Insurance & Your Claim

Florida DUI, criminal defense, and personal injury, explained by a forensic lawyer-scientist and former public defender. Celebrity cases, courtroom strategy, and the science behind the evidence, in plain English.

Rory Safir

Every post here is written by Rory Safir, one of a handful of ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists in Florida and a former Assistant Public Defender in Tampa.

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Who Pays My Medical Bills After a Car Accident in Florida?

It surprises many people to learn that after a Florida crash, the first coverage to pay your medical bills is usually your own, even when the other driver was clearly at fault....

Should I Accept the Insurance Company’s First Offer?

A settlement offer lands a few weeks after the crash, the bills are piling up, and the check would make the pressure stop. The pull to just take it is real....

Do I Have to Give the Insurance Company a Recorded Statement?

Within a day or two of a crash, the other driver's insurance company often calls, friendly and helpful, asking for a quick recorded statement to process the claim. It sounds routine. It is not....

How Impairment Is Proven When a Drunk Driver Hurts You

When a drunk driver injures someone, many folks assume the impairment will simply speak for itself. In a civil case it does not....

How Long Do I Have to File an Injury Claim in Florida? (It Got Shorter)

If your sense of the deadline comes from anything you heard before 2023, it is probably wrong, and that mistake can be fatal to a claim. Florida used to give injury victims four years to file. It does not anymore....

What Happens to My Case if I Was Partly at Fault in Florida?

Many people assume that if they were even a little to blame for a crash, they have no case. That is not how Florida works, though a 2023 change did raise the stakes. Being partly at fault reduces your recovery, and past a certain line it now ends it, so...

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