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Rejuvenate and Repair

Edward Reyes, Esq / November 1, 2019

I know there’s a growing trend in stem cells. In fact, and I did, you know, I have a shoulder injury and they did a PR. What is PRP? The PRP is plasma Platelet-rich plasma. In stem cell therapy we collectively call regenerative medicine and it’s in its infancy. We’re just starting to see all the potential and uses of it. But I do believe that it is, by far, the future of orthopedics. With stem cells, you can regenerate cartilage. Arthritis is the degeneration, usually by age or overuse of cartilage, which is the surface of joints. When you lose that, as of now, you can’t get that back. So, once you have arthritis, you can’t get it back. Well, stem cells, you can inject stem cells that are going to grow into new cartilage. Imagine you’re 80 years old, your knees hurt all the time, they crack every time you move them, and then I come with a needle, inject a few stem cells in your knee and they repopulate the cartilage. They create new cartilage, and now your knee is like a 20-year-old knee. – That’s like the Fountain of Youth, kind of. Kind of, because, I mean, I know that I have pain in my knees and my shoulder, you know, from multiple things and I’m sure I have arthritis somewhere, but that’s pretty interesting to me because a lot of people, especially in personal injury, you know, they want to say it’s arthritic, and sometimes it is arthritic, sometimes it’s not arthritis, but this is taking it to another step because now, not only are you treating their pain, you’re able to treat the arthritic condition to repair that.⁣ Rebuilding Yourself That’s a fair statement, but you could almost rebuild a person, you know, as far as in that area I mean, you can. What happens to us when we age? We lose our cartilage. Arthritis is what ages us. When you’re 80 years old, you can have a great heart, great lungs, great kidneys, but your bones, your joints, are suffering. And if we could regenerate those, imagine all the things that we can achieve. Maybe we can live for 120 years, 130 years. So, as long as your organs are functioning properly and your blood flows, and things like that, I mean, you could essentially. You could have a good life, even as an elderly person, which is, you know, we work all our lives hoping to retire and then when we retire, we can’t move, can’t do anything, because of arthritic conditions, et cetera. Arthritic conditions also come from car accidents, is that correct? – No, in car accidents, what the uses of regenerative medicines are to repair broken ligaments and tendons, because the tears from those, they take a very long time, we’re talking years. A very common example is of whiplash, a syndrome in the neck after those rear-ending accidents. Tampa personal injury lawyer Edward Reyes represents people in Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida who have suffered an injury in an incident or accident type of accident. Speak Directly to Me, At No Cost, Today 813.421.3411 There’s a lot of tears in those ligaments that can take years to repair, and through those years, the pains are suffering from pain in the neck, headaches. This regenerative medicine can accelerate the recovery of those ligaments, weeks of recovery, in the knees. Another very typical one is tennis elbow, for example, which is, contrary to what you may think, it occurs mostly on injuries, might be personal injury, et cetera, not so much in tennis players. – I can see that. I mean, weightlifting, I can see that too. Is that when you extend your elbow. Yeah.⁣- All the time, yeah. – Feel like I’m getting old.⁣- Those where you’re doing dumbbells like this.⁣ Then that tennis elbow is painful. Call us today at 813.421.3411 for more information. (Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)

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Do you have Drugs on You?

Edward Reyes, Esq / November 1, 2019

A very common thing that happens in these search and seizures for a case is frequently the drugs are not even found on the defendant. So, one of two things or both things happen. An officer might not have probable cause to search the car, but might ask for consent to search, or say something like, “You have any drugs on you?” Now a traffic stop is not a seizure in the sense of an arrest, so technically it’s a consensual encounter. That doesn’t mean you can drive away from any traffic stop, but it does mean that the officer doesn’t have to read you, Miranda. So, what happens a lot is people feel like they’re being detained but they’re not. They’re not compelled to answer in any way. They’re not compelled to submit, to either questioning or to a search. So typically, people spill the beans. Tampa personal injury lawyer Edward Reyes represents people in Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida who have suffered an injury in an incident or accident type of accident. Speak Directly to Me, At No Cost, Today 813.421.3411 They say, “Yeah, I have drugs in the glove compartment” or, “Sure you can search the car, sure you can search me.” They get out of the car and they say, “Sure, you can search me.” Even though they knew full well that they have drugs on them, or they have drugs in the car. For more information, call us today. (Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)

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The Most Common Injuries After an Accident

Edward Reyes, Esq / November 1, 2019

What are the most common injuries do you find in your line of practice? Spine injuries secondary to car accidents is by far what I see the most. I see an incredible number of rear-ending injuries from people who were texting and they failed to see the person in front of them stopping, and they’re rear-ended. And rear-ending injuries have very predictable consequences in terms of the pain and the injuries that occur. Tampa personal injury lawyer Edward Reyes represents people in Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida who have suffered an injury in an incident or accident type of accident. Speak Directly to Me, At No Cost, Today 813.421.3411 The biggest impacts that we see as far as auto accidents go, we have other moped accidents, scooter accidents, but it’s either rear-ended injuries or accidents or left-hand turn ones. Those are the two most common, but the rear end ones are the ones that we find are a lot of damage unless they get T-boned. Call us at 813.421.3411 for more information. (Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)

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This is how the Insurance Companies Value your Claim

Edward Reyes, Esq / November 1, 2019

You’re probably wondering what are the insurance company looking at when they look at your claim? How do they value your claim? Well, they value it in multiple ways. One, they look at property damage. They look at the damage to your car to see how bad was the impact if, for example, if somebody rear-ended you, they look at the collision, the impact, the crushing, things like that. They look at your car, what type of car you have and what type of car the other person has as well. They also look at injuries. Injuries are, above all, the most important thing. They look at, did their car, did the at-fault party, the other driver, did they substantially cause the injuries to your body or to your self? If the damage is small, the property damage is small, but the injuries are great, that becomes an issue, but at least, if they are higher injuries, it could still mean that they caused that accident. Then they look at history. Were you involved in other car accidents? Were you involved in other injuries? Slip, falls, anything of that nature. It’s very important for them to look at everything because the insurance companies, they’re not your friend. Tampa personal injury lawyer Edward Reyes represents people in Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida who have suffered an injury in an incident or accident type of accident. Speak Directly to Me, At No Cost, Today 813.421.3411 They’re trying to value the case as low as possible, to offer as low as possible. That’s why they’re called adjusters. They’re adjusting the claim down. So, it’s very important for us to document everything correctly and it’s very important for us to create the story of your life. How has it affected you, not just your pain, but how has it affected your life? How has it affected your life with your kids? How has it affected your life with loved ones, hobbies, activities, things of that nature? So, it’s not just a one-size-fits-all, most people complain about back pain, it’s not just about back pain, it’s other issues that we use to complete the story to present the story to the insurance company. That’s how they value the injuries. Property damage is very important, in addition, the injuries are very important. So, everybody’s injuries are going to be a little bit differently, everybody’s going to be different in their own way. If you have any questions on this, feel free to give us a call at 813-421-3411. (Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)

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Use your Health Insurance for Hospitals

Edward Reyes, Esq / November 1, 2019

So you go to the hospital, what do you do next? You have health insurance. You don’t have auto insurance. Let’s say you have health insurance but go to the hospital or you go to a primary care doctor, or something like that. You could use your health insurance, if you have health insurance, there’s pros and cons with using your health insurance. The pro is, if the hospital bill is, let’s say $10,000 and I’m making up numbers here, but they have a health insurance rate meaning that the health insurance has a pre-negotiated rate with that hospital to reduce the rate, so if you give them your health insurance information, they have to reduce that $10,000 bill to whatever the negotiated rate may be. So let’s say, for example, the negotiated rate is $1,500. Instead of paying $10,000, your health insurance is paying $1,500. At the end of the settlement, we have to reimburse your health insurance back, it’s called subrogation. We have to reimburse them back $1,500, but your hospital bill’s paid off. On the other flip side of it, if you did not use your health insurance or do not have insurance, they want their full $10,000. So we have to reimburse them back the $10,000. Florida’s a no-fault state, your auto insurance covers up to $10,000 in medical coverages, but there’s usually a percentage that’s not covered and deductible. Tampa personal injury lawyer Edward Reyes represents people in Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida who have suffered an injury in an incident or accident type of accident. Speak Directly to Me, At No Cost, Today 813.421.3411 For the hospitals, they always want all their money upfront, not upfront but at the settlement. So if you have health insurance, it’s really important, use your health insurance wherever you can, especially when big-ticket items like the hospital, and then at the end of the settlement we’ll work on negotiating those bills, that way we can pay off the health insurance lean, because the health insurance wants their money back, because they’re paying for something that wasn’t accident-related, sorry paying for something that wasn’t health-related, but was accident-related. If you have any questions on this, feel free to give us a call, 813 421 3411. (Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)

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Going to the Doctor after A Car Accident

Edward Reyes, Esq / November 1, 2019

Whenever you’re involved in a car accident, many people think it’s different than going to a regular doctor. I’ll give you an example. If you are sick, you go to your primary care physician and that person refers you to somebody else, a specialist to help you with that sickness, whatever that sickness may be, and that specialist may refer you to somebody else. That’s how that process works, but for whatever reason, when people are involved in auto accidents, they feel that they don’t need to go to specialists. But you’re still injured, you’re still having a problem, the difference is that now it’s not health-related, it’s accident-related, but yet it created health conditions and health issues. So whenever you go see the doctor, the doctor may recommend for you to have an MRI, which is something that shows a diagnostic study of your spine or neck or whatever they choose to do the MRI of, could be wrist, could be joints, could be a lot of things, or of your head. And they also look at what other specialists could help you to make yourself, to help you feel better, in not just for the case purpose, but also really help you feel better. Tampa personal injury lawyer Edward Reyes represents people in Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida who have suffered an injury in an incident or accident type of accident. Speak Directly to Me, At No Cost, Today 813.421.3411 I would not go to a chiropractic doctor if I’m having neurological issues. I may also go to a chiropractor, but I would also want to go see a neurologist. So, treat them like you’re going to a regular doctor and it’s going to work out better for you and better for your case. If you have any questions on this, feel free to give us a call, 813 421 3411. (Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)

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The Impact of Wrongful Death to the Whole Family

Edward Reyes, Esq / November 1, 2019

Wrongful death. Wrongful death doesn’t just affect the person, that is deceased. It affects the family, the friends, the teacher and anybody that has affection for that person. Wrongful death statutes are different then other statutes and the time limit is completely different when you’re dealing with wrongful death. And it also depends on the entity that caused that wrongful death. The reason why it’s called wrongful death because that person died by the negligence of others. If a government entity created the wrongful death, that statue is limited in how much time you need to take, to bring a wrongful death action. If a private entity or corporation, that changes things. If a corporation, or does, they a lot of times they have higher policy limits which we could look into. If it’s an entity relating to the government, their limits are $200,000 and $300,000 of aggregate if there are multiple people, currently. Tampa personal injury lawyer Edward Reyes represents people in Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida who have suffered an injury in an incident or accident type of accident. Speak Directly to Me, At No Cost, Today 813.421.3411 In addition, there’s a lot of other factors dealing with wrongful death. It’s a very delicate subject. You’re dealing with an estate. You’re dealing with other family members and beneficiaries. If you have any questions about wrongful death. Please give us a call at 813-421-3411. (Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)

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My Friend’s Cousin Made 1 Trillion Dollar

Edward Reyes, Esq / November 1, 2019

If they’re in the same car accident, but that may be the first accident their injuries may be substantially different, the insurance company may be different as well, the adjusters may be different. So every case is a little bit different. It’s very difficult to compare one person to one person. It’s like DNA because everybody is actually different in their own ways. Every settlement’s going to be different, that’s why they’re separated. Whenever you hear the comment, my friend made 50,000, 100,000, or whatever the number may be, one they may be lying, off the top. Two, it could also be that their situation is different or very unique, specifically to them. We work with your conditions, we work with your history, we work with your damages, in order for us to come up with value and fight for you to get as much money as possible in your pocket for recovery. Tampa personal injury lawyer Edward Reyes represents people in Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida who have suffered an injury in an incident or accident type of accident. Speak Directly to Me, At No Cost, Today 813.421.3411 But again, everybody is a little bit different, so if you’re hearing people talk about somebody’s third cousin to the fourth, it’s not factual because everybody is a little bit different. Plus, everybody likes to blemish a little bit and make their settlements a little bit higher than what they typically are. If you have any questions on this, feel free to give us a call at 813-421-3411. (Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)

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Are Teens Charged Differently?

Edward Reyes, Esq / November 1, 2019

Are the rights of teenagers different? It depends on the age, what advice would you give a parent or what happens in those scenarios, I guess it depends on the crime. At what point do they become, juvenile, at what point do they become adults and is it after 18 So, this is a common issue. So for anyone out there who’s got teenage children, we’ll note teenagers get in trouble. Now, teenagers do all sorts of things because they’re immature, their frontal cortex hasn’t developed yet, they’re experimenting with life, which means frequently committing, things that are crimes. They certainly come into contact with law enforcement, frequently. Now obviously, if your kid’s a UT student and they’re 18 or a University of South Florida student and they’re 18, there’s not much you can do other than, you know, shake your head and hire a lawyer. Please, hire a lawyer. But if your child is a juvenile, you can certainly talk to them, and probably the thing you should say is, “Please, I’m begging you, don’t commit any crimes. “I’m begging you not to commit any crimes.” If my kids are watching this, please don’t commit any crimes. Understanding Things However, they have to understand the same thing, the same rule that I said about traffic stops. When they come into contact with law enforcement, they have to be polite, short and consent to nothing. Now law enforcement has additional rules that they’re supposed to follow when dealing with juveniles and that’s anyone under the age of 18. They not only have to Mirandize them if they’re going to interrogate them, but they also have to go through what’s called the Ramirez Factors. Also, they’re obligated to attempt to contact an adult, parent or guardian. However, their attempt can be, I think the word would “desultory.” This is, they can make a phone call and no one can answer and they’ll just go on about their business, because of what they would say is the exigency of their job. But they are obligated to make, like sort of, a good faith attempt to talk to an adult before questioning a juvenile. Although, that’s, depending on the age and maturity of the child. So they go through the Ramirez Factors, they ask the child, you know, “How old are you? “What grade and the school have you gotten to? “Can you read and write?” To determine whether or not the child is, a child or a teenager, almost an adult. Tampa personal injury lawyer Edward Reyes represents people in Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida who have suffered an injury in an incident or accident type of accident. Speak Directly to Me, At No Cost, Today 813.421.3411 That being said, tell your kids, “If you’re in trouble and law enforcement wants to “question you, be polite, don’t get angry, short, “consent to nothing.” That’s it. That’s probably the same advice you should give to everybody. Call us at 813.421.3411 for more information. (Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)

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Do I Need A DUI Hearing?

Edward Reyes, Esq / November 1, 2019

Some attorneys are very gung ho. Especially since there are several attorneys who are very experienced DUI attorneys here in Tampa who are very gung ho about doing these DUI hearings. It’s sort of an older generation to do that. My theory on it is, it may be useful. It’s not the be-all and end-all. If you need to back out on the road, you need to get back out on the road. Tampa personal injury lawyer Edward Reyes represents people in Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida who have suffered an injury in an incident or accident type of accident. Speak Directly to Me, At No Cost, Today 813.421.3411 Call us at 813.421.3411 for more information. (Transcript from the video, transcribed but not reviewed)

November 1, 2019

HAD A BAD DAY?