New Port Richey Personal Injury Lawyers Near You
The day of your personal injury started like any other, but it ended with immense pain, suffering, stress, grief, and both medical and financial uncertainty. Our New Port Richey personal injury law firm exists to lift the burdensome weight of a personal injury and get your life back on track.
At Abrahamson & Uiterwyk, our Florida personal injury attorneys focus 100% on representing people with injuries; it’s all we do. If you’ve been injured, we want to help. Here are the top reasons that our Florida law firm is the right choice of personal injury representation for you and your family:
- WE ARE A TRULY LOCAL LAW FIRM.Many of the law firms that advertise in New Port Richey aren’t actually located here. We are. We encourage you to check our our Google reviews from past New Port Richey clients.
- WE’RE HERE TO STAY.Abrahamson & Uiterwyk has been in practice for over 30 years. When you hire us to take on your case you can know for certain that we’ll be around to see your case through to end, and that our work is backed by over three decades of experience.
- WE HAVE A REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE.We’ve achieved an A+ Rating with the BBB, a “Best Law Firm” rating by U.S. News and World Report, and an “AV Preeminent” rating with Martindale-Hubbell.
- OUR RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.We have achieved sustained success as a law firm because we get big results for our clients. We encourage you to check out example settlements and verdicts here.
Speak to a New Port Richey Injury Attorney Near You Immediately
If you have been injured in New Port Richey or Pasco County, Florida, please let us put our experienced personal injury attorneys to work for you. Our Florida personal injury lawyers have helped more than 20,000 victims and have obtained more than $800 million in compensation for their losses.
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See How Abrahamson & Uiterwyk Injury Lawyers Can Make a Difference in Your Settlement Amount
After being injured, you may be persuaded by the insurance company that they have your best interest in mind and to let them handle your injury claim without legal representation. Don’t get fooled by these tactics. The fact is that the insurance company is out to maximize its own profits and minimize its own expenses by settling claims as cheaply and quickly as possible even before your injuries have been fully established and evaluated. You need a qualified New Port Richey personal injury lawyer who has experience with the different types of injuries that can arise from various types of situations. Whether you need a New Port Richey car accident lawyer, New Port Richey bicycle accident lawyer, New Port Richey motorcycle accident lawyer, or a New Port Richey truck accident lawyer, the Abrahamson & Uiterwyk Injury Lawyers legal team knows what to look for and how to prove damages and causation to get the maximum compensation you deserve. Below are several examples of how our injury lawyers fight hard for our clients in New Port Richey and succeeded in obtaining a significantly higher settlement amount than the insurance company’s initial offer.
| Initial Settlement Offer | Final Result | The A&U Difference |
|---|---|---|
| $58,644 | $525,000 | $466,356 |
| $10,000 | $400,000 | $390,000 |
| $150,000 | $350,000 | $200,000 |
| $0 | $350,000 | $350,000 |
| $9,000 | $325,000 | $316,000 |
| $60,000 | $250,000 | $190,000 |
| $20,500 | $200,000 | $179,500 |
| $0 | $100,000 | $100,000 |
We understand that hiring a nearby New Port Richey injury lawyer to help you handle a personal injury claim is a big decision, so we understand if you aren’t quite ready to contact us. This page has considerable useful information that will help you understand the personal injury process, and what your best next steps are. If at any point you have questions, our trusted New Port Richey injury lawyers are ready and waiting to help.
Recent Example of a New Port Richey Case Settlement Amount
$150, 000/Premises Liability/New Port Richey/2022
At the time of this unfortunate accident, our client, a 36-year-old certified nursing assistant, was renting a home in New Port Richey, FL. Our client made a complaint with management that water was leaking through the roof, and maintenance was dispatched to address the problem. It was discovered that there was a broken drain line from the air conditioning unit, and management advised that they would have it repaired. Unfortunately, they failed to do so, and shortly thereafter while our client was walking through the house, she encountered the leaking water which caused her to slip and fall.
As a result of the fall our client presented to the emergency department at a local hospital with significant injuries to her neck, back, and leg. Upon her release, she followed up with a rehabilitation clinic where she received ongoing care and treatment. Due to the nature of her injuries, MRI studies were ordered which revealed herniated discs in the neck and the mid-back causing compression of the spinal cord. Our client was then referred to a neurologist for additional treatment. She underwent an epidural steroid injection in her neck and a procedure known as a radiofrequency ablation in her mid-back.
The defense initially questioned their responsibility for the injury. Our attorney presented facts and circumstances which caused them to re-evaluate their position. Eventually, the insurance company suggested that they would be willing to pay $75,000.00 to settle the case. We rejected their offer and pushed to get our client more compensation. We negotiated hard and pointed out additional facts that established their liability for the fall. Ultimately, through these efforts, we were able to get the insurance company to pay $150,000.00 to our client. Our client was very pleased with the result especially since she was able to recover reasonable compensation for her injuries.
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1. Types of New Port Richey Personal Injury Cases We Most Often Handle
Our New Port Richey injury law firm has been fighting for victims’ rights in Pasco County for over three decades. Many of our injury team members are residents of Pasco County. We have represented hundreds and likely thousands of Pasco County clients. We have assisted clients with personal injury claims for motorcycle accidents, golf cart accidents, truck accidents, car accidents in New Port Richey, and more. In addition to vehicle accident injury lawyers, our team offers experienced New Port Richey nursing home abuse lawyers, New Port Richey slip and fall lawyers, and New Port Richey wrongful death lawyers. Here are examples and photographs of actual New Port Richey clients’ cases who were injured and needed our legal help.
2. 5 Steps to Take After an Injury in New Port Richey
Unfortunately, many injured victims fail to recover just compensation for their injuries simply because they do not know how to protect their legal rights. After an injury, taking prompt action is critical, and you need to avoid mistakes that could justify the insurance companies in denying your claim for compensation. When in doubt it’s best to seek advice from an experienced personal injury attorney near you in New Port Richey, FL.
If you believe that someone else may be to blame for your injuries, or if you are not sure and would like to find out, here are 5 tips for protecting your rights from the personal injury attorneys at Abrahamson & Uiterwyk:
1. Be Smart at the Scene of the Injury.
At the scene of the injury, you should remain calm and try to collect as much evidence as possible. Take photos with your phone, ask any witnesses to give you their contact information, get a copy of the police or incident report, and make sure to keep any of your personal items that were damaged. Make a note of any road dangers or damage that could have caused the accident. This article has a lengthy discussion on who is responsible for road debris damage in Florida.
Of course, some injuries are so devastating that victims must be transported to the hospital via ambulance for immediate medical assistance. If this happened to you, don’t worry. We can still conduct an investigation to recover the evidence needed to pursue your claim.
2. Seek Medical Attention and Follow Your Doctor’s Advice.
Regardless of how you feel, it is important to seek medical attention following any type of traumatic injury. Tell your doctor what happened; and, once you receive a diagnosis and treatment plan, be sure to follow your doctor’s advice.
3. Don’t Talk to the Insurance Companies.
As an injury victim, the insurance companies are not on your side. Despite all of the ways that the injury will impact your life, the insurance companies want you to settle quickly and for as little as possible. To avoid falling for their tactics, you should let your legal team deal with the insurance companies on your behalf. We offer a free initial consultation. Give a personal injury lawyer in New Port Richey a call 727-847-1700.
4. Understand the Types of Compensation That Are Available.
The types of compensation available to traumatic injury victims are far more numerous than most people realize. Knowing what you have lost (or stand to lose in the future) will help you make informed decisions about your claim. If you have been seriously injured due to someone else’s negligence or mistake, you may be entitled to compensation for:
- Past and future medical expenses
- Lost wages or salary
- Lost future earning capacity
- Out-of-pocket costs and incidentals
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Loss of support, companionship, and enjoyment of life
- Other financial and non-financial losses
5. Call a Personal Injury Lawyer in New Port Richey
If you are in need of a New Port Richey personal injury lawyer or a New Port Richey car accident attorney, call us at 727-847-1700.
3. Injury Claims in New Port Richey FAQs
If you were seriously injured and you have been dealing with the insurance companies on your own, you may have received a settlement offer. Is it enough? Probably not. The insurance companies will try to settle your claim for as little as possible; and, if they are making you an offer, it is most likely because they know you are entitled to more.
Calculating your losses after an injury is a complex process. You need to assess your current and future expenses as well as the non-financial impacts of your injuries (such as pain, suffering, and loss of enjoyment of life). To avoid settling for too little too soon, you need to hire a law firm that can accurately determine the full extent of your physical, financial, and emotional harm.
The key questions are: (i) “What caused your injury?” and, (ii) “What is the extent of your losses?” Our personal injury attorneys in New Port Richey represent clients who have suffered injuries including:
- Bone fractures
- Eye, ear, and facial injuries
- Scarring burns and lacerations
- Soft tissue injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBI)
- Other serious injuries
If you were injured and you believe you were not fully at fault, it is in your best interest to at least speak with a personal injury lawyer. Our New Port Richey personal injury lawyers provide free, no-obligation case reviews. We will listen to the facts of your case and give you our honest assessment as to whether we believe we can help you recover substantial damages.
Studies show that folks who hire a lawyer to represent them do recover more money, on average, than those who handle the insurance claim process on their own. If you’ve been injured in New Port Richey, it’s worth taking 15 minutes to speak with an experienced attorney about your options.
We start by learning about you and the most important facts of the case. Then, we set to work building your case. When you work with us, we carefully document your injuries, and we work with reconstruction experts in order to prepare to tell your story to the jury. We also handle negotiations with the other side.
In some cases, our case preparation is so convincing that the other party agrees to pay you fair compensation for your injuries before your trial date even arrives. In other cases, we look forward to telling your story to the jury and asking for fair compensation. We’re seasoned trial attorneys, and our case preparation utilizes technology to make sure that the jury can follow along in a way that’s easy to understand.
Maybe. Florida is a modified comparative negligence state. This means that if you are found to be no more than 50% at fault for the injuries, your recovery is reduced by the same proportion as your percentage of fault. As an example, if you are found to be 20% at fault in an injury, you may still recover 80% of your damages in a lawsuit. If, however, your percentage of fault is found to be more than 50%, you are barred from any recovery under the law.
In a traditional claim against the person responsible for your injuries, you must show that that person acted negligently. To act negligently means to fail to exercise the level of care that an ordinary person would use in the same situation. For example, if a person injures you by disregarding a stop sign, they’ve acted negligently, because a reasonable person in the same situation would observe the stop sign.
When you’re hurt, it’s important to talk to an experienced New Port Richey personal injury lawyer about the case. Law enforcement isn’t in the job of determining who acted negligently. That’s a job for the jury, not the police. Our attorneys can help evaluate your case and give you an honest opinion of how Florida law applies. If another person didn’t behave in a way that a reasonable person should behave, you can recover for your losses.
You have a right to several different types of damages when you’re hurt in a New Port Richey crash. Besides punitive damages, these losses fall in the categories of economic and non-economic damages. Economic damages represent the financial losses that you sustain in a crash, while non-economic damages include things like pain and suffering and the loss of use of your normal bodily functions.
Economic losses are things like medical bills and loss of income. It also includes personal property losses. Basically, it’s any kind of financial loss that you sustain because of your injuries. These are direct, out-of-pocket losses that you can directly account for.
Non-economic damages are damages that are meant to compensate you for losses that aren’t financial. For example, if you lose full use of your shoulder because of the incident, non-economic damages aim to reduce that loss to a dollar amount to pay you for it. Of course, money can never give you your health back, but Florida law aims to pay you in some way. Non-economic damages also include things like pain and suffering, inconvenience, and mental anguish. When we work with a client, we aim to make sure that we carefully document all of your losses in order to ask for full compensation.
Punitive damages laws exist in Florida in order to allow the courts to punish a person or company for bad behavior that isn’t necessarily criminal. Punitive damages allow you to recover extra amounts when your injuries result from another’s choice to put profits over safety. An example of this usually comes into play in cases where a motor vehicle manufacturer ignores design problems at the expense of those on the road.
There are limits to the amount of punitive damages that you can recover in any case. It’s three times the amount of economic damages or $500,000, whichever is the larger amount. Punitive damages are meant to give companies an incentive to take reasonable precautions for the safety of consumers.
4. Experienced Injury Lawyers in New Port Richey
Our team of 10+ personal injury lawyers and 40+ legal professionals exclusively represents injured victims and their families in New Port Richey and the surrounding Pasco County areas. Having represented more than 20,000 clients and with more than 100 years of combined legal experience, our attorneys have likely handled many injury cases that are similar to yours. We have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for individuals and their families.
Sample New Port Richey Personal Injury Client Results
$11,000,000 (JURY VERDICT) PRODUCT LIABILITY / LUNG CANCER / WRONGFUL DEATH / PASCO COUNTY
We represented the family of a former pizzeria owner who died of lung cancer caused by his addiction to the defendants’ cigarettes. Our firm, along with co-counsel, obtained a verdict for compensatory damages in the amount of $10,000,000.00 after a five-week trial. In a separate trial, the jury also found that the defendants, Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds, deserved punishment for their conduct and awarded punitive damages of $1,000,000.00.
$5 MILLION / MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT / WRONGFUL DEATH / PASCO COUNTY
A 34-year-old male who was riding his motorcycle when a tractor-trailer turned left into his right of way. The collision caused his death. He was survived by his wife and two minor children. Case was settled for the policy limits of all available insurance.
$850,000 / PREMISES LIABILITY / PASCO CO., FL
49-year old female was injured when she sat on a bench in the fitting room of a department store when it collapsed and Plaintiff fell to the ground. As a result of this incident, Plaintiff suffered from multiple injuries to her hip and back.
$736,512 / (JURY VERDICT) / PREMISES LIABILITY/PASCO CO.
62-year old female tripped and fell in a parking lot due to an unmarked concrete bumper resulting in shoulder and rotator cuff tears as well as disc herniations.
$700,000 / MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT / PERMANENT FOOT INJURY / PASCO COUNTY, FL
Our client was found at fault at the scene of this motorcycle accident for turning left in front of the defendant. We produced compelling evidence, including eye witness and expert testimony, that the defendant, who was distracted by his cell phone, should’ve had time to stop or otherwise avoid the accident. Our client suffered a partial amputation of his left foot as well as a concussion.
New Port Richey & Pasco County Driving Safety Tips
Staying safe on the roads of New Port Richey and Pasco County is crucial. By being aware of potential hazards and practicing good driving habits, you can significantly reduce your risk of accidents. Here are some key tips to remember:
Be mindful of the speed:
- Know the limits: Familiarize yourself with the speed limits on different roads and neighborhoods. Pay close attention to changes in speed zones, especially near schools and residential areas.
- Avoid speeding: Even slightly exceeding the speed limit can dramatically increase your stopping distance and reaction time, making accidents more likely.
- Be aware of conditions: Adjust your speed based on weather, visibility, traffic congestion, and other road conditions. Slow down during rainy weather, heavy fog, or dense traffic.
Minimize distractions:
- Put away the phone: Texting, talking on the phone, or fiddling with your phone while driving are major distractions. Utilize hands-free options for essential calls or simply put your phone away until you reach your destination.
- Avoid eating and drinking: Eating or drinking behind the wheel can take your focus away from the road and increase accident risk.
- Minimize in-car distractions: Avoid engaging in loud conversations or other activities that divert your attention from driving.
Plan ahead:
- Check for road closures and delays: Before heading out, use traffic apps or the Pasco County website to check for road closures, construction zones, and potential delays. This information helps you plan your route accordingly and avoid frustration that can lead to reckless driving.
- Allow ample travel time: Rushing to reach your destination can tempt you to speed or take unnecessary risks. Plan your trips with enough buffer time to avoid feeling pressured and maintain a calm demeanor while driving.
Most Popular Car Insurance Companies in New Port Richey and Pasco County
Based on reviews and ratings, Wallethub reports the following are the top 3 car insurance companies in New Port Richey and Pasco County:
- GAINSCO: Hailing from Dallas, Texas, this casualty insurance company boasts the highest rating in Clearwater with a stellar 4 out of 5 stars across an impressive 1,800+ reviews.
- Direct Auto Insurance: Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Direct Auto caters specifically to high-risk drivers. They secure the second-highest spot with a strong 4 out of 5 stars based on over 1,800 reviews.
- Esurance: As a subsidiary of the well-known Allstate, Esurance focuses on policy bundling and streamlined online services. Despite slightly lower ratings compared to the top two, they still hold a respectable 3.5 out of 5 stars from over 1,600 reviews.
No matter which insurance company you choose in New Port Richey and Pasco County, Florida, it’s crucial to remember one key thing: if you’re ever involved in an accident, always consult with an experienced car accident attorney before accepting any settlement or signing any paperwork. In our experience, insurance companies, regardless of their local ratings, often make lowball initial offers. Let our team at Abrahamson & Uiterwyk fight for the fair compensation you deserve. We have extensive expertise in handling car accident cases and are here to help you navigate this challenging process. Don’t hesitate to contact us for a free consultation.
Average Wait Times At The Pasco County Courthouse
One benefit of having an attorney on your side – you’ll actually save time. Appearing in court, or even just filing paperwork can be a hassle. Average wait times can be long – and not all counties offer an online check in like Pasco County does. Our team will assist with all aspects of research, investigation, negotiation, filing, and more. We’re working for you – not the insurance company.
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Abrahamson & Uiterwyk Injury Lawyers
7663 Cita Ln Suite 102,
New Port Richey, FL 34653
(727) 847-1700
At Abrahamson & Uiterwyk, we know what life is like for victims who have suffered traumatic injuries. This is why our New Port Richey personal injury attorneys are so passionate about seeking the compensation you deserve. If you have been injured in an auto accident, slip and fall, or other situations, we can help. Please call us at 727-847-1700 to let our New Port Richey Injury Attorneys get to work for you.
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The Abrahamson & Uiterwyk Attorneys and Injury Law Team
“A system of hiring an attorney on an hourly basis rewards inefficiency, creates delays and commonly creates negative issues between the lawyer and the client. Representing clients on a contingency basis in which the law firm earns a percentage of the settlement, however, is much more rewarding for the client and the injury attorneys.”
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Kelly Anne Kelly
As a Client Services Manager, Kelly’s focus is to enhance client satisfaction by continuously looking for ways to fulfill clients’ needs and concerns.