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I own a car that my friend was driving and another vehicle ran a stop sign (the other vehicle was given a ticket failure to yield) and hit my car, totaling it. The insurance payed for the car and settled with my friend, but my 5 month pregnant daughter was in the car with her 1 year old son. I missed a lot of work taking them to the doctor visits, at chiropractor, neurologist, MDs,etc. and although my friend settled, they told my daughter they wouldn't give her anything because she had no permanent injuries. We live in Florida and I am just very upset that I was never even reimbursed for missed work or the trouble this caused in our lives. Originally I was required to give them hours missed signed by my supervisor, which I did, and then nothing. Do I have a recourse?
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No. You have no claim for lost wages or inconveneince because you are attending to your adult daughter and grandchild. She might if she lost work or was forced to pay you for those services and sought reimbursement under PIP. If you daughters treatment did not reveal a permanent injury as determined by the treating physicians, which often happens due to treatment and diagnostic limitations with pregnant women, she is essentially entitled to have the out of pocket medical bills not paid by PIP coverage and thats about it.
Answered on Apr 24th, 2015 at 7:58 AM
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