Florida Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

The victim in this Florida auto accident case was 75 years old and was employed by a hospital in Boynton Beach, Florida. He drove a golf cart and picked visitors up in the parking lot so they would not have to walk the long distance to the hospital entrance. He was a careful driver and drove very slowly in the golf cart. In fact, several witnesses stated that they became annoyed by his extreme “carefulness”.

On this particular day, the victim had picked up one passenger to deliver to the hospital entrance, had made it to the valet entrance area and stopped, when a visitor in a large Ram pickup truck made an illegal u-turn because she apparently passed an open parking spot and was in a hurry to turn around and park there. Unfortunately, in the process she struck the golf cart with great force.

Both the driver and the passenger in the golf cart were ejected out of the golf cart and were thrown approximately 3-4 feet from the cart onto the pavement. Although the passenger in the golf cart sustained cuts and bruises, she refused medical treatment at the scene and has not had the necessity to obtain any medical treatment since the accident. However, the driver and victim in this case sustained multiple traumatic injuries and hit his head which was bleeding profusely. The paramedics arriving at the scene determined that, due to previous heart surgery, the victim needed to be taken directly to the trauma unit at another hospital, so he was placed in an ambulance and immediately transported to Delray Medical Center.

This victim remained in the hospital for a few weeks and then was transferred to a rehabilitation facility for continued care and rehabilitation. Unfortunately, after being at this facility for a short time, the victim’s health deteriorated rapidly and he passed away from complications brought on by his injuries previously sustained during the golf cart/motor vehicle accident.

The victim’s widow and children contacted Attorney Jason D. Weisser to assist them in bringing a lawsuit against the driver of the pickup truck that struck the golf cart the victim was driving and also against the uninsured/underinsured motorists coverage the victim carried on his own insurance policy. After extensive investigation and negotiations, Mr. Weisser was successful in settling with all defendants for an amount that was 25 times the available policy limits in this matter.