexual Abuse Claims Against Children Who Only Remember Their Abuse Much Later In Life
  Florida has one of the very best civil statutes of limitation regarding child abuse. Florida legislators have recognized that child abuse victims are not always able to remember their abuse because of the psychological trauma it inflicts.
• Helpful Resources For Parents of Children With Birth-Related Neurological Injuries
  Helpful Resources For Parents of Children With Birth-Related Neurological Injuries
• FAQ: Birth Related Neurological Injuries and NICA
  Frequently Asked Questions by parents of children with birth-related neurological injuries:
• An Introduction to Florida's Birth Related Neurological Injury Laws (NICA)
  The Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA) was established by the Florida Legislature to protect Florida doctors at the expense of neurologically damaged infants and their families. NICA protects doctors by limiting the amount of money they are responsible for when they cause a baby to have brain damage.
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
  Shaken baby syndrome is the term doctors use to describe the injuries that infants or young children incur when they are shaken. Shaken baby syndrome most commonly occurs as a result of two situations: it is either part of a pattern of abuse by a caregiver or a result of a caregiver's momentary loss of good judgment from the frustration of having to respond to a crying baby.

Newsletters

• PUZZLE CLUES
• Ineffective Auto Insurance; Preventing Surgical Mistakes [PDF]
• How likely are you to die in your hospital?; Florida's sew seatbelt law; Triathlon helps raise money to fight ALS [PDF]
  Legal newsletter

General

• Chiropractors practicing in Seminole County
  Chiropractors practicing in Seminole County
• West Volusia Area Chiropractors
  Chiropractors practicing in the West Volusia County area - including Deland, Deltona, Debary, Orange City and DeLeon Springs, Florida.
• Flagler County Chiropractors
  Chiropractors practicing in the Flagler County area - including Bunnell, Flagler Beach and Palm Coast, Florida.
• Chiropractors practicing in the East Volusia County area - including Ormond Beach, Daytona Beach, Port Orange, Holly Hill, South Daytona and Daytona Beach Shores.
• Florida Injury Lawyers Zimmet & Quarles Are Dedicated To Giving Back To The Community
  Florida Injury Lawyers In the Community
• Top 6 Ways to Lose a Case
  There are some common mistakes people can make with their claim or lawsuit. The choices you make and the actions you take can impact the outcome of your case either positively or negatively. By taking an active role in your case, keeping the lines of communication open with your attorney and carefully following their advice you can only increase the chance of a successful outcome. Below are the top 6 ways to lose a case:
• How to give your best deposition
  One of the first steps along the road of bringing a Florida personal injury or malpractice case to trial is the deposition. This document helps our clients understand what a deposition is and how to give the best deposition they can.