There are tax implications for those who receive a personal injury settlement, but is all settlement money taxable? The short answer: It depends. The tax treatment of personal injury settlements depends on the nature of the damages. Understanding the differences between these can help injured parties keep more of their settlement, and avoid surprises when
If you've been injured in an accident, keeping accurate and thorough medical records is one of the most important things you can do to protect your personal injury claim. Here’s why it matters: ✅ Proves Your Injury – Medical records provide clear evidence of the extent of your injury, helping to show the
It’s a lot more than the last unofficial day of summer and a three-day weekend for many Americans. It’s a holiday celebrating the many contributions that good, honest, hard-working Americans have made and continue to make to our country’s strength and prosperity. Labor Day was initially recognized as a holiday by some cities when
By Daniel L. Hightower It’s no secret that car insurance companies for careless/reckless drivers who cause motor vehicle crashes that injure innocent people want to settle the injury claims as cheaply as possible. That’s their job. At the Hightower and Hightower Law Firm, we insist that car insurance companies pay full value, based on
Until I . . . By Daniel L. Hightower Over the last 40 plus years, I’ve probably heard thousands of new clients say to me at their first office conference, “I didn’t believe that all of the people claiming serious injuries from car accidents and work accidents were really injured that badly,
When one of our recent prospective new injured clients first called our office, she insisted that she wanted to first meet and talk with a lawyer in person about her case, not a paralegal, not an investigator, not an email, not an automated answering machine. Our receptionist, who personally answers the telephone during office
BY DANIEL L. HIGHTOWER As a lawyer who has been helping and representing people seriously or severely injured, or family members of people killed, in motor vehicle crashes and work accidents since 1976, I am more than a little concerned about all the lawsuits filed, results and recoveries that we read, see, and hear
NEW NAME; SAME SERVICE I’m pleased to announce that after 35 years of Daniel L. Hightower, P.A., its lawyers and staff helping and representing the seriously injured in Marion County, Florida and Statewide, the firm name has been changed to Hightower & Hightower, P.A. Alison Hightower, my daughter and an Associate Lawyer in my
Two different tow truck drivers were killed in the line of duty/assisting at motor vehicle crash scenes in Marion County, Florida by other motorists in the last eight years. One tow truck driver on or about May 4, 2014. The second tow truck driver on or about April 28, 2021. Other First-Responders, law-enforcement officers
When I started helping and representing people with their injury cases in 1976, my philosophy was that I wanted to be the kind of lawyer for others that I would want to represent me or a family member in an injury case. And that’s still my philosophy and what I’ve put into action since
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