Car Accidents

A car crash can change your life in an instant. Even after the smoke clears, the sirens die down, and the hospital bills start piling up, your time missed from work begins to be a problem, you may realize that some injuries never fully go away. When a crash leaves you with permanent damage, the…

If you’ve ever been involved in a car crash, you might remember the shock, the fear, the damage, and possibly not much more. Sometimes the details blur, especially over time. However, in your legal case, car accident evidence is what separates a strong claim from one that the insurance company will try to deny. Even…

When you think about securing compensation after a car accident, you typically think about medical bills, lost wages, property damage, or pain and suffering. These are called compensatory damages; they reimburse the losses that you’ve suffered. However, in certain extreme cases, especially those involving drunk driving, Florida law allows for an additional type of damage:…

Why does pain from a car accident sometimes show up days later, just when you think you’re in the clear? Immediately after a crash, your adrenaline is flowing, you are tense, you have a lot of information to process.  Eventually, you leave the crash scene thinking everything is fine. You’re sore, maybe mentally rattled, but…

Left turn car accidents are more common than just about any type of traffic accident. They tend to be serious as well, frequently causing a wrongful death claim. You could get t-boned while turning left, for example. T-bone accidents can easily kill occupants without side-impact air bags, which many cars lack. Courts, police and insurance…

Florida’s roads are among the nation’s most congested, and that includes Tampa. The state’s status as a tourist magnet means many out-of-state drivers taking long road trips. Or foreigners fly to Florida, rent cars and drive on our roads without understanding our rules of the road, like driving on the right side of the road.…

Did you know that roundabouts are meant to make intersections safer? However, if you’ve ever driven through one in Tampa, you know they can easily lead to confusion and car accidents. When a crash happens inside a roundabout, and you’re left with a few broken bones, one of the first questions is always the same:…

Hi, I’m Matt Powell. I am a car accident attorney and the proud owner of MattLaw, a personal injury law firm in Tampa, Florida. Today, I would like to share some information about the physics involved in car crashes and how even simple car accidents can cause whiplash and mild traumatic brain injuries. Newton’s laws…

Storefront crashes happen when a vehicle drives into a building. While the term “storefront crash” is commonly used, vehicles may also leave the road and collide with office buildings, hospitals, private homes, and any other structure. When these crashes happen, they can cause devastating injuries and even deaths. In fact, more than 16,000 people are…

Play Video Drunk-driving personal injury claims are very complex. If you are a victim of a car accident where the at-fault driver was drunk, you may be entitled to something called “punitive damages.” Punitive damages are additional compensation on top of those that cover injuries and property damage. Unfortunately, some estimates suggest that 30% of…