Florida Personal Injury Attorneys

At DearLegal, we connect you with experienced Florida personal injury attorneys who understand HB 837’s sweeping changes — the new 2-year SOL, the 51% modified comparative fault bar, and the revised premises liability and bad-faith landscape.

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How we match your Florida personal injury case

When you submit a Florida personal injury matter, we route it through a national network of independent partner firms and put it in front of the one that fits best — based on the kind of case it is, what it is likely to involve, where it has to be handled, and who has capacity to take it on now.

Case type

A personal injury matter needs someone who handles personal injury work day to day, not a generalist. Practice area is the first filter.

Size and complexity

Some firms are built for catastrophic injury and multi-party litigation; others resolve straightforward claims quickly. We weigh what your matter is likely to involve against how each firm actually works.

Jurisdiction and licensing

Your matter is decided under Florida law, so it goes to an attorney licensed in Florida who regularly appears where your case would be heard.

Capacity and fit

Availability, conflicts of interest and language all matter. If the best-fit firm cannot take your case, we route it to the next one that can — or tell you plainly when no one in the network is the right answer.

Every partner reviews your case for free. Injury and workers’ compensation matters are handled on contingency — no fee unless you win. Other matters are quoted upfront, before you commit to anything.

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DearLegal provides marketing and matching services and is not a law firm. Submitting a case does not create an attorney-client relationship. Matches depend on case type, jurisdiction and firm availability.

Exhibit A

What happens with a personal injury claim in Florida

Day 0
It happens.
Get medical care and keep every record — photos, names, the report number. In Florida, what you document now is what your claim is built on.
Within 24 hours
Tell us what happened.
Two minutes on this page. A Florida personal injury attorney reviews it for free and, if it’s a fit, you’re matched within 24 hours.
Weeks 1–4
Your attorney builds the file.
Reports, medical records, witnesses, camera footage, insurance policies. This is the part insurers hope you skip.
Months 1–6
Demand and negotiation.
Your attorney sends a demand and negotiates with the insurer. Florida’s fault rule matters here — Modified comparative fault, 51% bar (Fla. Stat. § 768.81 as amended) — recovery barred if you are more than 50% at fault.
Before the 2-year deadline
Suit is filed if it has to be.
Florida gives 2 years from the date it happened. Filing keeps your leverage; missing it ends the claim.
Resolution
Settlement or verdict.
You pay nothing along the way. The fee — typically 33% — comes only out of what’s recovered. If nothing is recovered, you owe nothing.

Statute of Limitations: 2 years
2 years for negligence accruing on/after 3/24/2023 (Fla. Stat. § 95.11(4)(a) as amended by HB 837); 4 years for older claims
Fault Rule: 51%
Modified comparative fault, 51% bar (Fla. Stat. § 768.81 as amended) — recovery barred if you are more than 50% at fault
Damages Cap: No cap
No general cap on compensatory damages in standard PI. Sovereign immunity caps under § 768.28 ($200,000 per claim / $300,000 per incident, subject to claims bills). Punitive damages capped under § 768.73.
Government-Claim Notice: 3 years
Written notice within 3 years on the agency and the Department of Financial Services (Fla. Stat. § 768.28(6)), with a 180-day investigation period before suit can be filed.
Joint and Several Liability: Abolished
Abolished in negligence cases (Fla. Stat. § 768.81) — each defendant pays only its share of fault.
Typical attorney fee: 33%
33%–40% contingency — no fee unless you win

Florida’s legal landscape changed dramatically when HB 837 became law on March 24, 2023. The negligence SOL dropped from four years to two years under Fla. Stat. § 95.11(4)(a), and Florida switched from pure comparative fault to modified comparative fault with a 51% bar under Fla. Stat. § 768.81 — meaning if you’re more than 50% at fault you recover nothing. The reform also tightened premises liability defenses, restricted bad-faith claims, and limited letters of protection. Florida claims against state and local government are governed by Fla. Stat. § 768.28, with a 3-year written notice requirement and a $200,000 / $300,000 sovereign immunity cap (subject to claims bills). Florida’s no-fault auto regime (PIP) and serious-injury threshold for car crashes add another layer.

Exhibit B

When to call a personal injury attorney in Florida

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Exhibit C

Personal Injury cases we take in Florida

Which one is closest to yours?

Slip and fall on premises

Florida slip-and-fall claims are governed by Fla. Stat. § 768.0755, which requires proof that the business had actual or constructive knowledge of a transitory foreign substance. HB 837 also tightened apartment and hotel negligent-security defenses.

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Exhibit D

How much do Florida personal injury attorneys cost?

Sample settlement statement

Florida · Personal Injury

Recovery$100,000

Attorney fee · 33%− $33,000

Case costs (advanced by firm)repaid at the end

To you$67,000

Due today$0

Try a different recovery$100,000

$5,000$3,000,000

Illustrative only. Your fee terms are set in a written agreement with your attorney and may include costs and expenses regardless of outcome.

Most Florida personal injury attorneys work on contingency: the fee is a share of what they recover, and nothing if they don’t.

Personal injury attorneys in Florida work on a contingency fee basis under the Florida Bar’s sliding-scale presumptive fees (Rule 4-1.5(f)). Typical fees range from 33⅓% pre-suit to 40% after suit is filed, with adjustments at higher recovery levels. Case expenses are typically advanced by the firm and deducted from the final recovery.

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Exhibit E

What your Florida personal injury compensation can include

A Florida personal injury recovery is built from several parts. Tap one to see what it covers.

Economic Damages (No Cap in standard PI)

Past and future medical bills, lost wages, lost earning capacity, and out-of-pocket costs. HB 837 amended Fla. Stat. § 768.0427 to limit medical-damage evidence to amounts actually paid or owed.

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Exhibit F

Florida personal injury questions, answered

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For negligence claims accruing on or after March 24, 2023, two years under Fla. Stat. § 95.11(4)(a) as amended by HB 837. For older claims, the prior four-year SOL applies. Wrongful death remains two years under § 95.11(5). Medical malpractice has its own 2-year-from-discovery / 4-year repose framework under § 95.11(4)(b). Claims against the State or a Florida political subdivision require written notice under Fla. Stat. § 768.28(6).

Under Fla. Stat. § 768.81 as amended by HB 837, your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault, but if you are more than 50% at fault you recover nothing. This is a significant change from Florida’s prior pure comparative fault regime, and adjusters have been pushing fault percentages aggressively ever since.

Auto and trucking crashes (with PIP and the serious-injury threshold); slip-and-falls (Fla. Stat. § 768.0755); swimming pool and resort injuries; theme park injuries; dog bites (strict liability under § 767.04); defective products; medical malpractice (with pre-suit requirements under § 766.106); nursing home neglect (with § 400.023 and § 429.29 frameworks); negligent security; rideshare crashes; recreational injuries; and wrongful death.

You look at your own uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, homeowner’s or commercial policies, and any vicarious-liability defendants. Florida is a no-fault auto state — PIP pays up to $10,000 of medical and lost wages regardless of fault, and tort recovery requires meeting the serious-injury threshold under Fla. Stat. § 627.737.

Most settle, but Florida’s major venues — Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange, Hillsborough — return real verdicts when liability is clear. HB 837 changed the bad-faith and offer-of-judgment landscape significantly, and experienced counsel use those tools differently now than before reform.

Fla. Stat. § 768.28 governs all claims against the State and Florida political subdivisions. You must provide written notice within 3 years on the agency and the Department of Financial Services, wait 180 days before filing suit, and damages are capped at $200,000 per claim / $300,000 per incident (with claims bills available for amounts above the cap).

Florida personal injury attorneys typically take cases on a contingency basis — no upfront cost, and they’re paid a percentage of the recovery only if they win. The Florida Bar sets sliding-scale presumptive fees (Rule 4-1.5(f)) that vary by stage of the case and recovery amount, and clients sign a statement of client’s rights. Case expenses are normally advanced by the firm.