Miami Beach Personal Injury Lawyer
Miami Beach runs on scooters, rented bicycles, rideshare pickups and pedestrians who do not know the streets, packed onto a barrier island with three ways off it. We handle Miami Beach 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 Miami Beach
The recurring case here involves a two-wheeler. Rented mopeds and scooters, e-bikes and delivery riders all share Collins Avenue, Washington Avenue and Ocean Drive with heavy vehicle traffic and constant curbside stopping. A rider has almost no protection, so what would be a minor impact in a car is a serious injury here, and a rental company's own paperwork often becomes part of the claim.
The second pattern is the rideshare pickup. Drivers stop where they can rather than where they should, passengers open doors into traffic and into bike lanes, and the question of whether the app was on and whether a ride was in progress decides which insurance applies. Florida sets the coverage a transportation network company must carry, and it is different depending on which of those states the driver was in at the moment of the crash. Establishing that is part of the case, not an afterthought.
Claims we handle from Miami Beach
- Rented moped, scooter and e-bike riders struck on Collins and Washington
- Rideshare pickup collisions and passengers hit by opening doors
- Pedestrian claims on Ocean Drive and the surrounding blocks
- Hotel, pool deck and nightclub premises and negligent security claims
Where a Miami Beach case is handled
Miami Beach 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 Collins Avenue, Washington Avenue, Alton Road, Ocean Drive and the MacArthur, Venetian and Julia Tuttle causeways, and where an injury needed trauma care the records generally sit with the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. We work Miami Beach from our Miami office at 1111 Brickell Avenue, 11th Floor, Miami, FL 33131, and we do not publish an address here because we do not have one here.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 Miami Beach case
We do not keep an office in Miami Beach 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 Miami Beach when a case needs them there.
Meet the attorneys →What we handle for Miami Beach clients
Each of these is worked out of our Miami office, which covers Miami-Dade County.
Miami Beach Funeral Home Negligence Lawyer
Wrongful cremation, lost or misidentified remains, and failed embalming.
View →Drowning Accident
Florida drowning and near-drowning lawyers.
View →Airbnb Injury
Hurt at a Florida Airbnb or VRBO.
View →Negligent Security
Attacked at a Florida apartment, hotel, store or parking lot.
View →Premises Liability
Florida premises liability and negligent security lawyers.
View →Product Liability
Florida product liability lawyers.
View →Scooter Accident
Florida scooter and e-scooter accident lawyers.
View →Miami Beach questions we get
An Uber or Lyft driver hit me. Whose insurance pays?
It depends on what the driver was doing. With the app off, only the driver's personal policy applies. With the app on and waiting for a request, the company's lower contingent limits apply. From accepting a ride through drop-off, the company's full commercial coverage applies, which is substantially larger. Florida statute sets those tiers. Pinning down which one was in effect is one of the first things we establish, because it changes what the claim is worth.
Do you have an office in Miami Beach?
No, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise. We serve Miami Beach 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 Miami Beach 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 Miami Beach 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 Miami Beach
Injured in Miami Beach?
Call and speak with a lawyer today. We will tell you honestly whether you have a case. We serve Miami Beach from our Miami office at 1111 Brickell Avenue, 11th Floor, Miami, FL 33131.