Car Accidents
Rear-end, intersection, and highway crashes, including PIP, bodily injury, and uninsured motorist claims.
Car accident guide →An injury can upend your health, your income, and your family's stability, while insurance companies work to pay as little as possible. McNamara Law represents injured people across Central Florida, with a focus on car accidents and slip-and-fall and premises liability claims.
These are the injuries we see most often in Central Florida, and the claims insurers fight hardest. We know the Florida laws that govern them and the tactics used to minimize them.
Florida's no-fault system, PIP deadlines, and limited required coverage make auto claims more complicated than most people expect. We handle the insurance claims so you can focus on recovering.
Property owners and businesses must use reasonable care to keep their premises safe. When they don't, and someone is hurt, they can be held responsible.
We represent individuals injured because of the negligence of others throughout Central Florida.
Rear-end, intersection, and highway crashes, including PIP, bodily injury, and uninsured motorist claims.
Car accident guide →Semi-trucks, delivery vans, and commercial vehicles, where there may be multiple responsible parties, larger insurance policies, and federal safety rules.
Motorcyclists often suffer serious injuries and face unfair bias from insurers. Note that Florida PIP generally does not cover motorcycle riders.
Injured as a passenger, another driver, or a pedestrian in an Uber or Lyft crash. Available coverage depends on whether the driver's app was on and whether a ride was accepted.
Central Florida has some of the most dangerous roads in the country for pedestrians. We pursue every available source of coverage after a pedestrian is struck.
Cyclists struck by drivers who failed to yield, turned across a bike lane, or didn't give the required clearance when passing.
Falls caused by spills, wet floors, leaking coolers, and slippery surfaces in stores, restaurants, and other businesses.
Falls caused by uneven pavement, broken sidewalks, potholes, curled mats, cords, and objects left in walkways.
Claims against owners and businesses that fail to keep their property reasonably safe or to warn of dangers they knew or should have known about.
Broken stairs and handrails, poor lighting, rotted decking, and hazards landlords and property managers ignored despite complaints.
Fractures, spinal and brain injuries, surgeries, and injuries with long-term consequences that require careful documentation of future medical needs and lost earning capacity.
Where appropriate, we help families pursue claims under Florida's Wrongful Death Act when a loved one's death was caused by negligence.
Hurt some other way because someone was careless? We also handle other Florida negligence and injury claims. Tell us what happened →
Falling on someone else's property doesn't automatically mean the owner is responsible. Florida law requires proof that the owner or business failed to use reasonable care.
For falls caused by a "transitory foreign substance" in a business, such as a spill, liquid, or dropped food, Florida Statute § 768.0755 requires the injured person to prove the business had actual or constructive knowledge of the dangerous condition and should have fixed it. Constructive knowledge can be shown by evidence that the condition existed long enough that the business should have discovered it, or that it occurred regularly and was foreseeable.
That evidence, including surveillance video, inspection logs, incident reports, and witness statements, can disappear quickly. Early investigation is often the difference between a strong claim and no claim.
Every case is different, but injured people in Florida may be able to recover:
Honest answers about Florida injury claims.
For most negligence claims arising on or after March 24, 2023, Florida's statute of limitations is two years. Wrongful death claims are also generally subject to a two-year deadline. Claims against government entities have special notice requirements. Don't wait, because evidence disappears long before the deadline.
Florida uses modified comparative negligence. If you are 50% or less at fault, your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault. If you are found more than 50% at fault, you generally cannot recover damages from the other party. Insurers often argue that injured people were more at fault than they were, which is one reason early evidence matters.
Possibly. That is a common defense, and under comparative negligence it may reduce a recovery without eliminating it. The key questions are usually what the business knew about the hazard, how long it was there, and whether it was reasonably visible.
Be careful. You may need to report the claim, but you are generally not required to give a recorded statement to the other party's insurer, and statements are often used to minimize injuries or shift blame. Speak with a lawyer first.
It depends on the severity of your injuries, your medical treatment and expenses, lost income, the impact on your daily life, the strength of the liability evidence, and the insurance available. Anyone who quotes a number before reviewing those facts is guessing. We'll give you an honest assessment once we understand your case.
The sooner we're involved, the sooner we can preserve evidence and protect your claim. Tell us what happened.