If someone’s negligence caused your femur fracture, you may have a case.
[Read more…]Femur Fractures from Accidents: Car, Motorcycle, Truck Crashes & More
Rotator Cuff Tear Settlements (Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Etc.)
Someone’s negligence may cause your rotator cuff tear in a Florida car accident. If so, you may have a case.
[Read more…]What is “Full” Settlement Value in an Injury Case?
If you want to settle your personal injury claim, you need to know the full value of the claim. This is the starting to point to calculating how much a case is worth.
Knowing the full value can be helpful in other ways as well. For example, knowing the full settlement value may reduce the amount that you may need to pay your health insurance company from your settlement. Yes, health insurers are often entitled to get repaid from your personal injury settlement.
Here, I’ll tell you what insurance companies don’t want you to know about the full value of injury claims.
Some insurance companies refer to the full value as the pure exposure value. I’ve also heard a claims adjuster call the full value the “face value“.
What is the full value of claim?
[Read more…]Slip and Fall At an Apartment? Claims and Settlements
If you slip and fall at an apartment building, you may be able to get compensated. To do so, you’ll need some evidence that the apartment complex’s negligence caused your fall.
[Read more…]Slip and Fall Accident and Injury Claims in Florida
Florida slip and fall cases are difficult. They involve many factors, which are listed below.
[Read more…]Does Auto Insurance Pay for Lost Wages? (Florida)
If you miss work as a result of an auto accident, you may be entitled to compensation for your lost wages. This includes past and future wages, and inability to perform household services. You may also be able entitled to recover your medical expenses and pain, suffering, mental anguish, and inconvenience. However, those damages are outside the scope of this article.
[Read more…]Compression Fracture Settlement Amounts (Car Accidents, Slip and Fall)
If you’re claiming that an accident or incident caused your compression fracture, you need to know how much it’s worth. That is the only way that you will know how much to settle for.
In order to know how much a compression fracture is worth, you need several pieces of information. They include knowing:
[Read more…]First Party Insurance Benefits in an Injury Case (and Paying Back Liens)
If someone caused your injury, you’re typically focused on getting a big settlement.
But here’s the kicker:
What is just as important is the amount that you’ll have to pay back for any first party benefits that you’ve received for accident related injuries.
“First party” means that you are an insured or member of a plan. You do not need to purchase first party benefits to be considered a plan member or an insured. You may be an insured if someone else purchased an insurance or health plan in which you are covered.
[Read more…]Can a Parent Bind a Minor By Signing a Pre-Injury Release in Florida?
In Florida, parents are permitted to release a commercial activity provider for a child’s injuries occurring as a result of the inherent risk of the activity under certain circumstances. See § 744.301(3) Fla. Stat. (2010).1
[Read more…]Did Lane Graves’ (Boy Killed by Alligator) Family Settle with Disney?
Lane Graves was an adorable two year old. On June 14, 2016, an alligator killed him at Disney. Specifically, the attack took place at the Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney World’s Grand Floridian hotel in Orlando.
Many people think that the boy was eaten by the alligator. While he was not eaten, the alligator did bite and drown him.
This is a extremely sad event. My heart goes out to Lane and his family. Nevertheless, here I want to give my thoughts on how much Disney may have paid if there was a settlement.
The $10 Million Settlement Figure is My Best Guess
Here, I’ll explain why I think Disney may have paid around $10 million to the parents of the boy killed by the alligator.
This $10 million figure is my estimation. I haven’t seen any document that says that millions, or any amount, was paid to the parents for their pain and suffering. It’s possible that they did not settle.
On the other hand, the parents (Matthew and Melissa Graves) opened up a probate estate for “L T G”, who I assume is Lane Thomas Graves (their son):
A probate estate is usually only opened up for a child if the parents make (or settle) a wrongful death claim for the child’s death.
That being said, I wouldn’t be surprised if Disney paid $10 million to the parents. The full value of a wrongful case is much larger than most personal injury settlements. I will explain why in detail in a moment.
Also, court records mention that a minor with the [boy’s] sister’s initials received over $50,000 as a settlement not too long after the incident:
The parents asked the court to approve this proposed settlement. The document does NOT say that Disney paid it. I’ll explain later.
I’ll discuss who paid the sister’s settlement in detail.
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