High-Speed Crash Kills Two Teens

According to the Tampa Bay Reporter, two head-on crashes in rapid succession caused by an errant wrong-way driver led to one man dead and one woman critically injured in Citrus County this weekend.  The Florida Highway Patrol has not released information about the identities of those involved. However, they have stated that a 19-year-old Crystal...

Click Orlando reports on a car accident in Volusia County that killed a man Sunday.  According to authorities, the accident occurred around 1:45 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, when a driver was headed southbound on Interstate 95. He bumped a car in front of him, which caused minimal damage, but then swerved and hurtled into the...

Tesla vehicles may have state of the art electric batteries and a so-called “autopilot” system, but the cars may be responsible for several recent deaths. The problem is, according to authorities, that people may rely too much on the autopilot system, unaware that the vehicles are not, in fact, self-driving. Tesla warns drivers that they...

Boca News Now reported recently that a woman was killed in Boca Raton, FL on the evening of Saturday, February 20, 2021 in a tragic motor vehicle accident. According to officials with the Boca Raton Police Department, the incident took place on Saturday, February 20, 2021 between 8:55 p.m. and 9:05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time...

The Chalik & Chalik Law Offices has announced their support of the upcoming National Teen Driver Safety Week. The campaign officially started on October 20th and will run through October 26th. The campaign was initially started by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in hopes of reducing the high car accident rate among teenage...

The state of Florida is a no-fault auto insurance state. This means that in the event of a motor vehicle accident, each driver’s own insurance policy is responsible for paying damages to the policyholder, regardless of fault. For persons involved in an accident without car insurance, knowing what to do can be frustrating. If you’ve...

Every year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) ranks cars according to safety features and publishes its findings in a list, “Top Safety Picks,” a ranking that automakers covet. This year, it has toughened its standards in an attempt to get more auto manufacturers to begin using new safety technologies that will prevent crashes....

Long daily commutes are par for the course in many regions of Florida, particularly in South Florida. According to data from the Census Bureau, the average commute time in 2011 in Broward County was 27.5 minutes each way. The average in Palm Beach County was 23.9 minutes each way. According to CNN, long daily commutes...

An Uber passenger may be within their legal rights to sue an Uber driver in the event of an accident. Although initial compensation would come from your Florida no-fault insurance policy, any costs that exceed your compensatory amount would be the responsibility of the at-fault driver. Chalik & Chalik Injury Lawyers can help you navigate...

If you were involved in a car accident, you may be wondering what happens in a side-impact collision. In these types of collisions, also known as T-bone accidents, a vehicle strikes another vehicle’s side. Side-impact collisions can happen when a vehicle is backing up or driving forward. Many of these accidents happen at intersections when...

Yes, there are some situations where you can file a lawsuit against a rental car company for an accident in Florida. However, in most cases, the driver of the rental car has accepted responsibility for the vehicle. In these cases, they or their insurance company will be held liable for the car accident, not the...

Yes, you can file a lawsuit against the company if you get into a car accident while in a taxi in Florida. In most cases, the company’s insurance company will pay for medical bills and other damages following an accident. However, sometimes insurance companies try to deny claims or say they are not liable for...