South Florida Personal Injury Lawyers Blog

After a fatal car accident in Miami, only one person can file a wrongful death claim: the personal representative of the deceased person’s estate. Individual family members, even a spouse or a parent, cannot bring their own separate lawsuit under Florida law. When a high-speed crash like the recent overnight collision in Little Havana takes a life, the family’s first question...

When a driver hits a cyclist and speeds off, the victim’s family can still recover money, often through the cyclist’s own auto insurance and through a wrongful death claim. In late June 2026, a 68-year-old cyclist riding in a marked bike lane on the Southeast 17th Street Causeway in Fort Lauderdale was killed when a driver struck her and left the scene. Cases like this raise ...

If you were hit by a wrong-way driver on I-95, you can usually hold that driver responsible for your medical bills and lost income, and a serious injury may let you pursue money for pain and suffering too. These crashes tend to happen late at night, and they often leave victims with severe injuries. A recent early-morning crash on the northbound express lanes of I-95 sent two...

When a driver hits someone on a Miami street and speeds off, the family left behind faces two problems at once: losing a loved one and having no one at the scene to answer for it. A hit-and-run pedestrian accident still gives that family real legal options, even while police are searching for a car and a suspect. The recent deadly crash on Northwest 17th Avenue, where a pedes...

When a driver hits someone on a Miami street and speeds off, the family left behind faces two problems at once: losing a loved one and having no one at the scene to answer for it. A hit-and-run pedestrian accident still gives that family real legal options, even while police are searching for a car and a suspect. The recent deadly crash on Northwest 17th Avenue, where a pedes...