What makes these cases different
Pedestrian and bicycle injuries are typically severe — fractures, traumatic brain injuries, internal injuries, and worse. Recovery often requires both the at-fault driver's bodily-injury coverage and the injured person's own uninsured/underinsured-motorist coverage. Many of these cases also involve disputed liability — the driver claiming the pedestrian "stepped out" or the cyclist "wasn't visible." Photographic and surveillance evidence preservation matters from day one.
Florida law and crosswalks
Florida statutes give pedestrians the right of way in marked and unmarked crosswalks at intersections. Drivers also have a duty to exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian or cyclist. Cyclists have substantially the same rights and duties as motor vehicle operators when riding on roadways.
Why this matters with our firm
Both partners have tried vehicle-versus-vulnerable-user cases to verdict. We do not minimize these cases as "pedestrian claims" — they are among the most serious personal injury matters we handle.