West Palm Beach Personal Injury Lawyer

A serious injury can change the medical, financial, and practical course of your life.

A high-speed crash on I-95, a surgical error, a delivery-room emergency, or another catastrophic event may leave you facing major treatment decisions while an insurer, hospital, trucking company, or corporate defendant is already protecting its own interests.

Hollander Law Firm represents people and families facing those circumstances.

When you need a West Palm Beach personal injury lawyer, Gregg Hollander brings more than three decades of Florida litigation experience to cases involving medical malpractice, catastrophic injuries, serious motor vehicle collisions, commercial truck accidents, and wrongful death. We have recovered millions of dollars through settlements and verdicts and maintain a West Palm Beach office on Clematis Street.

Our goal is to determine what happened, prove why it happened, establish the medical consequences, and develop the evidence necessary to place an accurate value on what the injury will mean years from now.

Contact us online or by calling (561) 347-7770 today for a free consultation about your case.

Why Choose Hollander Law Firm to Handle Your Case?

Serious personal injury litigation requires the ability to understand complicated evidence and turn it into a case that can withstand scrutiny from insurers, defense lawyers, medical professionals, and ultimately a jury.

Gregg Hollander has over three decades of legal experience.

His practice has included cases involving catastrophic neurological injuries, spinal cord damage, fatal medical errors, commercial vehicle collisions, and other severe injuries where causation and damages require substantial investigation.

That depth of experience gives Gregg the perspective to evaluate a case realistically from the outset. He knows which issues can materially affect the claim, where weaknesses may emerge, and when a case warrants the time and resources required to pursue it properly.

What Personal Injury Cases Do We Handle?

At Hollander Law Firm Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Lawyers, we focus on significant injury and wrongful death cases involving permanent harm, complicated medical issues, and substantial effects on a person’s ability to work, function independently, or care for their family.

Medical Malpractice

West Palm Beach medical malpractice cases often turn on a detailed clinical question: What should a reasonably prudent healthcare provider have done with the information available at that specific point in the patient’s care?

Florida requires proof that a healthcare provider departed from the prevailing professional standard of care. A strong case must then establish that the departure caused the patient’s injury or death.

Examples of serious claims include the following:

• Delayed stroke or heart attack diagnosis,
• Failure to diagnose sepsis,
• Missed cancer from misinterpretation of radiology images,
• Surgical injury,
• Anesthesia-related hypoxia,
• Airway emergencies, or
• Failures to address deteriorating vital signs.

Lab results, imaging, nursing documentation, medication administration records, consultations, operative reports, and changes in the patient’s condition may establish when intervention should have occurred and whether timely treatment probably would have changed the outcome.

Serious Car Accidents

Hollander Law Firm focuses on serious crashes rather than routine property-damage collisions. These may include high-speed impacts on I-95 or Florida’s Turnpike, head-on collisions, violent intersection crashes around major routes such as Okeechobee Boulevard or Southern Boulevard, and accidents that cause permanent neurological, orthopedic, or other serious injuries.

Florida’s auto insurance system creates additional questions about PIP benefits, bodily injury coverage, uninsured/underinsured motorist insurance, and whether an injury meets Florida’s threshold for recovering pain and suffering damages from an at-fault motorist.

Truck Accidents

Truck accident cases can involve several potentially responsible parties, including the truck driver, motor carrier, maintenance providers, cargo loaders, or other companies involved in the vehicle’s operation.

Determining liability may require reviewing driver qualification records, hours-of-service logs, electronic logging device data, maintenance and inspection records, onboard vehicle data, dispatch communications, and company safety practices. Hollander Law Firm handles serious commercial truck accident cases involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death throughout West Palm Beach and South Florida.

Motorcycle Accidents

Motorcycle collisions frequently produce fractures, spinal injuries, traumatic brain injuries, amputations, and other permanent harm because riders have little physical protection from the force of a vehicle impact.

Liability disputes often focus on what the motorist could see and when. These cases often require close attention to both liability and available insurance coverage.

Catastrophic Injuries

Catastrophic injuries can leave a person with permanent physical, cognitive, or functional limitations and a need for substantial medical care well into the future. 

Hollander Law Firm handles serious injury cases involving conditions such as:

• Traumatic brain injuries. Severe brain injuries can cause lasting problems with memory, judgment, communication, behavior, and other neurological functions. Some people require ongoing therapy, supervision, or assistance with daily activities.
• Spinal cord injuries. Damage to the spinal cord can result in paraplegia, quadriplegia, loss of sensation, impaired mobility, and other permanent complications. These injuries may require extensive rehabilitation, adaptive equipment, and long-term personal care.
• Hypoxic and anoxic brain injuries. A prolonged reduction or complete loss of oxygen to the brain can cause permanent neurological damage. These injuries may occur during medical emergencies, surgical complications, birth injuries, or other events involving respiratory or cardiac failure.
• Amputations. The loss of a limb can affect mobility, employment, independence, and the ability to perform routine activities. Future needs may include prosthetics, additional surgery, rehabilitation, and replacement devices over a person’s lifetime.
• Severe burns and disfigurement. Serious burns may require skin grafts, reconstructive surgery, prolonged hospitalization, and ongoing treatment for scarring or loss of function. Permanent disfigurement can also affect a person’s physical abilities and quality of life.
• Organ damage. Trauma or medical negligence can permanently impair the function of the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, or other organs. The resulting complications may require long-term monitoring, medication, additional procedures, or major lifestyle changes.

If you or a loved one suffered a catastrophic injury in West Palm Beach, contact us to discuss your case and the compensation that may be available.

Birth Injuries

Serious birth injury cases may arise from failures to respond to abnormal fetal heart monitoring, delayed cesarean delivery, placental complications, oxygen deprivation, or inadequate neonatal resuscitation. The medical analysis often requires comparing the fetal monitoring record, maternal condition, labor progression, physician decisions, nursing actions, and the child’s neurological outcome.

Hollander Law Firm can review the medical records, evaluate whether the injury may have resulted from negligent care during labor or delivery, and determine the legal options available to your family.

Wrongful Death

A wrongful death case requires careful attention to the person who died, the surviving family members, the cause of death, and the financial and personal losses created by that death.

Hollander Law Firm can help your family understand its legal options after your loved one’s death and pursue accountability from those responsible. We handle the legal and financial issues involved in the claim with care so that you can focus on your family during an extraordinarily difficult time.

No financial recovery can replace a spouse, parent, or child. But a wrongful death claim can provide accountability and address the economic security and family losses left behind.

Do I Have a Personal Injury Case?

A viable personal injury case requires evidence connecting legally wrongful conduct to a compensable injury. The exact proof depends on how the injury occurred.

In an ordinary negligence claim, the evidence generally needs to establish a duty of reasonable care, a breach of that duty, causation, and damages. Medical malpractice substitutes the applicable professional standard of care for an ordinary reasonable-care analysis.

The most important questions usually include:

• What conduct caused the event? Photos, surveillance footage, electronic data, witness accounts, medical records, or corporate documents can help reconstruct the accident and its aftermath.
• Did that conduct cause the specific injury? Causation becomes critical when the defense points to degeneration, preexisting disease, an earlier injury, or an underlying condition.
• What harm can be proved? Severe injuries require evidence of both present losses and future medical, functional, and financial consequences.
• Who may be legally responsible? Depending on how the injury occurred, liability may rest with one or more individuals or entities, such as a negligent driver, employer, trucking company, physician, hospital, or other party whose conduct contributed to the harm.
• What sources of recovery exist? Insurance limits, UM/UIM coverage, health insurance, commercial policies, corporate assets, and other available coverage can materially affect the practical recovery.

A West Palm Beach personal injury attorney can review the facts and determine whether you have a legally supportable claim worth pursuing.

Why Should I Hire a West Palm Beach Personal Injury Attorney?

The opposing side in a serious case is rarely unrepresented. Insurers, hospitals, trucking companies, corporations, and other defendants typically have adjusters and defense lawyers whose job is to protect their interests and challenge the amount they are asked to pay.

The Defense Begins Evaluating the Case Early

An insurer may analyze prior medical history, gaps in treatment, statements made after the incident, prior accidents, employment records, social media, and any evidence that could reduce causation or damages.

Having an attorney involved early can help ensure that important evidence is preserved, unsupported assumptions are challenged, and the insurer does not control the narrative about how the injury happened or what it is worth.

Serious Cases Often Require Outside Professionals

Accident reconstructionists may analyze vehicle movement and impact forces. Physicians can address diagnosis, causation, prognosis, and permanence. Life care planners may calculate long-term treatment and support needs. Vocational professionals and economists can evaluate diminished earning capacity.

An experienced personal injury lawyer can determine which professionals are necessary, coordinate their work, and make sure their findings address the specific liability, causation, and damages issues that will matter in your case.

You Need a Lawyer Who Can Take the Case to Trial

Settlement negotiations do not always produce a fair result. An insurer or defendant may dispute liability, minimize the severity of your injuries, or simply refuse to offer an amount that reflects the evidence.

When that happens, your lawyer needs to be prepared to file suit and present the case in court. That means handling discovery, taking depositions, working with expert witnesses, preparing evidence, and presenting the case to a jury. Having a trial lawyer from the beginning gives you a clear path forward if negotiations reach an impasse.

What Compensation Is Available After a Personal Injury in Florida?

Compensation depends on the nature of the claim and the losses the evidence can establish. 

A serious injury case may include:

• Past medical expenses and qualifying future medical care,
• Past lost income,
• Loss of future earning capacity,
• Rehabilitation and therapy,
• Future attendant or nursing care,
• Medical equipment and necessary home modifications,
• Pain and suffering,
• Mental anguish,
• Loss of enjoyment of life,
• Permanent disability, and
• Scarring or disfigurement.

Medical prognosis, life expectancy, inflation, present-value calculations, employability, and changing care needs can all affect the damages model.

West Palm Beach Personal Injury Settlement Case Results

Over the years, Hollander Law Firm has secured significant recoveries for clients in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases, including:

• $4.5M wrongful death outcome following the perforation of a coronary artery during a catheter angiography and delay in diagnosis and treatment.
• $4.3M for an auto crash after a commercial vehicle ran a stop sign, striking our client’s SUV and causing spinal injury and paraplegia.
• $3.85M forklift accident settlement in favor of our client.
• $2.4M wrongful death outcome after a fatigued driver veered across the highway median and collided with two 18-wheelers, killing the rear-seat passenger instantly.
• $2M medical malpractice settlement after suffering brain damage because of an obstruction in her tracheostomy tube.

Past settlements and verdicts depend on the unique facts, injuries, available insurance, evidence, and legal issues involved. They do not guarantee a similar result in another matter.

What Is My Florida Personal Injury Case Worth?

No two serious injury claims have the same value, and there is no reliable formula that can calculate what your case is worth. 

A meaningful evaluation requires looking at the facts of your case as a whole, including:

• Severity and permanence of the injury,
• Past and future medical expenses,
• Financial impact of the accident,
• Pain and limitations caused by the injury,
• Effect on independence and daily activities,
• Strength of liability evidence,
• Strength of medical causation evidence, and
• Comparative fault allegations.

Available insurance and collectability also matter. A claim may involve devastating damages, while the practical recovery depends on whether there is adequate bodily injury liability coverage, UM/UIM insurance, commercial coverage, excess insurance, collectible assets, or another legally responsible party.

Hollander Law Firm evaluates those components together before advising a client on the value of a demand, a settlement offer, or a trial position.

FAQs

What Are Common Personal Injuries Resulting from Negligence in Florida?

The cases Hollander Law Firm focuses on frequently involve injuries with permanent medical or functional consequences, including:

• Traumatic brain injuries,
• Spinal cord injuries,
• Paralysis,
• Hypoxic or anoxic brain damage,
• Amputation,
• Severe orthopedic trauma,
• Permanent nerve damage,
• Organ injury,
• Significant burns or disfigurement,
• Birth-related neurological injuries, and
• Permanent impairment following surgical or diagnostic errors.

For injuries this severe, the financial consequences can continue for years or a lifetime. Hollander Law Firm can help document those long-term losses and build a claim that reflects the care, support, and financial resources you may need in the future.

Can I Still Recover Damages If I’m Partly Responsible for My Accident in Florida?

Florida currently follows modified comparative fault for most negligence actions. Your percentage of responsibility generally reduces your damages. A person found more than 50% at fault for their own harm cannot recover damages under the rule.

For example, a person with $100,000 in damages who is found 10% at fault would generally have the award reduced to $90,000.

Florida makes an important exception for medical negligence claims: the greater-than-50% bar does not apply to actions for personal injury or wrongful death arising from medical negligence.

Comparative fault can become a major issue because the defendant has a direct incentive to shift as much blame as possible onto you. Even a relatively small percentage of fault can reduce your recovery, and fault greater than 50% may eliminate their liability altogether.

How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Personal Injury Attorney in West Palm Beach?

A serious injury can quickly create financial strain. Medical bills may be arriving while your income has been reduced or stopped altogether, and the thought of adding hourly attorney fees can make seeking legal help feel out of reach.

Hollander Law Firm does not believe financial circumstances should prevent an injured person from pursuing a valid claim. That is why we handle personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis. You do not pay attorney fees up front. Instead, our fee is paid from the recovery if we obtain compensation on your behalf. If we don’t, you owe no attorney fees.

This arrangement allows you to have experienced legal representation without taking on another immediate financial obligation during an already difficult time.

How Long Do I Have to File a Florida Personal Injury Lawsuit After an Accident?

Florida generally provides two years to file an action founded on negligence. Missing the applicable deadline can result in the claim being barred, regardless of how serious the injury is.

Different cases can have different rules.

Florida medical malpractice actions generally must be commenced within two years of the incident or two years from when you discovered or should have discovered the injury, subject to specific statutory rules.

Wrongful death actions generally have a two-year deadline starting on the day of death.

Waiting also creates an evidence problem before the legal deadline arrives. Surveillance can be overwritten, vehicles repaired, electronic information deleted under ordinary retention schedules, witnesses become harder to locate, and memories fade. Therefore, contacting a West Palm Beach injury lawyer as soon as possible is imperative.

Will My West Palm Beach Personal Injury Case Need to Go to Trial?

Many injury cases resolve before a jury returns a verdict. The decision depends on the evidence, the defendant’s position, the amount offered, the risks of litigation, the prospects for negotiation, and the damages that can be established.

Filing suit does not mean settlement discussions end. Litigation can produce evidence through depositions, document requests, subpoenas, expert discovery, and sworn corporate testimony. That evidence may strengthen or weaken particular issues and lead the parties to reassess the settlement.

Some cases still require trial because the parties remain far apart on fault, causation, permanence, future care, or value. A West Palm Beach personal injury lawyer with trial experience can evaluate both paths to help you determine the best option.

How Long Will My Personal Injury Case Take to Settle?

There is no reliable universal timeline for a serious injury case. Complexity usually matters more than the label attached to the accident.

Several issues can affect timing:

• Medical prognosis. Future damages may be difficult to evaluate until physicians can determine permanence, expected improvement, future procedures, and long-term restrictions.
• Number of defendants. Cases involving several responsible parties can take longer because each defendant may have separate attorneys, insurers, evidence, and arguments about who should bear responsibility.
• Causation disputes. Cases can take longer when the parties disagree about what caused the accident, which conduct produced the injury, or whether some of the claimed losses came from another event or condition. Resolving those disputes may require additional records, expert analysis, depositions, and other evidence.
• Medical malpractice procedure. Florida imposes presuit investigation and notice requirements before a medical negligence lawsuit proceeds.
• Discovery. Depositions, corporate records, medical testimony, expert reports, and motions can extend the litigation schedule.
• Court docket. The court’s existing caseload and scheduling availability can affect how quickly a lawsuit moves forward. Hearings, depositions, motions, and trial dates may need to fit within an already crowded judicial calendar.

We know clients want clarity about how long the process may take. Hollander Law Firm can explain what is driving the timeline, keep the case moving, and make sure you understand what to expect as it progresses.

Take the Next Steps with Hollander Law Firm and Speak with a Seasoned West Palm Beach Injury Lawyer

The lawyer you hire can affect how thoroughly your medical evidence is developed, whether critical records are preserved, and how prepared your case is if the defendant refuses to resolve it fairly. Hollander Law Firm is structured to give serious injury cases the level of attention they deserve.

We take the time to understand your case and its consequences. We will build the claim around what the injury has actually changed for you and your family, including health, finances, and independence.

Contact us online or call (561) 347-7770 today to discuss your case in a free, confidential consultation. There are no upfront attorney fees in personal injury cases, and we can explain your legal options.

Legal References Used to Inform This Page

To ensure the accuracy and clarity of this page, we referenced official legal and other resources during the content development process:

• Limitations other than for the recovery of real property, Fla. Stat. § 95.11.
• Notice before filing action for medical negligence, Fla. Stat. § 766.106.
• Presuit investigation of medical negligence claims and defenses by prospective parties, Fla. Stat. § 766.203.
• Medical negligence, Fla. Stat. § 766.102.
• Right of action, Fla. Stat. § 768.19.
• Comparative fault, Fla. Stat. § 768.81.
• Tort exemption; limitation on right to damages, Fla. Stat. § 627.737.

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Hollander Law Firm Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Lawyers
319 Clematis St Suite 203,
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: (561) 556-7873
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