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The Causation Standard Applied to Your PIP Benefits After a Palm Beach County Car Accident

To recover PIP benefits you have to show that you sustained a loss as a result of bodily injury, sickness, or disease arising out of ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle.  Under Florida law, you must show a nexus between the vehicle and injury.  Some examples of cases that satisfied the causation standard are:

1. A plaintiff was attacked and robbed while changing a tire on a truck.

2. An insured driver was shot and pulled from a car after refusing to give a pedestrian a ride.

3. A worker was injured in a fall from a hydraulic ladder attached to a truck.

As you can see, you do not have to be injured in a Palm Beach County car accident with another car to sustain bodily injury associated with the ownership, maintenance, and use of a car.  If you ahve been injured while in your car and you are not sure whether you are entitled to PIP beneifts, contact a knowledgeable Palm Beach County car accident attorney who knows how to apply the causation standard and can determine whether you have the right to recover PIP benefits.  There are instances where you can get PIP benefits but not uninsured motorist benefits.