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Category Archives: Vehicle Accidents
Average Settlement for Car Accident Back and Neck Injury in Florida (2023)
Injuries come in all shapes and sizes. While a small cut or bruise is usually no cause for concern, larger injuries can disrupt your entire life and even jeopardize your future. Neck and back injuries are common, but they can be extremely dangerous. Your spinal…
Watch out for spring break car accidents
When elementary schools and middle schools go on spring break, tourists tend to head to Florida as parents take their children on family trips. When high schools and colleges are on spring break, which sometimes happens later in the year, these students may travel on…
Dangerous driving behaviors people engage in every day
Every single time you go on the road, you put yourself at risk. The issue is that you can be a great driver and you can still be injured by someone else who is not. You have a very limited amount of control over your…
3 kinds of distractions, other than phones, that cause crashes
For many people, the term distracted driving immediately makes them think of someone texting at the wheel. That is absolutely a concern, but that is only one of the many kinds of distracted driving that people commit. Even if you never use your phone at…
Autumn drivers must contend with sun glare and fatigue
With the autumn months already in full swing and winter right around the corner, drivers must handle having less and less daylight every day until spring. Nearly every driver would rather be behind the wheel in clear, dry, sunny conditions. Unfortunately, the end of the…
Distracted driving involves more than just texting at the wheel
Most trips in your vehicle are uneventful. Although the risk of a crash is always there, it’s easy for drivers to ignore because only a tiny percentage of trips in a vehicle ever involve a close call, let alone a serious collision. Unfortunately, complacency while…
What to Know About Uninsured Motorist Insurance
It’s an unfortunate reality that car accidents are common, so it goes without saying that having good insurance is vital. In fact, in Florida, drivers must have certain policies in place before they even get behind the wheel. However, Florida law doesn’t require certain types of insurance,…
Finding the Right Doctor After a Car Accident
In any accident or injury, an experienced, caring doctor is crucial and can mean life or death in some instances. And in the cases of car accidents, having a doctor who knows what to specifically check is important. This is because certain injuries can arise…
Have a Safe Holiday Season – Don’t Drink and Drive.
At Badgley Law Group, our Orlando auto accident attorneys have seen many types of injuries and damages from a car crash sustained over the holiday season. The season shows a spike in road fatalities due to more cars on the road and an increase in…
Common Causes of Trucking Accidents
Truck crashes can be caused by many factors and circumstances. Statistics from the National Highway traffic Safety Administration show trucking fatalities reached their highest level in three decades. Truck drivers can make driving errors such as tail gating, changing lanes, speeding not yielding to the…
Common Injuries Sustained in Trucking Accidents
Choosing the right Orlando personal injury law firm is one of the most important decisions you will make. When you have been involved in an accident involving a commercial truck, call the Orlando trucking accident attorney at Badgley Law Group. Orlando attorney Jeffrey Badgley is…
What You Need to Know about Florida’s New Texting While Driving Law
Millennials and Generation Z seem glued to smartphones. They won’t eat until they’ve broadcasted a picture of their meal to all of their friends. They won’t buy something until they’ve checked for a better price on Amazon. They won’t believe something until they’ve verified it…
When do you need an Orlando bicycle accident attorney?
Bicycles have increasingly become a primary mode of transportation. And with that an increase in the number of people injured in bicycle accidents has increased. In Florida a bicycle is legally defined as a vehicle, and the rider considered a driver. While a bicyclist has the…
How To Deal With Your Doctor After A Car Accident?
When we conjure up images of car accidents, we imagine immediate pain and trauma, followed by the wailing of ambulance sirens. A catastrophe, in other words. The truth is most of us will not have an accident, but if you see reports of the recent…
Hit-and-run Collisions and the Role of Orlando Car Accident Lawyers
At 12:30 am on January 17, 2017, 43-year-old Alexis Monroe left her parents home in Summer field, Marion County and headed for Tampa. Earlier that day, the mother of two daughters had an argument with her boyfriend. As was customary whenever she wanted time to…
Why is there an increase in trucking accidents?
Why has the number of trucking accidents risen so steeply in the past few years? Is it coincidence or are there identifiable factors contributing to the problem? At Badgley Law Group, we know the trucking industry inside and out, and we have answers. Many trucking…
Truck Accidents and Drowsy Driving
One of the scariest moments you face as a driver is that millisecond you feel yourself start falling asleep while driving. It’s terrifying. Your sleepiness could be the result of sleep deprivation, which is getting less than 6 hours of sleep at night. Did You…
I Was Hit by a Truck While Cycling: What’s Next?
Bicycling is an excellent form of exercise, and a healthy, cost effective mode of transportation. Here in the Sunshine State, we are lucky to have great year round weather making cycling a popular activity. If you are one of the many cyclists on the road,…
What Should I Do If My Car Is Hit By A Semi Truck?
If you are involved in an Orlando truck accident, please know that you’re not alone: last month, four local high school students were injured after a commercial truck struck the school buses they were riding in. Unfortunately for Floridians, semi trucks clog our roads, making our state…
Tracy Morgan’s TBI Sheds Light On Car Accident Injuries
Comedian Tracy Morgan is back in the news, celebrating his newly regained mobility by walking himself down the aisle in his own wedding. After surviving a deadly 2014 car accident, Morgan endured months of rehabilitation for broken ribs, a broken leg, broken nose, and traumatic brain injury.…
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