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Volusia County Personal Injury Lawyers

Farah & Farah Serves Clients in Volusia County

Volusia County is home to Daytona Beach, its best-known city on the Atlantic side of the state, but the county seat is DeLand, and the greatest population is in Deltona. The population of Volusia County in 2005 was 496,575, making Volusia County the 101st largest metropolitan area by population in the U.S. Interstate 3 and Interstate 95 both traverse through Volusia County. Volusia County is roughly the size of Rhode Island and is located 60 miles north of the Kennedy Space Center and 90 miles south of Jacksonville. Cities in Volusia also include DeBary, Edgewater, Holly Hill, and Lake Helen.

Let our Attorneys Help You in Volusia County

1. Truck Accident

All of us who drive down the highway have had that sinking feeling when we come near a semi or big-rig. Does he see us and is he a responsible driver with a secured load? Because tractor-trailers are so much larger and weigh so much more than a motor vehicle, trucks present the greatest danger on the highway today. If you are involved in a full speed crash with a semi-truck, it is equivalent to colliding with 20 cars - all at the same time. The catastrophic consequences can leave you injured for a lifetime or take the life of a loved one. Because of the economics of trucking, many crashes are the result of driver fatigue. Farah & Farah’s Volusia County truck accident attorneys will always investigate just how many hours the driver spent behind the wheel on that shift. What he texting or on the cell phone? An expert investigation into a trucking collision must take place immediately while there is still evidence available.

2. Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice is a serious national problem and particularly serious in Florida, which ranks near the bottom of states that revoke the medical license of bad doctors. It was estimated by the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences that as many as 98,000 patients are killed every year in hospitals due to preventable medical errors, yet fewer than half of one percent of doctors, or 8,000, face serious sanctions. In Florida, 3,000 to 5,000 deaths occur every year from a preventable medical error by a hospital, pharmacist, technician, doctor, or nurse. That is more than the combined number who die of breast cancer, AIDS, and homicides. Unfortunately, medical malpractice can happen to any patient at any time. the Volusia County medical malpractice lawyers at Farah & Farah are committed to uncovering what mistakes were made that led to your medical malpractice injury.

3. Wrongful Death

Wrongful death is a civil action filed by relatives of someone who died through another’s negligence or recklessness. The death could have occurred in a nursing home, from an auto accident, or from a defective product. In a Volusia County wrongful death case, the death was caused, at least in part, by the conduct of the defendant who was negligent or strictly liable and there must be a surviving spouse or children to file the action.

4. Auto Accidents

It should come as no surprise drivers are more aggressive and negligent today. Combine aggression with alcohol consumption and over-the-counter drugs, that many people rely on to get through the day, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) finds that in about 18% of fatal traffic accidents, the driver had some type of drug, whether legal or illicit, in his system. All types of drugs were included in this report including narcotics, depressants, hallucinogens, stimulants and others. In Florida alone, state officials found there were 20,085 alcohol-related car crashes that resulted in 32 deaths in Volusia County in 2009. This does not take into consideration other forms of intoxication from drugs, since state data is not collected on drug use and auto accidents.

Volusia County Accident Statistics

In Volusia County there were 5,685 crashes of all kinds in 2009, 684 of them were alcohol-related and 94 fatalities resulted.
Among those crashes, 32 were alcohol-related fatalities and there were 4,810 injuries.
Volusia County saw 2,359 vehicle and/or property damage cases.
Among motorcyclists, there were 22 fatalities and 482 motorcycle injuries in 2009.
Among bicyclists, there was one fatality and 147 bike injuries.
Among pedestrians in Volusia County there were 20 pedestrian fatalities and 211 pedestrian injuries
312 commercial motor vehicles crashes led to 6 fatalities and 206 injuries in Volusia County in 2009.

Volusia County Personal Injury Attorneys

Whether a personal injury accident, a car accident, motorcycle crash, medical malpractice, or nursing home abuse, Farah & Farah's Volusia injury attorneys will offer you a free consultation to determine whether you have a valid personal injury case. We will help you explore avenues you may not have known existed.

Not only are Farah & Farah’s Volusia County 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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