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Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyers safeguards clients who have been the victims of personal injury accidents or criminal acts in the Fort Lauderdale area. Our Florida Personal Injury Lawyers empower victims to demand the support they need in order to make a full recovery. We offer a no-risk way to find out what your case may be worth. Schedule a free, no-obligation case consultation as soon as possible.
If we can’t help you earn more for your injury claim, we’ll tell you that. Regardless, you should be fully aware of every benefit available to you before an insurance adjuster tries to rob you of compensation.
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What Is Personal Injury?
A personal injury accident is one that is caused by someone’s mistake or negligence. This fault allows injured victims to seek financial help from those who caused their harm.
Florida law holds distracted drivers who ram other cars fully responsible for the consequences of a crash. They hold dog owners responsible when their pets leave a victim with deep dog bite wounds. They hold grocery store chains liable when employees leave spills and puddles in aisles so that customers are able to slip and fall to break a bone or suffer a head injury.
Florida drivers, dog owners, business owners, landlords, and others owe victims a “duty of care.” They must protect other drivers, customers, clients, visitors, employees, and tenants from harm. When they are negligent in this duty, their insurance providers can be held fully liable.
How Can a Lawyer Help Me With My Personal Injury Case?
Your personal injury lawyer is a strong layer of protection for your case when unfair insurance adjusters try to downplay what happened to you. They hope you’ll accept a “lowball” settlement. An insurance provider will also try to blame you for accidents you didn’t cause, simply to save their bosses money. Basically, they use every tactic in the insurance playbook.
To protect you, your lawyer investigates every aspect of your case. They examine what happened and look into the backgrounds of the people or businesses involved. Your lawyer collects evidence and witness testimony to make sure an insurance company can’t change the facts weeks or months later. Once a strong case is in place, your lawyer files your accident claim and handles the frustrating claims process while you are left free to focus on healing.
The attorneys at Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyer are also strong negotiators. Payouts for personal injury settlements aren’t set in stone. You’ll usually have to fight to get a settlement check that covers every medical bill and the other financial losses you experience. Your lawyer would go over any settlement offer and help you reject any lowball offers that didn’t cover you now or in the future. Your lawyer then demands more.
Your lawyer also represents the threat of a lawsuit. If an insurance company won’t provide what’s fair, your lawyer can take them before a judge and jury. This step usually isn’t necessary, because insurers want to avoid the cost and embarrassment of going to court. They’ll work harder to issue a fair settlement. But if they don’t, your lawyer will have a court case prepared.
When do I need a lawyer?
When you don’t know if you need a lawyer to represent your personal injury case or not, there’s no risk in calling a skilled Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Attorney. Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyers offers a free, no-obligation case review to victims and their families. It’s a way to determine if an attorney can earn you more for your accident than you probably could filing your claim yourself.
Generally speaking, a lawyer may be a wise protection to have if you suffer a serious injury like a broken bone or a neck, back, or head injury. Insurance companies can see rising medical bills and start looking for ways to discount your pain. They hope to convince you to accept much less than your injury is worth. Your lawyer fights back with evidence in hand and then demands the most in compensation available.
You should also speak to a lawyer if you are being unfairly blamed for an accident, you can end up paying for someone else’s medical bills and your own over an accident you weren’t at fault for.
Collecting Evidence to Build Your Case
If you are the victim of a personal injury accident, you may only have one chance to collect the vital evidence you need to clear your name. Some of the best proof of what happened will be right there on the scene in the moments after an accident.
If you are strong enough to move around, and the scene is secure, you should act to gather all the details you can.
- Call 911 if you are hurt or if you’ve been in a car accident.
- Allow paramedics to document all your pain. Go to the emergency room if necessary.
- Alert the responding officer to everything you observed before the accident.
- Take photos of everything around the scene. Get photos of any property damage. After a fall, take pictures of the obstacle that caused your fall. Take images of any visible injuries.
- Get contact information from witnesses.
- Note if security cameras are watching your every move in a store or along a road. Your lawyer will be demanding access to that footage.
- See your physician even if you’ve already been cleared by an emergency room staff. If you have pain that arises the day after an accident, you might have an injury that wasn’t caught by a doctor.
- Contact your own car insurance provider after a traffic collision.
- Call a skilled Fort Lauderdale attorney. The sooner your lawyer can begin investigating what happened, the easier it will be to secure fresh evidence and track down witnesses.
The Types of Cases Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyers Help Clients Win
Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyers has a long history of helping personal injury victims put accidents behind them. We strive to handle frustrating interactions with at-fault parties and insurance companies with as little disruption to the client’s recovery process as possible.
We’ve helped clients rebuild their lives after car accidents and dog bites. We’ve stood up for the rights of clients when big insurance firms and large corporations wanted to ignore those rights.
These are just a few of the types of personal injury cases we are ready to help you recover from physically and financially:
Car Accidents
Local drivers know the dangers of hopping on I-95 or a busy street like Sunrise Boulevard during rush hour. Motorists are watching cell phones instead of the lanes. They may be speeding or driving aggressively just before a devastating collision. Our Fort Lauderdale Car Accident Lawyers are ready to hold careless drivers and their insurance providers fully liable.
Truck Accidents
Local drivers know the dangers of hopping on I-95 or a busy street like Sunrise Boulevard during rush hour. Motorists are watching cell phones instead of the lanes. They may be speeding or driving aggressively just before a devastating collision. Our Fort Lauderdale Car Accident Lawyers are ready to hold careless drivers and their insurance providers fully liable.
Motorcycle Accidents
Fort Lauderdale is a popular destination for motorcycle riders due to its beautiful weather and scenic views. However, motorcycle accidents are known to be quite serious in terms of injuries and other damages. Our team of Fort Lauderdale motorcycle accident lawyers can help you if you’ve been injured in one of these accidents.
Bicycle Accidents
Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyers are advocates for safe trips for all local cyclists no matter where they ride in Fort Lauderdale. Our bicycle accident lawyers fiercely protect injured riders and demand full compensation for victims so they can heal and get back on their bikes again. We also compassionately represent child bicycle accident victims who are struck by careless drivers, often in neighborhoods where speed limits should prevent these types of tragedies.
Pedestrian Accidents
Those on foot might have to dart across six or more lanes of traffic just to cross to the other side of the street. There are dozens of accidents and close calls at busy Fort Lauderdale intersections like Powerline Boulevard and Oakland Park Road every year. Careless drivers are supposed to slow down for pedestrians, but they can get careless and end up leaving victims with traumatic injuries. We fight for the well-being of injured pedestrians and make sure they can afford the best care available.
Slip-And-Fall & Premises Liability
When visiting a store or someone’s property, the owners and operators are responsible for your safety. If you get hurt due to their negligence, our slip-and-fall lawyers take action and fight to force a property owner or a giant corporate chain to provide you with fair support.
Dog Bites
If you suffer a painful dog bite at a dog park, like Holiday Park Dog Park, or in someone’s home, the dog owners are usually fully liable for your recovery costs. Our Fort Lauderdale dog bite lawyers make sure you have what you need to recover from deep bite wounds, broken bones, and damaged ligaments.
Medical Malpractice
If any healthcare worker causes you more harm than you started with, it’s critical to hold a doctor, a nurse, and an entire hospital liable for your injuries. The medical malpractice lawyers at Cowen Edwards make sure you have the support you need after a medical mistake. You need compensation for current hospital bills and for the cost of care you may require in the years to come.
Victims of Criminal Acts
Our experienced personal injury lawyers seek the maximum in compensation for the victims of violent crimes. We seek meaningful support for our clients through a civil claim, even if a criminal trial hasn’t been resolved yet. We want our clients to wait as little as possible for justice after a frightening incident.
Boating Accidents
Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyers represents boating accident victims in the Fort Lauderdale area. Our Fort Lauderdale lawyers offer free consultations to all injured victims. We want to make sure that boaters and others who cause accidents on our waterways take full responsibility for injuries and damage.
Fighting for Compensation for our Fort Lauderdale Clients
Once your injuries have been stabilized, you may spend time worrying about how you’ll pay for your ambulance fees, emergency room expenses, hospital bills, and physical therapy costs. These costs shouldn’t be your concern, especially while you are in recovery. Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyers makes sure all the stress of medical invoices falls on at-fault parties and their insurance providers.
Your medical care should be fully covered for as long as it is necessary. You should be provided with money to support your family while you are unable to work. These are just basic necessities that insurance companies may fight you over. Let us handle this battle while you focus on getting better.
We’ll demand the maximum in support possible for all of your hardships. A personal injury settlement check can include support for these and other factors:
- Totals on current and future medical costs
- Long-term support for a permanent physical disability
- Support for the pain you experience
- Support for the emotional trauma you are put through
- Support for a loss of enjoyment of life
- Travel costs for doctor’s appointments
- Support to fix or replace personal property such as a car
- Weekly paychecks and benefits you’ve lost while missing work
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F.A.Q.
How Long Do I Have to File a Claim After a Fort Lauderdale Accident?
Florida offers personal injury victims up to two years from the date of the accident to file an injury claim. But you shouldn’t wait years to file. Evidence can be harder to find the longer you delay. Witnesses are harder to track down.
What If I Can’t Afford to Pay a Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer?
This should never be a worry for victims struggling to recover from accidents. Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyers doesn’t charge anything unless we win your case for you. Then our attorney fee comes out of your settlement check.
Should I Speak with Insurance Representatives for At-Fault Parties?
No. Insurance adjusters for the at-fault individual or business will call you asking for a recorded statement. Don’t agree to this. Only offer basic information. Insurers like to twist your statement about what happened to hurt your claim later.
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Contact a Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer
A personal injury accident on in Fort Lauderdale can leave you feeling vulnerable and powerless. You may need major financial assistance to pay your medical bills and support your family while you are out of work. Meanwhile, the at-fault party’s insurer may be telling you your injury is worth little or nothing at all.
Allow Cowen Edwards Trial Lawyers to handle the stress and frustration of battling insurance companies while you use that time to focus on rebuilding your life. Contact us to schedule a free consultation and tell us what happened. Let us know about your biggest hardships since the accident and then let us go to work holding an insurer fully liable.
