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Attorneys at Schrier Law Group Proudly Serve Pembroke Pines, Florida
As Pembroke Pines grows and changes, Schrier Law Group remains a constant in the city’s legal fabric. We mix old school personal injury law with new school, using the latest personal injury legal tools while staying true to our core values of honesty, compassion, and client focus. Whether in a mediation room or a courtroom, we are your rock, helping you get justice without hesitation.
In the middle of Pembroke Pines, Schrier Law Group’s personal injury lawyers connect legal knowledge with community commitment. Our personal injury lawyer’s presence mirrors the city’s forward-thinking, inclusivity, and quality of life. If you’ve been injured and need justice, you have a friend in Schrier Law Group – here to support you, fight for you, and help you get your life back.
Understanding Street Safety and Driving Accident Statistics in Pembroke Pines
Traffic Safety Measures
Like many cities, Pembroke Pines has traffic safety measures in place to keep the roads safe. These include speed limits, traffic signs, crosswalks, and other infrastructure to keep pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers safe.
Driving and Accident Statistics
In 2023, Broward County had 206 crashes that ended in deaths. Car accident stats change from year to year, but some common factors that affect road safety are:
- Speeding: Speeding is a major cause of car accidents and can result in more severe injuries in the event of a crash.
- Distracted Driving: Using your phone and other distractions while driving can impair a driver’s focus and reaction time and cause accidents.
- Impaired Driving: Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a major cause of accidents and injuries.
- Weather Conditions: Bad weather, like rain or fog, makes driving more hazardous and increases the risk of accidents.
- Intersection Safety: Intersections are common places for car accidents, especially when drivers don’t yield or run red lights.
If you have been injured in a car accident, contact a personal injury lawyer at Schrier Law Group today.
Law Enforcement and Safety Initiatives
Local law enforcement agencies are key to road safety by enforcing traffic laws and running awareness campaigns. Initiatives may include extra patrols, sobriety checkpoints, and educational programs to reduce risky driving behaviors.
If you have been injured due to a personal injury accident, call an attorney at Schrier Law Group today!
Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety
Pedestrian and cyclist safety is key; in 2024, in Broward County alone, there were 9,272 bike crashes and 10,416 pedestrian crashes. Crosswalks, pedestrian signals, bike lanes, and shared paths can reduce accidents for vulnerable road users.
If you have been injured in a bike accident or pedestrian accident, call a personal injury lawyer for your case at Schrier Law Group today!
Schrier Law Represents the Following Personal Injury Attorney Services in Pembroke Pines
At Schrier Law Group, we provide full-service legal representation for personal injury law cases in the Pembroke Pines community. Our FL attorneys are experienced and will fight for justice and get you the money you deserve. We know the local laws and are here to guide you through the process. Our services include:
Automobile Accidents
Dealing with the aftermath of a car accident is stressful. Our Pembroke Pines personal injury attorneys are experienced in investigating car accidents, determining liability, and getting you fair compensation for medical bills, property damage, lost wages, and pain and suffering.
Florida’s personal injury laws are different than most states. You will need to make sure of the following:
- No-Fault Insurance: Florida requires you to carry Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance. This pays for medical expenses, lost wages and other expenses for you, relatives who live in the same household, passengers who don’t own a vehicle, and drivers who drive the vehicle with your permission—regardless of who’s at fault in an accident.
- Property Damage Liability (PDL): Florida also requires you to carry Property Damage Liability. This part of your policy covers damage you or your family members might do to other people’s property while driving.
- Coverage Minimums: The minimum is $10,000 PIP and $10,000 PDL.
- Bodily Injury Liability: Florida doesn’t require Bodily Injury Liability (BIL) insurance like many other states do. BIL covers serious or permanent injury or death to others when you are involved in an accident with your vehicle. However, if you’ve been convicted of certain offenses or been in accidents where you were at fault and didn’t have enough coverage, you may be required to carry BIL.
- Proof of Insurance: Florida drivers must have proof of insurance in the vehicle at all times. Failure to produce this during a traffic stop or after an accident can result in fines and penalties including suspension of your license.
- Penalties for Non-Compliance: Driving without insurance in Florida can result in: suspension of your driver’s license, registration and vehicle tags; reinstatement fees; and a non-cancelable insurance policy for up to 3 years.
Slip and Fall Injuries
If you were injured due to hazardous conditions on someone else’s property, Schrier Law Group can help prove negligence and compensate you. We handle premises liability cases on private or public property.
If you have been injured in a slip and fall case in Florida, you will need to do the following:
- Duty of Care: Florida property owners have a duty of care to all lawful visitors to keep the premises safe. This includes fixing known hazards and warning visitors of potential dangers they know or should know about. The level of care depends on if the visitor is an invitee (someone invited for business purposes, like a customer in a store) or a licensee (someone there for non-business, non-public purposes, like a social guest).
- Negligence: To win a slip and fall case in Florida, the injured party must prove the property owner was negligent. This means showing the owner knew or should have known about the hazardous condition and failed to fix it or warn about it.
- Comparative Negligence: Florida is a pure comparative negligence state. This means if the injured party is found to be partially at fault for their own injuries, their damages will be reduced by their percentage of fault. For example, if a court finds a person 20% responsible for their accident, their awarded damages will be reduced by 20%.
- Burden of Proof for Business Properties: For accidents that occur on business properties, the injured party must prove the business had actual or constructive knowledge of the hazardous condition and should have taken action to fix it. Constructive knowledge can be proven by showing:
- The condition existed for so long that the business should have known about it through the exercise of ordinary care, or
- The condition occurred with regularity and was therefore foreseeable.
- Reporting the Incident: It’s important to report a slip and fall on a business property as soon as possible. This provides documentation and ensures the incident is recorded in a timely manner which can be crucial to the case.
- Statute of Limitations: 4 years. If you don’t file within that time you lose your case.
Wrongful Death Claim
Losing a loved one due to negligence is devastating. Our Pembroke Pines wrongful death attorneys are here to guide you through the wrongful death claim process and get justice and compensation for your family.
- Who Can File: Under Florida law, the personal representative of the estate must file the wrongful death claim. This can be named in the will or estate plan. If there is no will, the court will appoint one. The claim is filed on behalf of the estate and any surviving family members.
- Beneficiaries: Beneficiaries of a wrongful death claim include the spouse, children, parents, and any blood relative or adopted sibling who was “partly or wholly dependent on the decedent for support or services.”
- Types of Damages: In a wrongful death case, you may be able to recover:
- Loss of support and services from the date of the decedent’s injury to their death, with interest, and future loss of support and services from the date of death.
- Loss of companionship and protection, and for mental pain and suffering (for spouses and minor children, or all children if there is no surviving spouse).
- Medical or funeral expenses incurred by a survivor due to the decedent’s injury or death.
- The estate can also recover lost wages, benefits, and other earnings, including what the decedent could have reasonably saved and left as part of their estate if they had lived.
- Medical and funeral expenses are paid directly by the estate.
- Statute of Limitations: The statute of limitations to file a wrongful death claim in Florida is generally 2 years from the date of death. This is a hard deadline, and if you don’t file within this time, you will likely lose your right to compensation.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Accidents
Pembroke Pines is a pedestrian and cyclist friendly city so bicycle and pedestrian accidents can happen. Schrier Law Group will fight for the rights of injured cyclists and pedestrians and get them the money they deserve.
Product Liability
If a product has injured you, our product liability attorneys will make the responsible parties pay. We’ll prove liability and get you compensation for the harm.
Catastrophic Injuries
Catastrophic injuries can be long term. Our team handles cases with severe injuries and gets you compensation for medical care, rehabilitation, and ongoing support.
Premises Liability
Injuries on someone else’s property need legal attention. Our premises liability attorneys will prove negligence and get you compensated for your injuries.
Contact Schrier Law Group’s Injury Lawyers in Pembroke Pines Today!
Schrier Law Group will fight for you if you’ve been injured in Pembroke Pines. Contact us today and let us help you get justice and get you paid.
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