Posts Tagged ‘Martin county’
Is your automobile insurance coverage at risk?
As a personal injury attorney in Stuart and Port St. Lucie, Florida, for the past 17 years, I have read hundreds of cases concerning automobile accidents and insurance issues. One recent case demonstrated the lengths insurance companies will go to deny coverage to a policyholder. In the case of Mercury Insurance v. Markham, Mr. Markham filled ...
Check car rental policy to avoid problems from auto accident
As a personal injury attorney in Stuart and Port St. Lucie for the past 17 years, I have read hundreds of lawsuits concerning automobile accident insurance. One recent case involved an expensive mistake with a rental car. Have you ever rented a car and then let someone else drive? Unless you inform ...
Where do you find legal care for auto accident injury claim?
As an automobile accident personal injury lawyer in Stuart and Port St. Lucie, Florida, for the past 21 years, I have watched as the legal landscape has change dramatically both in terms of the law and lawyers. I want to address how lawyers have changed over this time. Historically, lawyers have confined their law practices to ...
Crary Buchanan moving Stuart law office to nearby location on Federal Highway
Crary Buchanan is moving its office from downtown Stuart to the nearby Construction Journal office building on Federal Highway. “We have been in our current location for more than 30 years and the new location will provide us with equally high visibility and a central location to serve our clients,” said managing partner Mike Crary. The new ...
Scott Turnbull joins board of Treasured Lands Foundation
Joining a dedicated team of conservationists, wildlife advocates, business leaders and nature lovers, firm partner W. Scott Turnbull has joined the board of Treasured Lands Foundation. Turnbull is a business, securities, and trust litigator who advocates land conservation and preservation of South Florida’s history. “We are excited to bring Scott on board, said Chuck Barrowclough, executive director ...
Fatalities down, but distracted driving threatens our safety
Are cars getting safer? According to the federal government, the answer is “yes”. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) compiles car crash data every year. In 2007, more than 41,000 people died on our roads. In 2008, that number dropped to 25,351. That represents a 39 percent decrease in just one year. The 2008 figure is ...
Protect yourself against cost of injuries from car accident
Every year, the Florida legislature struggles with the issue of requiring car and truck owners to carry insurance if they injure someone. Right now, you are not required to carry insurance in case you hurt someone while driving your car. That also means that there are drivers on the road who don’t have insurance in case ...
Larry Crary helps in awarding Nina Haven scholarships
Firm partner Larry Crary helped award Nina Haven Charitable Foundation scholarships to 33 Martin County high school students in May. Crary is a board member of the foundation. At a ceremony that month, Crary and other board members, including retired partner Evans Crary Jr., officially welcomed the students into the Nina Haven Circle of Scholars. They ...
Protect your case from online snooping by insurance adjusters
In my last post, we talked about how important it is to prevent insurance adjusters from tricking you into giving information that can harm your case, even though the questions may seem harmless. That’s one reason why it’s important to have a lawyer such as me represent you in an injury case. Once you have a ...
Mike Crary speaks out against texting while driving
Mike Crary, general partner at Crary Buchanan, has published an editorial against texting while driving in Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers. The article appeared in all editions on May 21, 2010. In the opinion piece, Crary criticized the Florida legislature for failure to act on a bill that would ban texting while driving. Crary pointed out that ...