Personal Injury Attorney in Palm Beach Gardens

When a wreck upends your life in Palm Beach Gardens, the days that follow decide everything. Kremenchuker Law Group represents people hurt in every kind of collision — a car accident on PGA Boulevard, an interstate truck accident, a pedestrian struck near a crosswalk, plus motorcycle, bicycle, and rear-end crashes. We handle the insurers, the paperwork, and the medical fallout so you can heal. This page lays out the Florida rules that govern your claim and the local realities of getting hurt here.

Florida’s Shrunk Filing Window — Two Years, Not Four

Florida tightened its deadline in 2023. Under House Bill 837, the statute of limitations for most negligence injury claims dropped from four years to two, codified at Fla. Stat. § 95.11. If your Palm Beach Gardens crash happened on or after March 24, 2023, you generally have two years from the injury date to sue. Miss it and the court dismisses the case regardless of how badly you were hurt. The clock is only half the reason to move fast. Skid marks fade, footage gets overwritten, and witnesses forget. Calling a lawyer early lets us send preservation letters and lock down evidence before it disappears.

Putting a Real Number on What You Lost

A fair settlement reflects far more than your emergency-room bill. As your personal injury attorney, we build the full picture: past and future medical care, lost wages, lost earning capacity, and the pain, scarring, and disruption you live with daily. Future costs — surgeries, therapy, in-home help — often dwarf what you have already spent, so we document them with treating physicians and life-care planners. We also coordinate the liens and subrogation claims against your recovery. Health insurers, Medicare, Medicaid, and your own PIP carrier may all demand repayment. We negotiate those down so more of the settlement reaches you.

How Florida’s No-Fault PIP System Pays First

Florida is a no-fault state. Every registered driver carries $10,000 in Personal Injury Protection that pays regardless of who caused the crash. PIP covers 80% of reasonable medical bills and 60% of lost wages up to that limit, but only if you seek treatment within 14 days. Wait longer and you forfeit PIP entirely. There is a catch most miss: under § 627.736, you can only step outside no-fault and pursue the at-fault driver for pain and suffering if your injuries cross the statutory threshold — permanent injury, significant scarring, or death. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage is optional in Florida, yet it is often the difference-maker when the other driver carries little or nothing.

Shared Fault and the 50% Cliff

Insurers love to argue you caused part of your own crash, and Florida’s 2023 reforms gave that argument teeth. Under § 768.81, the state uses modified comparative negligence: if a jury finds you more than 50% at fault, you recover nothing. At 50% or less, your award simply shrinks by your share — 30% fault on a $200,000 verdict leaves you $140,000. That cliff makes the fault fight central. We investigate hard to keep blame off our clients and to identify every party who contributed: a tailgating driver, a trucking company, a negligent property owner, even a parts maker. Then we trace each one’s policy, because more responsible parties usually means more coverage to pay your claim.

The Palm Beach Gardens Roads That Send People to Us

Crashes here cluster in predictable places. I-95 and Florida’s Turnpike funnel high-speed traffic through the city, where merges and sudden slowdowns produce violent rear-end and rollover wrecks. PGA Boulevard stays congested near the mall, where left turns and red-light running cause T-bone collisions. Northlake Boulevard mixes heavy commercial and commuter traffic, and Military Trail’s long signalized stretches generate intersection crashes and pedestrian strikes. We pull FDOT crash records and signal-timing data for these corridors and chase down nearby camera footage — evidence that often settles who ran the light before memories blur.

Get Treated, and Do It Inside Two Weeks

Your health comes before your case, and in Florida the two overlap. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center handles serious trauma, and urgent-care clinics across the city manage lesser injuries — but wherever you go, go quickly. The 14-day PIP rule is unforgiving: skip treatment in those first two weeks and you can lose your no-fault benefits altogether. Follow your doctor’s plan and keep every appointment. Gaps in care become the insurer’s favorite weapon, used to argue you weren’t really hurt. Consistent treatment protects both your recovery and the record that proves it.

What to Do Now — and Why It Costs You Nothing to Call

Work the checklist. Call 911 and get a crash report; photograph the vehicles, scene, and your injuries; collect witness names and numbers; see a doctor within 14 days; and never give a recorded statement to the other insurer before you have counsel. You can verify or request your official report through FLHSMV crash data. Then call Kremenchuker Law Group. We serve all of Palm Beach County in the 15th Judicial Circuit, and we work on contingency — no fee unless we win. The consultation is free, and the sooner we start, the more we can protect.