Miami Amputation Injury Lawyer

If you or a loved one has suffered an amputation injury in Miami, Florida, due to someone else’s negligence, you need a knowledgeable and local lawyer to assist you in obtaining compensation. Rely on an experienced Miami amputation injury lawyer at Englander Peebles to thoroughly evaluate your injuries and damages while securing the compensation you deserve. Call us at (954) 500-4878 to arrange your free consultation and get started on your case today.

Why Choose Englander Peebles Miami Amputation Injury Lawyers?

We are not like other firms. At Englander Peebles, we have fought alongside our loved ones to protect their legal rights throughout their injury-related recoveries. Our attorneys understand the system and how to navigate it for optimal outcomes in amputation injury cases. We aim to be our clients’ trusted advocates as they prioritize rehabilitation and recovery. Our firm has recovered over ten million dollars for clients who suffered injuries in motor vehicle accidents and premises liability cases, including slip and fall accidents.

Contingency Fee Arrangements

We operate within contingency fee agreements to ensure our clients incur no upfront or out-of-pocket expenses. We work hard to secure settlements and only get paid if we win your amputation injury case. There’s no financial risk. You have nothing to lose by obtaining our legal advice and services.

Free and Confidential Case Evaluations

At Englander Peebles, we understand the financial and emotional challenges accident victims face when coping with an amputation injury. Take advantage of our free and confidential case evaluation to gain insight into your case’s strategies and potential outcomes.

We are here to answer your questions and provide peace of mind as you move forward with your amputation injury claim or lawsuit. Be sure to bring any evidence that demonstrates your injuries, financial losses, and negligence leading to your injury. It helps paint a clearer picture of the specifics of your case.

Tailored Legal Strategies

We are a small firm committed to providing our clients with personalized service and customized legal strategies. We take the time to listen to your story while identifying the strengths and weaknesses of your case before advising you on the best way to proceed for an optimal outcome. We have extensive experience in various areas of personal injury and understand how to tailor strategies to match your type of accident—as well as the specific circumstances surrounding your amputation injury case.

Thorough Case Investigation

Our legal team thoroughly investigates amputation injury accidents to build a solid foundation of evidence before presentation and compensation demands. Detailed medical documentation recording the extent of your injuries and their impact on your daily life is important for securing settlements. Depending on the nature of your amputation injury accident, we may gather evidence by conducting the following:

• Scene Investigation: When relevant, we visit the accident scene quickly to ensure thorough documentation before critical evidence is lost or destroyed. Our attorneys photograph hazardous conditions and other evidence at the scene. When obtainable, we secure video surveillance footage from security, traffic, and dash cameras. Physical debris may also be collected.
• Witness Interviews: Our lawyers will identify potential eyewitnesses and secure valuable statements and testimonies that help prove negligence and corroborate the physical evidence in your case.
• Accident Reconstruction: If your case benefits from accident reconstruction, we may work with reconstructionists to recreate the circumstances of your accident to pinpoint negligence—vital for establishing liability and the validity of your claim or lawsuit.
• Expert Consultations: Our firm collaborates with a network of expert witnesses to support amputation injury claims. We can acquire medical expert opinions concerning the appropriate standard of care and potential negligence in your case. Orthopedic surgeons, rehabilitation specialists, prosthetists, and other professionals can evaluate the extent of your amputation injury, the probability of future complications, and the effect on your quality of life.

Our investigation involves assessing all potentially liable parties, including property owners, landlords, drivers, trucking companies, rideshare companies, and government entities. We will preserve, analyze, and present the evidence in your case in a compelling manner to secure a fair settlement for your amputation injury and subsequent damages.

Call (954) 500-4878 to schedule a free consultation with a reputable Miami amputation injury attorney to discuss the specifics of your case. Englander Peebles proudly serves accident injury clients throughout South Florida with our Miami office conveniently located at:

Amputation Injury Compensation

The value of your amputation injury depends on the compensatory damages in your case. These compensatory damages account for the economic and intangible losses your injuries have caused and will continue to incur. Our experienced attorneys will thoroughly evaluate your damages to ensure you receive maximum compensation. When amputation injury cases go to litigation, a jury may award punitive damages. However, this occurs in only about five percent of all personal injury verdicts. Punitive damages are awarded solely for the most dangerous and egregious acts.

Special Damages

The special damages in your case are the economic losses relating to your amputation injury. A significant portion involves healthcare costs for—emergency care, hospitalizations, medical treatments, surgeries, rehabilitation services, assistive devices, and prescription medications. Medical expenses include copays, deductibles, diagnostics, labs, imaging, and testing. Depending on the severity of your amputation injury and its impact on your daily life, other economic damages we may seek compensation for include:

• Long-Term Medical Care: Our team will assess your long-term medical care needs with treating physicians and medical experts in our resource network. Long-term care can include future medical expenses for ongoing treatments, rehabilitation, surgeries, physical therapy, orthopedic care, nursing services, specialty medical supplies, and mobility devices.
• Lost Earnings: Lost earnings and other income losses are recoverable. Depending on your profession and circumstances, this may encompass lost overtime and non-salary compensation, such as bonuses, tips, or commissions. Our lawyers may also obtain compensation for lost healthcare, retirement benefits, and missed promotion opportunities.
• Diminished Earning Capacity: When amputation injuries make it impossible to return to work at the same capacity as before, our team collaborates with vocational experts to evaluate and determine diminished earning capacity or lost future earnings. Your age, education, work history, current job, and other factors are considered when calculating these damages.
• Property Damages: Whether it’s vehicle repairs or personal property lost in an accident, we can recover these economic damages in your Miami amputation injury claim or lawsuit. Property damages can include cell phones, car seats, laptops, and other valuables in your vehicle or on you at the time of the accident. They may also involve compensation for damage to buildings, homes, gardens, and landscaping.
• Transportation Costs: When vehicles are being repaired or totaled after a collision or an amputation injury makes driving impossible, we can include calculations for transportation costs, such as rental cars, taxis, rideshares, and public transport.
• Household Services: Learning to transition to living with a loss of limb may warrant the need for household services, including housecleaning, meal preparation, lawn maintenance, and running errands, like grocery shopping. Our firm will factor these expenses into our compensation demand.
• Home Modifications: We will include calculations for home modifications and one-hand devices. Home modifications encompass handrails, levers, ramps, one-hand faucet controllers, and drop-down cabinets.

Please bring copies of all financial documents that demonstrate monetary losses resulting from your amputation injury. Our lawyers will verify their calculations for your claim valuation. These documents include medical bills, vehicle repair invoices, home modification estimates, and receipts for injury-related expenses. Additionally, pay stubs, bank statements, and a lost income statement from your employer serve as valid evidence to document special damages.

General Damages

The general damages in your case are your intangible or non-economic losses. They are not quantifiable by receipts and require adequate documentation for their consideration in an amputation injury claim. Depending on your circumstances, we may recover compensation for the following:

• Pain and Suffering: Medical data seeking psychiatric understanding and treatment of amputees discovered that roughly 50 percent–95 percent of patients with amputation experience chronic pain. Pain and suffering compensate for physical pain, phantom limb pain, mental and emotional distress, and symptoms of amputation injury, such as limited mobility, loss of function, joint instability, muscle weakness, contractures, and autonomic dysfunction.
• Loss of Enjoyment of Life: We fight for your right to compensation for the loss of enjoyment of life in applicable amputation injury cases. It refers to the reduction in your ability to participate in activities you previously enjoyed before losing a limb, including sports, hobbies, and social engagements. It also involves how they impact your daily life, such as difficulty dressing, eating, bathing, walking, and working.
• Decreased Quality of Life: Amputation injury can significantly impact an individual’s quality of life physically, psychologically, and socially. This non-economic damage compensates for grief, anger, numbness, and disbelief. It also covers fear, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

In Florida, spouses, legal domestic partners, parents, and children can also file for a loss of consortium for compensation for the intangible relationship losses they suffered due to an accident victim’s amputation injury. Depending on the nature of the relationship, it compensates for losing companionship, support, love, affection, guidance, and physical intimacy.

Wrongful Death Damages

If you lost a loved one due to complications from an amputation injury, you might be eligible to file a wrongful death claim if negligence caused the amputation. In Florida, the personal representative or executor of the decedent’s estate can file such a claim. Your deceased loved one either names one in their will or a probate court appoints one from the surviving family. Families may recover wrongful death damages for the following:

• The decedent’s final medical expenses
• The decedent’s lost income and benefits
• The decedent’s pain and suffering experienced before their passing
• Pain and suffering for surviving family members
• Loss of consortium
• Lost prospect of inheritance
• Loss of parental guidance
• Loss of financial support
• Lost household services
• Final arrangement costs (burial and funeral)

Allow an experienced Miami amputation injury lawyer at Englander and Peebles to value the damages in your claim, ensuring a comprehensive assessment and maximum demand. You shouldn’t have to bear the costs of an amputation injury—especially when it wasn’t your fault. We are here to fight for your monetary justice.

Types of Amputation Injury Cases

Amputation frequently occurs due to complications from medical conditions and surgeries. However, people can experience traumatic amputations—sustained from accidents involving motor vehicles, premises liability, and industrial and combat situations. Types of personal injury cases our Miami amputation injury attorneys represent are as follows:

• Car accidents
• Rideshare accidents (Uber and Lyft)
• Truck accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Pedestrian accidents
• Drunk driving accidents
• Slip and fall accidents
• Premises liability cases
• Electrocution accidents
• Natural disaster trauma
• Wrongful death

If you suffered an amputation injury and compensatory damages from an accident not on the list, speak to an attorney at Englander Peebles to determine if we can assist with your legal needs. After discovering the specifics of your claim, we can better advise on whether our services benefit you or refer you to a reputable colleague better suited for your particular circumstances.

Englander Peebles Fights for Fair Compensation

At Englander Peebles, we believe in maximizing client compensation claims and fighting for their right to reasonable compensation. After valuing the compensatory damages in your amputation injury claim or lawsuit, we will send a demand letter to the insurance company(s) for compensation. They generally counter with a significantly smaller offer, starting the negotiation process.

Depending on factors such as the settlement amount and the insurance claims adjuster we’re dealing with, negotiations can involve several exchanges before everyone agrees on terms. We will not back down from recovering the fair compensation you deserve.

Speak to a Miami Amputation Injury Lawyer

If you or a loved one suffered an amputation injury, don’t wait to seek legal assistance. An experienced Miami personal injury attorney from Englander Peebles will fight for your right to recover reasonable compensation. Call us today at (954) 500-4878 for a free case evaluation and take the first step toward recovery and monetary justice.

Englander Peebles – Miami Office

111 NW 183rd Street, Suite 107
Miami, FL 33169
P: 954-539-8960