Coral Gables Personal Injury Lawyer
Coral Gables is a city of narrow banyan-lined streets and traffic circles wrapped around one of the busiest highways in the county, and the two do not mix well. We handle Coral Gables claims from our Miami office, and a case arising here is filed in the Miami-Dade County Courthouse. Call 954-522-5800 and speak to a lawyer about what happened. The consultation is free and you pay nothing unless we win.
Florida shortened the deadline to file most injury lawsuits from four years to two years for accidents on or after March 24, 2023 (HB 837, amending Fla. Stat. § 95.11). Accidents before that date still carry the four-year deadline.
What we see in Coral Gables
US-1 runs along the eastern edge with Metrorail above it, carrying commuter volume past the University of Miami. Off that corridor the city becomes something else entirely: narrow residential streets, mature tree canopy that limits sightlines, and traffic circles that many drivers treat as four-way stops. Collisions in the residential grid are typically low speed and heavily disputed, because there is rarely a signal, a camera or a witness.
Old Cutler Road and the surrounding routes carry a serious volume of cyclists, and cyclist claims here are a distinct kind of case. A rider has the same right to the lane a driver has, but the insurer will start from the assumption that the cyclist did something wrong. Helmet use does not bar a claim in Florida for an adult, and the crash reconstruction, the road position and the driver's own account usually matter far more than what the rider was wearing.
Claims we handle from Coral Gables
- US-1 corridor collisions near the university and the Metrorail stations
- Traffic circle and unsignalized intersection crashes in the residential grid
- Cyclists struck on Old Cutler Road and the surrounding routes
- Pedestrian claims on Miracle Mile and around Ponce de Leon Boulevard
Where a Coral Gables case is handled
Coral Gables is in Miami-Dade County, so a suit is filed in the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. The roads these claims come from are US-1 and South Dixie Highway, Le Jeune Road, Bird Road, Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Old Cutler Road, and where an injury needed trauma care the records generally sit with the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. We work Coral Gables from our Miami office at 1111 Brickell Avenue, 11th Floor, Miami, FL 33131, and we do not publish an address here because we do not have one here.
The lawyers who would work your Coral Gables case
We do not keep an office in Coral Gables and we do not pretend to. Your case is worked out of our Miami office by one of our trial attorneys, and you will know from the first conversation which of them has it.
They have been trying Miami-Dade County injury claims together since 1993, and they drive to Coral Gables when a case needs them there.
Meet the attorneys →What we handle for Coral Gables clients
Each of these is worked out of our Miami office, which covers Miami-Dade County.
Premises Liability
Florida premises liability and negligent security lawyers.
View →Wrongful Death
Florida wrongful death lawyers.
View →Medical Malpractice
Florida medical malpractice lawyers.
View →Workers Compensation
Florida workers compensation lawyers.
View →Dog Bite
Florida dog bite lawyers.
View →Bicycle Accident
Florida bicycle accident lawyers.
View →Coral Gables questions we get
I was cycling without a helmet when a car hit me. Does that hurt my claim?
For an adult in Florida, no helmet is required and not wearing one does not bar a claim. An insurer may still argue it contributed to a head injury, which is an argument about dividing the blame rather than a rule that ends the case. Riders under sixteen are required to wear one, and even there the driver's negligence remains the reason the collision happened.
Do you have an office in Coral Gables?
No, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise. We serve Coral Gables from our Miami office at 1111 Brickell Avenue, 11th Floor, Miami, FL 33131, which is where the lawyer handling your case sits. It changes nothing about the claim: a Coral Gables injury is filed in the Miami-Dade County Courthouse either way, and the first conversation costs you nothing wherever you are.
Which court hears a Coral Gables injury case?
the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. Claims up to $50,000 are heard in county court and larger claims go to circuit court. If the injury was serious enough for trauma care, the records that matter most usually sit with the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
The questions that apply to any Florida claim, deadlines, fees and shared fault, are on our injury claim FAQ.
The office that covers Coral Gables
Injured in Coral Gables?
Call and speak with a lawyer today. We will tell you honestly whether you have a case. We serve Coral Gables from our Miami office at 1111 Brickell Avenue, 11th Floor, Miami, FL 33131.