Sumter County Personal Injury Attorneys
Farah & Farah Serves Clients in Sumter County
Sumter County, Florida, is home to about 95,000 Floridians and is considered a small county that encompasses the towns of Bushnell, the county seat, Webster, Center Hill, Wildwood, Coleman, and The Villages, a retirement complex that is the most populated unincorporated community in the county. Sumter is adjacent to Marion County and was established as its own county in January 1853 as more settlers began moving in. Since the Seminole Indians were living there before the white settlers, Sumter became the scene of many bloody conflicts with the Native Americans, some of which are reenacted for tourists today at the Dade Battlefield Park.
The current population, according to the 2006 U.S. Census is 68,768, and Wildwood is the largest incorporated municipality. The Villages area was hit by some devastating tornados in 2007.
Let Our Attorneys Help You in Sumter County
1. Motorcycle Accidents
The Sumter County Courthouse was the scene this year of a memorial to four bikers who were killed in a crash in March. The bikers gathered were all members of ABATE, American Bikers Aimed Toward Education, and they gathered to make sure everyone rallied against a man who drove his pickup truck head-on into a crowd of bikers on CR 476 near Bushnell.
Your chances of surviving a motorcycle crash are about six times smaller than surviving an auto accident. Catastrophic injury is far more likely in a motorcycle accident because of head and spinal cord injuries, which can be traumatic and permanent.
2. Nursing Home and Elder Abuse
With a growing number of people age 65 and older, elder abuse is becoming a growing concern. Many of our seniors will have to seek the shelter of some form of nursing home at some time in their life, and while most facilities provide loving care, we know many do not. The unbelievable stories we hear of man's inhumanity to others would make you sick.
Fortunately, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has initiated a new rating system based on the star system that should help guide you when choosing any one of the nation's 16,000 nursing homes. That system is based on inspections, the number of staff, as well as those residents who are found to be suffering from health concerns.
If your loved one has fallen victim to nursing home abuse, please call us immediately so we can help remedy the situation before things get worse. The Farah & Farah law firm has experienced Sumter County nursing home abuse attorneys who can answer your questions and provide you with viable answers. Call 1-800-533-3555. If you suspect nursing home abuse, the worst thing you can do, is to do nothing.
3. Slip & Fall / Premises Liability
Whether on a playground or in a restaurant, personal injuries of a serious nature can result from a bad slip and fall accident including traumatic brain injury, or an injured back or neck. While the term "Slip & Fall" is used within the legal community, the area of law is actually called Premises Liability.
The owner of a property has a duty to keep it in reasonably safe condition for "guests" or anyone who might visit. If that has not happened, and a breach has occurred that caused your injury, you may be entitled to compensation from the responsible party.
Contact a Sumter County premises liability attorney at Farah & Farah at 1-800-533-3555 as soon as you are injured because a statute of limitation may apply, meaning that you may have to file an action against the responsible party within a limited time period. We offer a complimentary consultation on your case.
4. Wrongful Death
Knowing an accident could have been avoided adds stress to the grief one feels at the death of a loved one. Wrongful death is caused when a responsible party is negligent or careless toward another. Almost one in three civil trials involve wrongful death that may have resulted from medical malpractice, an automobile, large truck, or motorcycle accident, nursing home abuse, or product liability.
To speak to a Sumter County Florida wrongful death attorney at Farah & Farah call us at 1-800-533-3555 for a complimentary consultation on your wrongful death case.
Accident Statistics in Sumter County
- In Sumter County, there were 672 crashes in 2009, which was a decline from 729 the year before. This includes crashes of all sorts of vehicles from trucks and automobiles to motorcycles and bicycles. Sixty-eight of those crashes were alcohol-related, and 21 resulted in fatalities.
- Sumter had only four alcohol-related fatalities in the county in 2009, 6 the year before.
- There were 711 injuries in 2009, with 53 of those alcohol-related.
- And there were 224 instances of vehicle or property damage resulting from a crash, a drop from 301 the previous year.
- There were two motorcycle fatalities in both 2008 and 2009, and 18 people were injured in 2009, and 29 in 2008.
- Fortunately there were no bicycle fatalities in either 2008 or 2009.
- In Sumter County, commercial motor vehicle related crashes occurred 90 times in 2009 and there were 124 incidents in 2008. There was only one commercial motor vehicle fatality in 2009 and 4 fatalities in 2008.
Sumter County Personal Injury Attorneys
Whether personal injury, a car accident or motorcycle crash, or medical malpractice and nursing home abuse, let Farah & Farah take a look at your case to provide you with options you may not realize exist.
Consider calling the tried and proven Sumter County FL personal injury attorneys at Farah & Farah for a free consultation. Not only are our attorneys members of the American Association of Justice and the Florida Justice Association, but they are accredited with the Better Business Bureau (A+ rating). Get a free consultation today by calling 800-533-3555 or by connecting with the attorneys on the web at www.farahandfarah.com.
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Our personal promise: Accident victims have specific rights, but by law you have a limited time to take action. When you use our team at Farah & Farah, there are NO up-front charges.
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