Lakeland Rear-End Collision Lawyer

Recently in a rear-end collision? Most people know there is a presumption of fault if you are rear-ended in Florida. Fortunately, most rear-endings are minor accidents causing few medical problems, when traffic is moving slowly. However, traffic doesn’t always have to be moving fast for injury to occur, especially if you’re in a small compact car. The type of car you drive makes a difference. Cars rated high in crash safety tests are less likely to have accidents with severe injuries. If an SUV or truck hits your small car with a poor crash testing rating, you and your occupants could sustain severe injuries.

Injuries could also be compounded if the occupants are older or have any underlying health conditions. Surprisingly, under similar accidents not everyone experiences the same type or severity of injury. The most common type of rear-end injury is whiplash, which damages the neck or spine. This is caused by a sudden impact throwing the body forward, which causes a rapid back and forth motion in the neck vertebrae, like a whip.

You could experience a number of neck problems including

• Stiffness
• Loss of the range of motion
• Worsening pain
• Headaches at the base of the skull
• Tenderness in the shoulder

This sudden force of a rear-ending could also create severe back, brain and facial injuries for you. Vision loss, bone fractures and paralysis could also occur. As a victim, you could also experience anxiety, stress, and other related long-term psychological problems. These symptoms could even present themselves down the road in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain relating to the rear-end collision.