If you were seriously hurt anywhere in Broward County, the insurance company assigned an adjuster within hours and began building its defense before you left the hospital. The Farber Law Firm represents injured people across Fort Lauderdale — highway and surface-street crashes, dangerous premises, negligent security and fatal incidents — and brings former insurance-defense experience to the other side of the table.
Broward County reports tens of thousands of traffic crashes annually, and the I-95 and I-595 corridors through Fort Lauderdale carry a punishing mix of commuter volume, freight traffic bound for Port Everglades and visitors unfamiliar with the roads. Crash patterns on those corridors — sudden-stop chain collisions, unsafe lane changes, commercial-vehicle involvement — repeat constantly and are often reconstructable from telematics and roadway camera data if a preservation demand goes out quickly.
The county's hospitality and nightlife economy generates a steady volume of premises and negligent security claims. Fort Lauderdale Beach, Las Olas Boulevard and the downtown entertainment corridor see assaults, falls on poorly maintained walkways and parking-structure incidents where the central question is whether the property owner knew of prior similar crime and failed to take reasonable measures.
Broward also has a very large rental and short-term rental housing stock. When a stair collapses, a balcony rail gives way or a pool gate fails, the responsible parties are frequently spread across an owner, a management company and a maintenance contractor. Sorting out who controlled the condition — and which policies respond — is often the difference between a nominal offer and a full recovery.
Call 8888-FARBER. We review the crash or incident report, your medical picture and every policy that might respond — at no cost.
Spoliation letters go out for surveillance video, black-box and telematics data, incident reports and prior-incident history before anything is overwritten.
We coordinate with your treating physicians so the record reflects the true extent of injury, future care and work limitations.
Once your condition stabilizes, we present a documented demand supported by records, wage loss and life-care projections.
When a carrier will not pay fairly, we file in Broward County and litigate. Carriers price cases differently when the firm across the table tries them.
We represent clients in every neighborhood, including:
For negligence claims that accrued on or after March 24, 2023, Florida gives you two years from the date of the incident under Fla. Stat. § 95.11(4)(a). Wrongful death claims run two years under § 95.11(4)(d). Claims against a city, the county or the State of Florida require pre-suit notice under Fla. Stat. § 768.28 and have their own shorter deadlines, so a claim involving a Broward County bus, a municipal vehicle or a public property defect needs attention immediately.
Most Broward County injury suits are filed in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit at the Broward County Courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Cases valued at $50,000 or less may be filed in county court. Where the case is filed affects the judge, the discovery schedule and how quickly you reach mediation.
Yes. Fla. Stat. § 768.81(6), as amended in 2023, bars recovery entirely if you are found more than 50 percent at fault. At 50 percent or less, your award is reduced by your share. Defense carriers routinely argue inflated fault percentages, which is why documenting the scene and preserving video early matters so much.
Property owners and operators owe invitees a duty to maintain reasonably safe premises and to warn of hidden dangers. Broward has one of the densest short-term rental markets in Florida, and liability often involves layered parties: the owner, a management company, a maintenance vendor and sometimes a platform's insurance program. Identifying every available policy is a large part of the work.
Consultations are free. Most personal injury matters are handled on a contingency basis, meaning no attorney fee unless we recover. Costs and fee terms are set out in a written retainer agreement as required by Rule 4-1.5(f) of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.
Free, confidential consultation. No fee unless we recover (most personal injury and insurance matters).
Call 8888-FARBER