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Prompt Action Can Save Your Life after a Truck Accident in Hollywood or Your Community

Published on: June 2, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Trucking collisions in Homestead and all communities are extremely dangerous for passengers in smaller vehicles. If you are pedestrian, passenger car driver, or bicyclist and are involved in a trucking collision, the size of the truck can mean you suffer life-threatening injuries in the incident.

If you have been in any sort of truck crash involving a larger vehicle, it is very important to act quickly and to get medical attention. Any internal or serious injuries could threaten your life and prompt medical attention could save it. Continue reading →

Can I Hire Any Personal Injury Attorney for my Workers’ Compensation Case?

Published on: May 31, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Many attorneys have dealt with insurance providers on some level and may be willing to take a look at your workers’ compensation case. However, there are many benefits to working with a workers’ compensation attorney in Hollywood or your community:

1) An attorney with experience in workers’ compensation cases has practical experience. A workers’ compensation attorney may have handled hundreds or thousands of cases and understands how these cases work.

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What Causes Truck Accidents in Hollywood and Other Communities – and How Can These Incidents be Prevented?

Published on: May 31, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Although commercial trucks and buses represent only 4% of all registered vehicles on the road, they account for 13% of all accidents and 13% of road crash deaths. These collisions, due to the size of trucks, cause devastating injury and even fatalities. Pedestrians, bicyclists, and passenger car drivers have little chance in a crash involving a fully-loaded commercial truck.

While truck accidents do occur more often than collisions involving other types of vehicles, however, the fault is not necessarily that of truck drivers. Poor lighting was listed as a contributing factor in 43% of pedestrian-truck accidents in 2013 while 22.5% of pedestrians were under the influence of drugs and 20.1% were under the influence of alcohol. In about 14.5% of fatal accidents involving a pedestrian, truck driver distraction was listed as a cause.

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Moving This Summer? Stay Safe with Moving Trucks

Published on: May 27, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

At this time of year, many families decide to move to or from Hollywood and southern Florida. Summer is an ideal time to move because the kids are home from school and can settle into the new home before school begins again in the fall. It’s also a great idea to enjoy your new home for the summer.

If you’re moving, however, you will need to deal with moving trucks – and these can easily become a problem. Moving truck accidents in Hollywood and southern Florida can be serious collisions causing severe injuries. If you’re moving, there are several steps you will want to take to ensure you stay safe:

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Safety Tips for your Homestead Pool

Published on: May 27, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

If you have a pool at home, you’ll want to be able to enjoy it all summer long. You’ll also want to make sure that it is safe for all of your family and all of your guests to enjoy. There are several ways you can ensure safety while preventing injuries at your Homestead pool:

1) Install no-slip areas around the pool.

One of the biggest risks with pools are slip and fall incidents. By installing no slip treads along the areas leading up to and into the pool area, you can ensure anyone walking with slippery feet will have some traction to prevent slips.

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Have You Been in a Trucking Accident at Work? Know Your Workers’ Compensation Rights

Published on: May 25, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

In most cases, if you are injured in a trucking accident, you will file a car accident claim with your car insurance company. However, if your accident took place while you were on the job or performing a job duty, you may have a workers’ compensation claim.

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For example, if you drive a delivery truck as part of your job or if you are asked by your employer to drive a company truck as part of your duties, you may have a workers’ compensation claim if you are in an accident while performing this duty and end up suffering injuries. Continue reading →

Summer Safety in Miami and Southern Florida

Published on: May 24, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Now that summer is upon us, it’s time to focus on summer safety. Children will be home from school for a few months and summer activities, while fun, come with their own hazards.

We think of summer as a carefree time, but summer holidays may mean a higher risk of DUIs while more tourists on the roads can mean more traffic congestion and a potential for car accidents. In addition, the high heat and the glare can contribute to traffic collisions while summer activities can mean water-related injuries or fire hazards. When it comes to summer, you want to have fun, of course, but safety needs to come first. Doing just a few things now can mean a whole summer with less risk for you and your family.

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Renovating your House this Summer? How Rental Trucks Can Play a Role in Your Summer Safety

Published on: May 19, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

At this time of year, many homeowners in Hollywood and across South Florida decide to take on some renovation projects. Whether you’re building a deck, setting up a barbecue area, or renovating the interior of your home, you may be tempted to rent a truck to haul building materials from your local lumberyard or home hardware store. In fact, many big-box hardware stores and home renovation stores allow you to rent a cube van or truck for a few hours (0r longer) to get your purchases home.

There’s only one problem: truck accidents in Hollywood and across South Florida are very common. They may be even more of a risk for you if delivery trucks you rent aren’t properly maintained or if you’re not used to driving a truck. If you’re renovating this summer, here are a few things to keep in mind if you need to rent a larger vehicle:

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Why Hire a Workers’ Compensation Attorney?

Published on: May 19, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Workers’ compensation benefits are supposed to protect all workers who are injured on the job or develop a medical condition because of their job. In an ideal world, every worker who qualified for workers’ compensation would get benefits when needed.

We do not live in a perfect world.

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Preventing Amusement Park Accidents in Miami and Southern Florida This Year

Published on: May 17, 2016 | By Flaxman Law Group

Roller coaster accident injuries and other amusement park injuries are not uncommon in Miami and across southern Florida. While this region of the country is known for its world-class theme parks and amusement parks, and while millions of people visit these parks each year without incident, injuries can and do occur.

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1) Install no-slip areas around the pool.