Florida Personal Injury Laws

About Leifer Law Firm

I’m Corey Leifer from the Leifer Law Firm. We’re a personal injury firm that represents individuals who have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence. Our main office is in Boca Raton, Florida, and we have satellite offices in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.  We handle a variety of personal injury cases including car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, wrongful death matters, slip and fall, medical malpractice, and defective products such as bad pharmaceutical drugs and defective medical devices.

Legal Philosophy

When someone hires our firm, they will be treated with respect, and they will benefit from our aggressive approach and attention to detail in order to get the best possible outcome for their case. As an attorney I think it’s very important that I’m accessible to my clients when they need to speak with me.  Therefore I have a 24-hour live answering service that gives clients the opportunity to call me after hours or on the weekends, and their calls will be transferred directly to my personal cellphone.

Consultations at our office are always free, and we never receive any legal fees or cost of any kind unless we’re successful in recovering money for our clients.

By: Cory Leifer

Who is Entitled to Recover Money in Orlando Wrongful Death Litigation

A lot of times people will ask us in a wrongful death situation whose entitled to recover money if we bring the lawsuit. A lot of times that depends on the type of case, it depends on if the person left a will, and it depends on some other probate factors. We can sit down with you and the family and go over all of that and discuss your options with you. A lot of times there are what are called statutory survivors that the law sets forth. For example, if a person passes away and leaves a surviving spouse, a lot of times the surviving spouse is entitled to recover. If the person that passed away does not a have a surviving spouse, sometimes their children or even their grandchildren are allowed to recover. If you have questions about those sorts of issues, call me, Nathan Carter at Colling, Gilbert, Wright, and Carter, 1-800-49-LEGAL.

Lawyer Referral Service

Hi, I’m Matt Dolman, of the Dolman Law Group. I’m a Clearwater civil trial attorney. If you were just in an accident you may be wondering whether you should call a lawyer referral service, one that advertises on television or the radio. In fact, if you live in the Tampa Bay area, our market is inundated with these advertisements all day long, and you’re probably wondering how good are they. Well, keep in mind that lawyer referral services are only partly regulated by the Florida Bar. When I say partly, only the lawyers are regulated. The lawyer referral service can often make advertisements, make claims, make statements that don’t pass Bar scrutiny. In fact, they don’t have to submit their advertisements to the Florida Bar.

411 Pain & Ask Gary

If you listen to a recent radio advertisement for 411 PAIN, you’ll note that the non-lawyer attorney spokesperson makes a very curious statement. And the statement they make is we have a very exclusive group of attorneys. We’ve spent many years putting this group together. Well, what does that really mean? Does that mean that these lawyers are superbly talented? I don’t want to make a generalization because there are some good lawyers that belong to these networks, but really if you become a member of 411 PAIN or Ask Gary, you simply have to pay to become a member. It’s a pay for play system. It doesn’t state the quality of the lawyer, how many cases they’ve tried, the types of verdicts they’ve obtained, are they experiencing any personal injury claims like yours. It simply means that they paid to be a member of a lawyer referral service, but keep in mind that being a member of such an exclusive group does not convey quality. It just conveys they paid.

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By: Matt Dolman

Orlando Premise Liability Case

A lot of our clients call us and want to talk about premises liability cases. Premises liability cases are when a person is hurt on a property, a store front, a shopping mall, somebody’s house. They trip, they fall, they break their ankle, they break their arm. Those types of cases are difficult to win in Florida. However, you do have a right to recover. The law says that if there was a dangerous or defective condition that the property owner knew about and didn’t repair or warn of, then their negligent and you have to recovery against.   A lot of times it’s important to document the defect as soon as possible. If you trip over a broken curb or a missing tile, have a friend or family member go back and take a photo of the defect because a lot of times those conditions get repaired before we get involved. So, it’s important to document those things right away.   If you have a question about a premises liability case, call me, Nathan Carter at Colling, Gilbert, Wright, and Carter, 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Nathan Carter

Suing Driver, Bicycle Accident

If you’re injured while riding your bicycle, can you sue the driver that hit you? Well the answer to that really is it depends. In order to have a valid basis to file a lawsuit or a claim of any kind against the driver that hits you, you have to look at the circumstances surrounding the accident, because in order to hold the other driver responsible, you have to be able to prove that that driver was negligent or careless, meaning that he or she did something wrong or something inappropriate. It usually involves trying to demonstrate that that driver violated the common rules of the road, or committed a traffic infraction that resulted in the accident.

You’ve just been in an accident. You’re injured and your medical bills are stacking up. Now what? Get the help you need fast. I’m Evan Fetterman, I’m here when you need me. (800) 330-HELP.

By: Evan Fetterman

Rental Car Coverage in Orlando Auto Accident

I’m Ron Gilbert with Colling, Gilbert, Wright & Carter. Many times insurance coverage will have rental car coverage included. If that’s included in your policy, your own insurance company will cover the rental car cost if you’re in an accident and your car is damaged. If you don’t have rental car coverage then you’re going to have to pay for the rental car up front and will be seeking damages in the claim against the person that is at fault. Again, I’m Ron Gilbert with Colling, Gilbert, Wright & Carter, 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Ron Gilbert

Driver Without Insurance Injures Biker

If you were riding your bike in Florida, and were injured by another car that did not have insurance, can you still recover for your injuries? The answer to that depends on a number of factors, the most important of which is whether or not you have UM, which is uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage. It’s important to have UM coverage because it protects you in this exact type of situation, if you are injured as a result of the carelessness of someone else who is uninsured or has insufficient insurance to cover your injuries.

Orlando Child Brain Injury Litigation

You’re looking for a lawyer to handle your child’s brain injury case. Why choose Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter? We’ve been handling brain injuries for over 30 years. We’ve litigated these cases, we’ve tried these cases, we’ve worked with the best experts in the country on brain injury cases. So, if you’re looking for a lawyer, give me a call. I’m Ron Gilbert with Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter: 1-800-49-LEGAL.

By: Ron Gilbert