Personal Injury Blog

Mark Roman | December 22, 2017 | Personal Injury

A spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs when the protection surrounding your cord is damaged. Trauma, from a violent motor vehicle accident or a vicious sports injury, can cause this damage, which can result in the loss of the ability to send and receive messages from the brain to the body’s system that controls sensory and… read more

Mark Roman | December 20, 2017 | news, Personal Injury

This week brought grim news from Washington state: another passenger train derailment, apparently caused by speeding, which killed at least three people and injured many others. This crash joins a grim list: 1) A December 2013 New York commuter train derailment which killed four people; 2) A May 2015 Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia which killed… read more

Mark Roman | December 13, 2017 | Brain Injuries

According to the Brain Injury Association of America, roughly 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year. These injuries can manifest in hundreds of different ways and while some are easily diagnosed, others are harder to recognize; a coup-contrecoup brain injury falls under the latter. What Is a Coup-Contrecoup Brain Injury? When… read more

Mark Roman | December 8, 2017 | Car Accidents

People have talked about car accidents for as long as there have been cars. But there’s something about this term which isn’t quite right: “accidents” suggest car crashes are random, unforeseeable events, like lightning striking. In reality, they’re not. Car crashes are actually predictable, explainable, and most importantly, preventable. Professionals in the auto industry have… read more

Mark Roman | November 21, 2017 | Personal Injury

The holiday season is upon us, which means the first official day of winter is fast approaching. Although Florida may not see as picturesque a change in season or weather as other states across the country, there are certainly seasonal trends that make the holiday and winter months a unique time of year. Unfortunately, many… read more

Mark Roman | November 10, 2017 | Insurance Companies

Changes in the Florida auto insurance system may happen soon, and Florida drivers may be better off for it. Last year, Florida lawmakers pondered ditching our state’s beleaguered “no-fault” auto insurance system. That system, which requires drivers to initially use their own insurance to pay for things like medical bills and lost wages, has become… read more

Mark Roman | November 1, 2017 | news

Four years ago, I wrote a blog criticizing secret lawsuit settlements. Here’s one of the criticisms I made at the time: If a case settles confidentially, lawyers may lose the ability to share what they’ve learned with others. Lawyers handling the same type of cases may have to start from scratch, fighting tooth and nail… read more

Mark Roman | October 24, 2017 | Insurance Companies

One of our firm’s clients was in the news recently because he got a rude shock from his insurance company, Geico. He found out the hard way how insurance companies really operate. The story begins in August. At that time, Ricky Melendez was driving to work in the morning on U.S. 19. As he passed… read more

Mark Roman | October 11, 2017 | Car Accidents

The law firm of Roman Austin Personal Injury Lawyers is currently representing Ricky Melendez , a 29-year-old man who was hit by a 16-year-old driver who had stolen a car and ran a red light at 112 mph. The Tampa Bay Times recently published an article covering the details of the incident and subsequent struggles… read more

Mark Roman | September 21, 2017 | Bicycle Accidents

The Governor’s Highway Safety Association just released a major report on bike safety. Rather than analyzing brand new data, the report reviewed fatal crash data from 1975 to 2015 in detail to try and figure out trends. Overall, the news is not good. Bicycle accident fatalities declined steadily year after year until 2010. Since then,… read more