Deerfield Beach Personal Injury Lawyer
Deerfield Beach sits on the Palm Beach County line with I-95, the Sawgrass Expressway and Hillsboro Boulevard all converging inside a few miles, and the county line itself is a complication worth knowing about. We handle Deerfield Beach claims from our Fort Lauderdale office, and a case arising here is filed in the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. 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 Deerfield Beach
Hillsboro Boulevard is the road that matters here. It runs from the beach across I-95 to the Sawgrass Expressway, changing character every mile, and the interchange traffic at both ends means a driver at the far east end is dealing with beach parking while a driver at the west end is coming off a highway ramp. Most of the serious collisions we take from this city happen within a mile of one of those interchanges.
Being on the county line matters more than it sounds. A crash a few hundred yards north is a Palm Beach County case filed in West Palm Beach; the same crash south of the line is a Broward case filed in Fort Lauderdale. Different courthouse, different clerk, different jury pool. Getting that right at the outset avoids a filing in the wrong venue, and it is one reason a police report's stated location is worth checking rather than assuming.
Claims we handle from Deerfield Beach
- I-95 and Sawgrass Expressway interchange crashes on Hillsboro Boulevard
- Collisions right at the Broward and Palm Beach county line, where venue is in question
- Pedestrian and cyclist claims along Federal Highway and near the pier
- Falls and negligent security claims in the large residential communities west of I-95
Where a Deerfield Beach case is handled
Deerfield Beach is in Broward County, so a suit is filed in the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. The roads these claims come from are I-95, Hillsboro Boulevard, Federal Highway, Powerline Road, Military Trail and the east end of the Sawgrass Expressway, and where an injury needed trauma care the records generally sit with Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. We work Deerfield Beach from our Fort Lauderdale office at 2101 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 1500, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309, and we do not publish an address here because we do not have one here.
The lawyers who would work your Deerfield Beach case
We do not keep an office in Deerfield Beach and we do not pretend to. Your case is worked out of our Fort Lauderdale office by one of our trial attorneys, and you will know from the first conversation which of them has it.
They have been trying Broward County injury claims together since 1993, and they drive to Deerfield Beach when a case needs them there.
Meet the attorneys →What we handle for Deerfield Beach clients
Each of these is worked out of our Fort Lauderdale office, which covers Broward County.
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View →Deerfield Beach questions we get
My crash happened near the county line. Which court hears it?
The county where the crash happened generally governs, so a Deerfield Beach collision is a Broward case filed in Fort Lauderdale, while one a few blocks north in Boca Raton is a Palm Beach County case filed in West Palm Beach. Where the defendant lives or does business can also create venue. It is worth confirming rather than assuming, because a suit filed in the wrong county can be transferred or dismissed while the two-year deadline keeps running.
Do you have an office in Deerfield Beach?
No, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise. We serve Deerfield Beach from our Fort Lauderdale office at 2101 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 1500, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309, which is where the lawyer handling your case sits. It changes nothing about the claim: a Deerfield Beach injury is filed in the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale either way, and the first conversation costs you nothing wherever you are.
Which court hears a Deerfield Beach injury case?
the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, in the Seventeenth 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 Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale.
The questions that apply to any Florida claim, deadlines, fees and shared fault, are on our injury claim FAQ.
The office that covers Deerfield Beach
Injured in Deerfield Beach?
Call and speak with a lawyer today. We will tell you honestly whether you have a case. We serve Deerfield Beach from our Fort Lauderdale office at 2101 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 1500, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309.