Legal Question in Traffic Law in Florida

I was in a Florida accident and cited for failure to yield. We both had same insurance company. At the time no one went to hospital however I did need to go 13 days later and diagnosed with a brain injury from the impact and side airbag. I am getting a pinch better. I went to court (as the policeman had said maybe I should do to possibly get it thrown out since we both had same insurance company and there were no injuries) to ask for relief on ticket rather than just pay it (didn't know what was right thing to do) but now it was continued to another court because of my injury. I have good medical insurance (Medicare and Supplemental gap insurance).

1. Should I have just paid the ticket and gone on with my medical treatment without challenging the ticket or is it legal in Florida to basically hide that there were injuries in accident? (I hope I haven't caused more trouble for myself for challenging ticket.)or

2. How threatening and what are the consequences if I just take my husband with me and say I'm guilty? or

3. Should I have to have a lawyer at this next court for some reason regarding the ticket? or

4. Just do this myself ...I heard of Last chance argument . And the accident report says it was a width of a 3 lane road when it really had width of 4 lane road.

Thank you


Asked on 4/24/14, 10:46 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Craig Epifanio Craig Epifanio, P.A.

You should, at a minimum, talk to a lawyer. You shouldn't do this by yourself as you will find yourself out of your depth. Bringing witnesses is a strategic decision and insurance companies have little to no bearing on the outcome of the ticket. So, get a lawyer to fight this.

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Answered on 4/25/14, 6:19 am


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