Matthew A. Dolman Personal Injury Law Blog

Radiculopathy is not a specific condition, but rather a description of a general issue in which one or more nerves are affected and do not work properly.... Read More

A thirteen (13) year old boy was airlifted to the trauma unit at an area hospital after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Drew Street (at Glenwood Avenue) in Clearwater where there is no pedestrian crosswalk.... Read More

In addition to astronomical treatment costs that Traumatic Brain
Injury  (TBI) victims can expect to incur, yet another consequence is
the inability for the injured party to handle simple financial
decisions, A recent study in Research Psychology, performed at the
University of Alabama Birmingham finds that individuals who suffer a TBI
from a car accident, slip and fall, or motorcycle accident will
desperately need help... Read More

There have been a number of proposed replacements for the
current no-fault system in place yet not one has received enough
legislative steam to replace the $10,000.00 PIP coverage that is
mandatory for Florida drivers. Florida Senate member Joe Negron, Rep.
Jim Boyd, Rep. Ritch Workman, and Rep. Mike Horner all oppose and have
recommended new proposals to substitute the present Florida no-fault
system in place.

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Florida
is presently one of only fifteen states without some extent of a ban on texting
while operating a motor vehicle.  Sen.
Nancy Detert (Republican out of Venice) has championed the passage of Senate
Bill 416, prohibiting the action of texting while operating an automobile and
the bill passed its third overall committee with a vote of 14-1.    Senate Bill 416 will now move onto the
Senate Budget... Read More

A soft tissue injury is damage to the muscles, ligaments and tendons that can be found throughout the body.  As a Clearwater personal injury attorney handling automobile and motorcycle accident victim claims throughout the Tampa bay area, a majority of the soft tissue injuries we come across involve muscle and ligament damage in the cervical (neck) spinal columns.... Read More

I have recently written in the past about a new method of MRI called Diffusion Tensor Imaging, commonly called DTI.  This is a magnetic resonance imaging that is used to mainly image the brain, but is not restricted to just brain scans.  The image illustrates injuries that would have previously gone un-noticed during normal MRI scans. ... Read More

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has publically called for a ban on lawyer referral services such as 1-800-Ask-Gary and 411-Pain. In a letter to Scott Hawkins, President of the Florida Bar, Atwater states "My department has received many confidential tips regarding the incestuous interactions between the participants in these referral services. I am appalled by the fact that these individuals, disguised as legitimate referral services, have been able to prey... Read More

Florida currently uses Personal Injury Protection (PIP) to pay a percentage of medical expenses after an individual is injured in a car accident.  This is coverage that consumers pay for in their insurance premiums in the context of “no fault” law.... Read More

Common misconceptions exist regarding traumatic brain injury.... Read More