Recovering Lost Wages From the At Fault Person’s Insurance
The second way you can receive lost wages in an auto, motorcycle or other type of injury claim is from the bodily coverage. Thus, at the end of the case if it settles or there is a verdict in your favor, the jury can award a certain amount of your medical bills for lost wages.
Recovering Lost Wages From Your PIP- Part 2
Continued from Part One in How to Recover Lost Wages from PIP To receive your lost wages under your PIP benefits there are forms that have to be filled out. These forms take time and the PIP adjuster has thirty (30) days to get you a check for your lost wages once it’s been presented
Recovering Lost Wages from Your PIP
Personal Injury Protection (PIP) Insurance – Recovering Lost Wages One of the most common areas in which families suffer is when one of the family members have been in an auto accident and they experience lost wages due to a lack of Personal Injury Protection (PIP), covering them against time out of work either from
Can You Still Get PIP Coverage if You Don’t Own an Operable Vehicle?
A person may get PIP coverage from a policy they don’t own if they do not have an operable vehicle in the State of Florida. If someone does have or own an operable vehicle in the State of Florida and chose not to have PIP coverage then they will not be able to use anyone
Motor Vehicles That Are Not Required to Have PIP Coverage
These vehicles are deemed to not be “motor vehicles” and not required to maintain PIP coverage for the purposes of Florida Statute 627.733. Motorcycles – mainly due to the fact that they only have 2 wheels. However you should note that a 3-wheeled vehicle has been deemed to be not excluded from the definition of
Who is Required to Have PIP?
Most motor vehicles in Florida are required to maintain some sort of PIP coverage. The fact is it is one of the only required coverage’s for automobile insurance under Florida Law. The other type of coverage is your property damage coverage. Florida Statute 627.733(1) states that: “every owner or registrant of a motor vehicle, other
Why is PIP Primary Over All Other Forms of Insurance?
Under Florida Statute 627.636(4) no fault benefits are generally primary over all other sources of insurance and are due and payable as the laws accrues. This means that the bills will be paid within a short period of time of being incurred. This also means that PIP is primary over health insurance, public health care
Why Do We Have PIP Coverage in the State of Florida?
Early in the 1970’s Florida’s automobile insurance industry started complaining that victims of automobile accidents could sue the tortfeasor or at-fault party for their injuries, pain an suffering with absolutely no threshold to recovery. They continued to complain that a relatively small car accident would gain some settlement value because the insurer would have to
Commonly Used Terms in Auto Accident Cases- Part 6
Pre-litigation Pre-litigation occurs prior to the initiation of the litigation process. During the “pre-litigation” phase of your file, your attorney will obtain your medical records and bills in anticipation of preparing and forwarding a demand letter to the insurance carrier for the at-fault party (who caused the crash). This process usually ends about the time
