Cases we handle
Our catastrophic injury practice covers the full range of life-altering injuries:
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI) — concussion, diffuse axonal injury, hematoma, and post-concussive syndrome
- Spinal cord injury — paraplegia, quadriplegia, and incomplete spinal injuries
- Amputation — both surgical and traumatic, with significant impact on earning capacity
- Severe burns — second- and third-degree burns requiring skin grafts and long-term reconstruction
- Multiple-surgery orthopedic injuries — fractures, ligament tears, and crush injuries that require ongoing care
- Internal organ injuries — including injuries leading to long-term loss of function
What makes catastrophic cases different
Catastrophic cases require a different kind of preparation. Damages must be proven not just for what happened, but for what will happen — over decades. That means working with life-care planners, vocational economists, neuropsychologists, and rehabilitation specialists to construct an accurate picture of future medical care, future earning capacity, and future quality of life.
Insurance companies know these cases are expensive to defend. They also know the policies involved are often the highest-limit ones in their portfolios. Our job is to make the cost of going to trial higher than the cost of paying what the case is worth.
Why this matters with our firm
Both partners are Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Specialists. Both have tried catastrophic injury cases to verdict. We do not refer these cases out. We do not settle them on the first offer. We prepare them for trial — and most of the time, that's exactly why they don't have to go to one.