If you have experienced a traumatic event such as an accident, it’s normal to want to share the information with your friends. However, if you are involved in a personal injury claim, it’s important to the success of your case that you be mindful of the things you post on social media. Your public posts […]
If you have recently been in an accident, you are probably still in shock and need some time to process the incident. You may not realize the severity of your injuries at first. But when the adrenaline wears off, you may be in more pain than you had imagined. It can take weeks or months […]
You have a right to seek compensation for injuries sustained in a car accident where the other driver was at fault. But how much compensation should you seek? And how much of a settlement should you realistically expect for your car accident injuries? This is a difficult question to answer since each case is different. […]
With offices in Lakeland, Winter Haven, and Lutz, Attorney Tania L. Rivas and the Rivas Law Group have been representing clients in South Florida in a wide variety of personal injury cases for quite some time now. The first question our clients ask during our initial consultation meetings is almost always the same: “How much […]
When hiring a personal injury attorney after you have been in an accident, it’s important to make sure you know how you are going to be charged and sign a mutual fee agreement ahead of time to avoid running into any surprises down the road. In Florida, lawyers are required to explain their personal injury […]
A slip and fall accident can quite literally put you on your back, wondering what just happened and what you should do next. Although no one ever expects that they’ll be injured in a slip and fall accident, it’s important to know what steps you should take to give yourself the best chance of recovering […]
Just because the car that hit you wasn’t traveling very fast doesn’t mean the pain you’re feeling is “all in your head.” Many people in Florida dismiss injuries from low-impact collisions because they feel silly complaining about something that happened in such a minor accident, but this is a mistake. Why? Because automobiles are big, […]
Every year, 1.5 million Americans experience a traumatic brain injury (TBI), ranging from mild concussions to more serious damage that results in death. These injuries occur due to some kind of external force, such as a bike rider hitting their head on the ground during a fall or a driver hitting their head against the […]
