Legal Question in Traffic Law in Florida

My husband was recently involved in a rollover accident. He hydroplaned on a wet road while on the on ramp for the highway. We recently moved to Florida where we are required to carry bodily injury liability on our car insurance. At the time of the accident, we were unaware that our coverage had lapsed on the vehicle he was driving (we carry full legal coverage on our other vehicle...this was just a boneheaded oversight on our part on the vehicle involved in the accident). There was another vehicle involved minorly in the accident and florida law states that we have to either pay a deposit of $5300 that the state trooper cited as the amount of damage to the other vehicle or my husbands license will be suspended. There is also the chance that the other party may sue us for that amount or more. We are both full time students with no assets and we cannot produce $5300 on the spot. What are our options??


Asked on 3/18/15, 4:08 am

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

You can either pay the deposit, or contact the other party and see if they would sign a form allowing you to work out a payment plan. That form, from the DMV, gets sent to them and they remove that lien suspended the license.

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Answered on 3/25/15, 7:09 am


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