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A Trip to Florida Shouldn’t End with a Visit to the Hospital

People visit Florida for lots of reasons. Whether you come for the sun and the beach or the amusement parks and roller coasters, you will be surrounded by people from all over the world. Visiting Florida is truly a unique experience. For many people, it is the experience of a lifetime.

But some tourists are forced to remember their trips for all the wrong reasons. This happens when tourists get seriously injured during their vacations. If you’ve been injured while visiting Florida, you have clear legal rights, and you will want to talk to a knowledgeable injury lawyer about recovering your losses.

Common Tourist Injuries in Florida

Tourists who are involved in accidents while visiting Florida can recover losses resulting from all types of injuries. When you get injured on vacation, the nature of your injury is not nearly as important as its cause. If you can prove that an insurance company or other business is liable for what happened, you can seek full compensation regardless of the type of physical trauma you suffered.

This means that tourists who get hurt while visiting Florida can file claims for injuries including (but not limited to):

• Back Injuries – Including herniated discs, slipped discs, vertebrae fractures, and spinal cord damage.
• Bone Injuries – Including fractures and dislocations throughout the body.
• Burns – Including burns from heat, fire, explosions, and toxic exposure.
• Eye, Ear, and Nose Injuries – Including injuries resulting in loss of sight or vision, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and damaged cartilage.
• Facial Injuries – Including cuts, scarring, and jaw injuries.
• Near-Drowning Injuries – Including injuries from swimming pools, water slides, and water parks.
• Organ Damage – Including liver, kidney, heart, lung, stomach, and intestine injuries.
• Severe Lacerations – Including lacerations throughout the body that require stitches or sutures.
• Soft Tissue Injuries – Including sprains, strains, and tears of muscles, ligaments and tendons throughout the body.
• Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) – Including concussions, coup-contrecoup injuries, and other forms of brain trauma.

Regardless of the type of injury you suffered, one of the keys to recovering your losses is to collect as much evidence as possible. To collect key evidence before it disappears, you should contact an injury lawyer promptly. When you hire a lawyer in Florida to represent you, he or she can send an investigator to the scene of the accident. Your lawyer will also work with you to determine what additional evidence may be available.

For example, suppose you were hurt in a slip-and-fall accident at an amusement park. In this scenario, along with forensic evidence from the location where you fell, your lawyer may also be able to gather surveillance camera footage, maintenance records, and eyewitness testimony. If you took photos or videos with your phone (either before or after the accident), these may help with proving your legal rights as well.

Who Is Responsible for the Injury You Suffered While Visiting Florida?

Collecting evidence is essential to help determine who is responsible for the injury you suffered while visiting Florida. To file a claim, you need to know who (or, more likely, what company) to file your claim against. There are several possibilities, and while it might seem obvious who (or what company) is liable, you must be able to prove liability in order to recover proper compensation.

While every circumstance is unique, in most cases, tourists who get injured while vacationing in Florida may have a claim against:

• A hotel or resort
• A tour or excursion company
• An amusement park
• An entertainment venue
• A bar, restaurant, or nightclub
• A negligent driver (or the driver’s employer or rideshare company)
• Any other business, venue, or government entity that is responsible for what happened

As a practical matter, recovering your losses after an accident while on vacation usually involves dealing with the at-fault party’s insurance company. Most types of accidents are covered by liability insurance, and you can file an insurance claim in Florida regardless of where you live. But it will be important to have a local attorney on your side. While your goal may be to settle, it is also important to hire an injury lawyer who is prepared to go to court if necessary.

Discuss Your Accident with Injury Lawyer Randall L. Spivey

Fort Myers injury lawyer Randall L. Spivey has decades of experience representing accident victims in settlement negotiations and litigation. If you have been injured while vacationing in Florida, Mr. Spivey can help you seek the financial compensation you deserve. For a free, no-obligation consultation, call the Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A. at 888-477-4839 or tell us how we can reach you online now at Spiveylaw.com.