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Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer

We represent people injured in Fort Lauderdale and across Broward County in car, truck and motorcycle crashes, slip and fall claims, and wrongful death cases. Our office is at 2101 W Commercial Blvd, minutes from the Broward 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.

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Board Certified Richard Pravato, in Civil Trial law, since 2004.
Free consultation A lawyer answers your questions, at no charge.
Since 1993 Broward County injury claims for over three decades.
Deadline changed

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.

Attorneys Brett J. Yonon, Richard P. Pravato and Brian H. Malamud of Wolf & Pravato, with founding and managing partner Vince J. Pravato, in the lobby of their Fort Lauderdale office

The lawyers in this building

This photograph was taken in the lobby downstairs. Our office is at 2101 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 1500, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309, and the partners and trial attorneys in it are the people you would work with directly, from the first conversation through to the last.

They have been trying Broward County injury cases together since 1993, and Broward is the county this firm has worked longest.

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Fort Lauderdale practice areas

What we handle in Broward County

Fort Lauderdale Self-Driving Car Accident Lawyer

I-95 through Broward is the longest stretch of assisted driving in the county, twice a day.

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Fort Lauderdale Car Accident Lawyer

I-95, the Turnpike and Federal Highway collisions, plus hit and run and rideshare claims.

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Fort Lauderdale Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

Left-turn and lane-change collisions, and the bias riders face from insurers.

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Fort Lauderdale Slip and Fall Lawyer

Grocery, hotel and parking garage falls across Broward County.

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Fort Lauderdale Pedestrian and Bicycle Lawyer

Beach crossings and wide main roads put people on foot in front of drivers who are not expecting them.

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Fort Lauderdale Premises Liability Lawyer

Parking garages and apartment complexes with a documented history are where negligent security claims start.

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Fort Lauderdale Wrongful Death Lawyer

Claims brought through a personal representative in Broward Circuit Court.

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Fort Lauderdale Truck Accident Lawyer

Commercial carrier crashes on I-95 and I-595, including Port Everglades container traffic.

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Fort Lauderdale Medical Malpractice Lawyer

Two of the largest hospital systems in Broward are public districts, and suing a public district is a different case.

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Fort Lauderdale Workers Compensation Lawyer

Broward has a marine and airport workforce, and for those workers state comp may be the wrong system entirely.

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Fort Lauderdale Dog Bite Lawyer

Florida makes an owner strictly liable for a bite, and Broward County Animal Care holds the report that proves it happened.

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Fort Lauderdale Bicycle Accident Lawyer

Broward has one of the highest cyclist death rates in the country, and A1A and Federal Highway are where it happens.

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Fort Lauderdale Bus Accident Lawyer

Broward County Transit is a government body, so the deadline and the cap are not the ordinary ones.

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Fort Lauderdale Construction Accident Lawyer

On a Broward site the party that caused the fall is usually not the party that employs you.

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Fort Lauderdale Birth Injury Lawyer

NICA can bar a birth injury lawsuit entirely, and whether it applies is the first question, not a detail.

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Fort Lauderdale Uber and Lyft Accident Lawyer

Whether the app was on, and what the driver was doing on it, decides which policy pays.

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Fort Lauderdale Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer

Get the emergency finding documented early. A walk-in visit does not automatically produce one.

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Fort Lauderdale Swimming Pool Accident Lawyer

Broward has more pools than almost anywhere, and most drowning claims turn on a barrier that was not there.

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Fort Lauderdale Airbnb Injury Lawyer

A city built on canals rents out the houses along them, and the hazard is usually the water side.

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Fort Lauderdale Premises Liability Lawyer

A hotel owes its guests more than an ordinary property owner owes a visitor.

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Fort Lauderdale Negligent Security Lawyer

These cases turn on what happened at that property before it happened to you.

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Fort Lauderdale Boat Accident Lawyer

The New River and the inlet mix charters, yacht deliveries and dive boats in blind, congested channels.

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Fort Lauderdale Product Liability Lawyer

Keep the product. Without it, most defect claims cannot be proved at all.

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Fort Lauderdale Scooter Accident Lawyer

Rented mopeds and scooters run A1A and the beach blocks, ridden by people who know neither.

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Fort Lauderdale Train Accident Lawyer

Two rail corridors run through Broward, and the crossings on the eastern one sit in the middle of the city.

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Fort Lauderdale Drowning Accident Lawyer

Guarded ocean, unguarded canal and permitted pool water, within a few blocks of each other.

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Fort Lauderdale Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer

The first question is not medical. It is which company actually holds the license.

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Fort Lauderdale Catastrophic Injury Lawyer

Proving it is rarely the hard part. Finding enough coverage to pay for it is.

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Local knowledge

Where Broward crashes happen

Broward County records some of the highest crash volume in Florida, and the pattern is predictable. I-95 through Fort Lauderdale, the I-595 interchange, Federal Highway, and Broward Boulevard produce a steady share of the serious injury cases we see. Port Everglades container traffic puts heavy commercial trucks onto the same roads as commuters.

Where you are treated matters too. Broward Health Medical Center and Holy Cross are the trauma destinations for most of these crashes, and their records become the backbone of your claim. We request them early, before an insurer builds a version of your injuries from an emergency room summary alone.

Skid marks curving across the shoulder of a Florida road lined with palms

What to do in the first week

  • Get evaluated, even if you felt fine at the scene. Gaps in treatment get used against you.
  • Report the crash to your own insurer, but do not give the other side a recorded statement.
  • Photograph the vehicles, the scene, and your injuries while they are visible.
  • See a doctor within 14 days of a crash, or your own coverage pays nothing at all.
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Our Fort Lauderdale office

The office building at 2101 W Commercial Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, where Wolf & Pravato has its offices on the fifteenth floor

Fort Lauderdale

Broward County
2101 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 1500, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
954-522-5800

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Every day
A live person answers, and a lawyer takes it from there.

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Someone answers the phone at any hour, every day of the year. Office visits are by appointment.

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Free case review. No fee unless we recover money for you.
Also served from this office

Cities we cover from Fort Lauderdale

We hold no office in these cities and do not claim one. Each is worked from Fort Lauderdale, and a case from any of them files in the Broward County Courthouse.

Pompano Beach Personal Injury Lawyer

Pompano Beach sits directly north of our Fort Lauderdale office, and its worst collisions cluster at the I-95 interchanges at Atlantic Boulevard and Copans Road.

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Hollywood Personal Injury Lawyer

Hollywood carries airport traffic, port traffic and beach traffic through the same few miles, which is why so many of its injury claims involve someone who does not live there.

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Hallandale Beach Personal Injury Lawyer

Hallandale Beach is one square mile of dense condo blocks on the Miami-Dade line, and its injury claims look like the population: older residents, short trips, and a lot of parking lots.

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Margate Personal Injury Lawyer

No interstate runs through Margate, so its serious crashes happen where they are hardest to reconstruct: on wide surface main roads with a signal every few hundred yards.

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Tamarac Personal Injury Lawyer

Our Fort Lauderdale office is on Commercial Boulevard, the same road that runs the length of Tamarac, which makes this one of the closest markets we work.

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Weston Personal Injury Lawyer

Weston is the last city on I-75 before Alligator Alley, which puts long-distance interstate traffic and quiet residential streets a few hundred yards apart.

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Pembroke Pines Personal Injury Lawyer

Pines Boulevard runs the entire width of Pembroke Pines as a six-lane main road lined with driveways, which is the road geometry that produces the most left-turn collisions in the city.

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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.

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Plantation Personal Injury Lawyer

Plantation is where I-595, Broward Boulevard and University Drive meet, which makes it one of the busiest few square miles in the county and a short drive from our office.

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Coral Springs Personal Injury Lawyer

Coral Springs is a planned grid of wide main roads with the Sawgrass Expressway along its western edge, and its crash pattern follows the grid almost exactly.

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Questions

Fort Lauderdale questions we get

Where is your Fort Lauderdale office?

2101 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 1500, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309, at the corner of West Commercial Boulevard and North Andrews Avenue Extension, a few minutes from the Broward County Courthouse. Parking is on site and consultations are free.

Which court will my Broward County injury case be filed in?

Most Broward personal injury suits are filed in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit at the Broward County Courthouse on South Andrews Avenue in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Claims under $50,000 are heard in county court, and larger claims go to circuit court.

Do I have to come to your office?

No. We come to you, including at Broward Health Medical Center, Holy Cross, or your home if you cannot travel. Most first conversations happen by phone the same day you call.

Injured in Fort Lauderdale?

Call and speak with a lawyer today. We will tell you honestly whether you have a case.

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