Car Accident & Injury Lawyers Serving Plant City

Aggressive Auto Accident Attorneys Serving Plant City, FL

A Personal Injury Law Firm Serving Plant City & Hillsborough County

For 30 years, we have been assisting residents of Plant City, FL who have been injured due to someone else’s negligence in car wrecks and other accidents.

When you have been injured in an accident, there are a wide range of emotions that you’ll experience. Anger in particular if you discover that your accident was the result of someone else’s carelessness, and especially if the responsible party has been giving you the runaround when you seek compensation for your losses. It is at this point that you might decide to seek the services of a personal injury law firm to help you obtain the compensation that you deserve. If you did, you just made the best decision you could have made under the circumstances. The next decision is who to select to represent you. At Abrahamson and Uiterwyk we have the experience and passion you need to fight for you to get the compensation you need.

Not All Car Accident Law Firms Are Created Equal

When Florida licenses a lawyer, that lawyer is entitled to practice in almost any area of law, with or without experience. Most law firms choose to practice in a wide variety of legal fields from contract law to criminal defense to disputing the validity of someone’s will. At Abrahamson & Uiterwyk, we reject this philosophy of practice. We practice in one (and only one) field of law – personal injury law – all day, every day. We have won hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for over 20,000 car accident and personal injury victims who were in much the same position as you are.

Our attorneys enjoy over a century’s worth of combined personal injury law experience and are supported by a robust, professional legal staff. We focus on aggressive representation designed to pursue the quickest possible settlement of your claim with full compensation. Nevertheless, if a lawsuit becomes necessary, our trial attorneys are so good that other law firms hire them for their own cases.

A Few of Our Practice Areas in Plant City

Car Accidents: Florida roads are the fourth most dangerous in the United States on a per-capita basis, and deaths and injuries have increased dramatically in recent years. Florida personal injury law fully protects your right to pursue compensation, and its “comparative fault” principles allow you to seek at least some compensation even if the accident was partly your fault.

Drunk Driving Accidents: Drunk driving accidents are utterly avoidable, yet they account for at least a quarter of all traffic fatalities in Florida. Many people don’t realize that you can win a DUI accident lawsuit even if the defendant is acquitted of DUI charges in criminal court.

Brain Injuries: Because the brain is the body’s command and control system, brain injuries tend to result in lifelong debilitation and even death. Unfortunately, in some cases, you might not even be aware of a brain injury until weeks or even months after an accident. Brain injury cases tend to be scientifically complex and can result in huge damages awards.

Product Liability: When a defective product injures you, you are entitled to more than just your money back – you are entitled to seek full compensation for all of your losses, both economic and non-economic. In certain cases, you can win a products liability lawsuit without having to prove that the defendant was at fault.

Birth Injuries: Nearly one percent of all deliveries result in birth injuries, not including birth defects that were already present while the baby was in its mother’s womb. While some of these injuries are not serious, some of them involve lifelong debilitation. Mishandled births can also cause injury to the mother.

Construction Accidents: Construction workers are killed and injured on the job at rates that are nothing short of deplorable. Although many of these accidents are covered under the workers’ compensation program, when the defendant is not the injured worker’s employer, it is possible to file an ordinary personal injury lawsuit.

Pedestrian Accidents: A car is made of steel and the human body is made of flesh. When these two meet on the road, catastrophic injury or death is a likely result. Pedestrian accidents kill close to 5,000 people every year in the United States, and they account for nearly 15 percent of all road deaths in Florida. Unfortunately, Florida suffers the third-highest pedestrian fatality rate in the nation.

We also handle the following types of cases:

• truck accidents
• motorcycle accidents
• bicycle accidents
• slip and fall accidents
• medical malpractice
• dog bites
• nursing home abuse

This is only a partial list of the types of cases we handle – if you have suffered a type of personal injury not listed above, feel free to contact us.

Do I Need A Lawyer For A Car Accident Settlement?

A Florida driver’s legally mandated personal injury insurance only covers 80% of their medical costs and 60% of lost wages. The personal injury insurance caps benefits at $10,000 for medical and disability benefits and up to $5,000 for wrongful death. 

Because medical bills and lost wages from a car accident usually exceed those limits, the injured party is likely to sue. The driver responsible for the accident (or their insurance company) should pay for the injuries they caused.  

This is just a small portion of the complicated amount of information you need to know, understand, and utilize to ensure your car accident settlement is adequate to your present and future needs. If you experienced a car accident, we absolutely think you should get a Florida car accident lawyer to help with your case. Over the past 30 years, our car accident attorneys have represented over 20,000 injured victims and won millions of dollars of compensation. 

Recent Settlements

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Personal Injury

Can I still file a personal injury claim if I didn’t discover my injury until a long time after my car accident?

For an ordinary personal injury claim, you have four years to file a lawsuit. If you don’t discover the injury for several years after your car accident (possible with some types of injuries), you might find yourself scrambling to beat the deadline and filing a lawsuit with a hastily prepared case. If your failure to discover the injury until later was reasonable, however, it is likely that the two-year period will not begin running until you discovered your injury.

For medical malpractice, you only have two years to file a claim, extendable up to four years if you didn’t discover the injury right away. An exception applies if your doctor fraudulently concealed the malpractice.

If an accident victim dies, can a claim still be filed?

Yes. Instead of the victim filing a personal injury claim, the personal representative of the victim’s estate must file a wrongful death claim. The personal representative is either the victim’s estate executor listed in the will or another party appointed by the court. Any damages awarded will be distributed among the estate and certain eligible relatives.

Who can I sue if I am injured by a defective airbag in an automobile accident?

If you can prove that the airbag was defective and unreasonably dangerous, you can probably sue anyone in the chain of distribution of the airbag – the manufacturer, the distributor, the wholesaler, or the retailer – without proving that any of these parties were actually at fault. You can sue a retailer, for example, for a manufacturing defect, even though the retailer didn’t manufacture the airbag. Of course, if the accident was caused by a negligent driver, you would also want to sue the driver (or file a claim against the insurance company) for his or her contribution to your injuries.

Can I sue the trucking company for an 18-wheeler accident?

Most of the time you can’t, because most trucking companies hire their drivers as independent contractors, not employees. An employer is liable for the on-duty conduct of its employees even if the employer itself was not negligent, while a company that hires an independent contractor is liable only for the conduct of the contractor if it acted negligently (by negligently hiring a dangerous driver, for example).

You can still sue the truck driver, who as a commercial driver is likely to be covered by liability insurance.

Our Lakeland Law Office Near Plant City

Abrahamson & Uiterwyk Injury Lawyers
100 S Kentucky Ave #295,
Lakeland, FL 33801
863-251-5323

Contact Our Auto Accident Attorney Near You in Plant City, FL Today

At Abrahamson & Uiterwyk, we are proud of its “AV” rating, the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell, a national law firm rating system. The “A” signifies that the firm’s legal ability is “very high to preeminent.” The “V” denotes that our firm observes “very high” ethical standards. Also we are an accredited business of the Better Business Bureau.

Ultimately, however, it is client satisfaction that is the source of satisfaction for us. We represent injured victims, not insurance companies, and we are not afraid to stand up to insurance company stonewalling and bullying tactics that are designed to shortchange you out of the fair compensation that you deserve.

If you have been injured in a Car Accident in Plant City or somewhere in Hillsborough County call our Plant City personal injury attorneys today at 800-538-4878 or contact us online by email or live chat, so that we can schedule a free case evaluation for you. In most cases, we can conduct an evaluation of your case over the phone, but we can also come to meet you wherever you might be located in Plant City. If you live or work in Plant City, contact us 24/7 and you will find a representative standing by to take your call.

And Read More Reviews for Our Plant City Personal Injury Lawyers

“They definitely made the process a complete opposite of what I was expecting to go through for the timeline. I was able to keep my focus and move forward while my attorney and the staff kept me informed, even when I wasn’t expecting it. If it was possible, more than 100% was put in when possible. The courtesy and personal connection assured me I was in good hands and my best interest was #1. I wouldn’t recommend to anyone or consider other firms before talking to Abrahamson & Uiterwyk, especially within this specialty focus.” ~David D.

Plant City, FL Case Types

The highly-experienced Plant City, FL personal injury law firm of Abrahamson & Uiterwyk provides:

• Car accident lawyers in Florida
• Motorcycle accident lawyers in Florida
• Slip & fall lawyers in Florida
• Truck accident lawyers in Florida
• Bicycle accident lawyers in Florida
• Brain injury lawyers in Florida
• Birth injury lawyers in Florida
• Pedestrian accident lawyers in Florida
• Construction accident lawyers in Florida
• Wrongful death lawyers in Florida
• Actos injury lawyers in Florida
• Boating accident lawyers in Florida
• Business interruption insurance lawyers in Florida
• Defective drugs medical device lawyers in Florida
• Dog bite lawyers in Florida
• Drunk driving accident lawyers in Florida
• Fosamax bisphosphonates lawyers in Florida
• Insurance disputes lawyers in Florida
• Medical malpractice lawyers in Florida
• Metal hip knee implant lawyers in Florida
• Nursing home abuse lawyers in Florida
• Product liability lawyers in Florida
• Work injury / workers comp lawyers in Florida

Service Areas

If you’re looking for a personal injury attorney in Florida, we’re ready to help you. Here are just some of the areas we serve – see our office locations here: