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Anonymous57
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What is the name of your state? FL
From the title you can basicly see what happened. Husband stopped at flashing red light, saw no one coming and was clearing the last two lanes of a intersection going east when hit from a person traveling north. Neither the other person or him saw each other. The other person had a flashing yellow light and claimed she was travelling 20-25 miles a hour. The pictures of the wreak don't look like she was doing that speed. This is what the mechanics have told us.
It happened this past Monday in all the Tropical Storm Francis mess, all intersection lights were out, due to loss of power and they went to flashing. My husband had no way of knowing whether she had a flashing yellow or flashing red also like him.
Since he had the red, everyone says it was his fault and he will have to pay all costs.
My question is should we get a lawyer for this incident? Is FL a no-fault state or at-fault? She went left the scene in a ambulance for a few things, not sure what because she seemed ok at the scene. Her older model van was totalled from the front end damage. My husband only had a cut on his hand but back and neck have been hurting. He has bruises on his hip from the seat belt. He would like to go to the doctor but we just can't afford even the 1,000 deductible. And then they only pay 80% after that.
We feel it is her fault because if she was going 20-25 she should have been able to slow down to see my husband.
We are very tight on money as I am a student and just found out I can't get any student loan money to finish my senior year of college. We have to come up with 6,000 before the end of the year just to pay for daycare & living expenses. We are very worried we may now have to come up with more money to pay for the accident. More than the 1,000 deductible we are going to pay to have the car repaired.
Can anyone please give me some advice on what may happen with this or what we can do next? These last few days worrying about all this is killing me.
Amanda in FL
From the title you can basicly see what happened. Husband stopped at flashing red light, saw no one coming and was clearing the last two lanes of a intersection going east when hit from a person traveling north. Neither the other person or him saw each other. The other person had a flashing yellow light and claimed she was travelling 20-25 miles a hour. The pictures of the wreak don't look like she was doing that speed. This is what the mechanics have told us.
It happened this past Monday in all the Tropical Storm Francis mess, all intersection lights were out, due to loss of power and they went to flashing. My husband had no way of knowing whether she had a flashing yellow or flashing red also like him.
Since he had the red, everyone says it was his fault and he will have to pay all costs.
My question is should we get a lawyer for this incident? Is FL a no-fault state or at-fault? She went left the scene in a ambulance for a few things, not sure what because she seemed ok at the scene. Her older model van was totalled from the front end damage. My husband only had a cut on his hand but back and neck have been hurting. He has bruises on his hip from the seat belt. He would like to go to the doctor but we just can't afford even the 1,000 deductible. And then they only pay 80% after that.
We feel it is her fault because if she was going 20-25 she should have been able to slow down to see my husband.
We are very tight on money as I am a student and just found out I can't get any student loan money to finish my senior year of college. We have to come up with 6,000 before the end of the year just to pay for daycare & living expenses. We are very worried we may now have to come up with more money to pay for the accident. More than the 1,000 deductible we are going to pay to have the car repaired.
Can anyone please give me some advice on what may happen with this or what we can do next? These last few days worrying about all this is killing me.
Amanda in FL