Pinecrest looks quiet until you map the crashes. US-1 runs its eastern edge, Old Cutler and Red Road carry heavy cyclist and pedestrian traffic through blind curves and canopy, and school-hour congestion concentrates conflicts into narrow windows. We handle those claims from Coral Gables, a few minutes north.
The Old Cutler and Red Road corridors are among the most heavily used recreational cycling routes in Miami-Dade, and they run alongside residential driveways, tight curves, and dense tree canopy that limits sightlines. Right-hook, driveway-entry, and dooring collisions are recurring patterns, and they frequently produce serious orthopedic and head injuries.
US-1 and the Ludlam and 104th Street intersections add a very different risk: higher-speed arterial traffic, frequent commercial turn movements, and Metrorail-adjacent pedestrian crossings. Crashes there tend to involve disputed signal timing and are best proven with intersection camera footage and event data recorder downloads.
Pinecrest's residential character also generates claims that never touch a roadway: pool and dock incidents, dog bites governed by Fla. Stat. § 767.04 strict liability, injuries at private schools and camps, and construction accidents on the steady stream of teardown and rebuild projects across the village.
We review the crash or incident report, coverage, and treatment plan and give a straight assessment before you commit to anything.
Intersection and residential camera footage, helmet or dash video, and vehicle data are preserved early, because these sources are overwritten quickly.
Where the Village, County, or school board may be responsible, the § 768.28(6) pre-suit notice goes out immediately to protect the claim.
We document not just bills but the effect on work, training, and daily function, which is what supports a full valuation.
A documented demand to every carrier, then suit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court if the response does not match the file.
We represent clients in every neighborhood, including:
Medical expenses, lost income, future care, and pain and suffering from the at-fault driver's bodily injury coverage, plus any uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage on your household auto policy, which typically follows you as a cyclist. PIP generally does not apply to a bicyclist who was not occupying a motor vehicle.
Yes. Claims against the Village of Pinecrest, Miami-Dade County, or the school board require written pre-suit notice under Fla. Stat. § 768.28(6) and are subject to sovereign-immunity caps on damages. The notice requirement is strict and missing it can end the claim.
Florida applies modified comparative negligence under Fla. Stat. § 768.81, so fault is apportioned and a plaintiff more than 50 percent at fault recovers nothing. Roadway position, lighting, right-of-way rules for bicycles under Fla. Stat. § 316.2065, and any camera or telemetry evidence drive that analysis.
Two years from the incident for most negligence claims arising on or after March 24, 2023 under Fla. Stat. § 95.11(4)(a), and two years for wrongful death under § 95.11(4)(d). Public-entity claims have shorter practical timelines because of the notice requirement.
Yes. Those claims usually involve negligent supervision, unsafe premises, or a defective piece of equipment, and often a signed waiver. Florida waivers are enforced in some contexts and not others, and a waiver does not automatically bar a claim, particularly where a minor is involved.
No. Personal injury representation here is on a contingency fee, meaning the fee comes only from a recovery. Contingency terms follow Florida Bar Rule 4-1.5(f), including the three-business-day right to cancel under Rule 4-1.5(f)(4)(B).
Free, confidential consultation. No fee unless we recover (most personal injury and insurance matters).
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