Personal Injury Attorney in Boca Raton

Getting hurt in Boca Raton can upend your finances in a single afternoon, and the legal clock starts the moment it happens. Kremenchuker Law Group represents people injured across Palm Beach County, from a freeway pileup to a sidewalk collision. Whether your case grew out of a car accident, a truck accident, a motorcycle or bicycle wreck, a rear-end crash, or a pedestrian strike near the beach, we build the claim around your recovery, not the insurer’s deadline. The sections below walk you through Florida law and what matters locally.

Your filing window shrank to two years

Florida once gave injury victims four years to sue, but the 2023 tort reform package known as HB 837 cut that in half. Under Fla. Stat. § 95.11, most negligence claims arising after March 24, 2023 must be filed within two years of the crash, and missing that date almost always ends the case for good. The countdown alone is reason to call early, but speed also protects proof: skid marks fade, surveillance footage at Glades Road plazas is overwritten within days, and witnesses scatter. Bringing us in quickly lets us send preservation letters and lock down the evidence before it disappears.

What your claim is worth, shielded from liens

A serious injury costs far more than the first hospital bill. As your personal injury attorney, we value the whole picture: emergency and future medical care, lost wages and diminished earning capacity, out-of-pocket costs, and the pain no receipt captures. Just as important, we manage the claims that eat into your recovery. Health insurers, Medicare, Medicaid, and PIP carriers often assert liens or subrogation rights against the settlement. We negotiate those reductions and coordinate the payoffs at closing, so the amount you settle for resembles the amount that reaches you.

No-fault PIP comes first, then the injury threshold

Florida is a no-fault state, so your own Personal Injury Protection coverage pays before anyone else. PIP provides up to $10,000, reimbursing 80% of reasonable medical bills and 60% of lost wages, but only if you obtain initial care within 14 days. Under § 627.736, you must also be diagnosed with an emergency medical condition to reach the full benefit. To step outside no-fault and pursue the at-fault driver for pain and suffering, your injuries must cross the statutory threshold, generally permanent injury, significant scarring, or disfigurement. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage is optional here, yet it often decides cases when the negligent driver carries little or nothing.

Partial fault still matters under § 768.81

HB 837 also rewrote how shared blame works. Under § 768.81, Florida now follows modified comparative negligence: if a jury finds you more than 50% responsible for your own injuries, you recover nothing. If your share is 50% or less, your damages are reduced by your percentage, so a 20% fault finding trims a $200,000 award to $160,000. Because that math drives the outcome, we work early to identify every potentially liable party, the other driver, an employer, a trucking company, a negligent property owner, and the policies stacked behind each.

The Boca Raton roads where crashes cluster

Boca Raton’s traffic concentrates on a handful of arteries, and so do its collisions. I-95 carries heavy commuter volume with sudden slowdowns near the Glades Road and Yamato Road interchanges, producing high-speed rear-end chains. US-1, Federal Highway, sees turning and pedestrian conflicts along its retail stretch, while Palmetto Park Road funnels beach traffic into tight intersections. Glades and Yamato are wide corridors prone to left-turn and red-light crashes. We pull FDOT crash and roadway data and track down intersection and dashcam footage to rebuild your wreck.

Get treated fast, document from day one

Your health and your claim both depend on prompt care. Boca Raton Regional Hospital, part of Baptist Health, runs the area’s main emergency and trauma services, while urgent-care clinics handle less severe injuries. Florida’s PIP rules also make timing legal: wait longer than 14 days to seek initial treatment and you can forfeit your no-fault benefits entirely. Follow up on referrals, attend therapy, and keep your appointments. Gaps in treatment are the first thing adjusters exploit to argue you were not really hurt, so consistency protects both your body and your case.

Your first moves and a no-cost consultation

After a crash, a few steps protect everything that follows: call 911 and get a report, photograph the vehicles, roadway, and your injuries, collect names and numbers from drivers and witnesses, seek medical care within 14 days, and avoid recorded statements to the other insurer until you hire counsel. You can also check the official FLHSMV crash data for your report. Then call Kremenchuker Law Group. We litigate in the 15th Judicial Circuit for Palm Beach County, the consultation is free, and you pay no attorney fee unless we win.