When you are living paycheck to paycheck and a serious injury has stopped your income, the settlement offer an insurance company puts in front of you the same week of your accident can feel like a lifeline. It is not. It is a strategy. Insurance companies make early offers precisely because they know an unrepresented claimant under financial pressure is more likely to sign.
Felice Trial Attorneys is a Lake Worth personal injury lawyer based minutes away in West Palm Beach, and we handle every case on contingency, which means no money upfront and no fee unless we win.
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Personal Injury Cases We Handle in Lake Worth
Felice Trial Attorneys represents clients injured through someone else's negligence throughout Lake Worth, Lake Worth Beach, and southern Palm Beach County. If you are not sure whether your situation qualifies, call us. The consultation is free and there is no obligation.
Vehicle and Road Accidents
- Car accidents
- Truck and commercial vehicle accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Pedestrian and bicycle accidents
- Rideshare accidents (Uber and Lyft)
- Boat and watercraft accidents
Catastrophic and Serious Injuries
Premises and Property Liability
Other Practice Areas
Why Quick Settlement Offers Are Almost Always Too Low
The first settlement offer an insurance company makes is rarely their best offer. It is almost always a calculated low number designed to close the file before the full cost of your injuries is understood, and before you have an attorney who can push back.
This tactic works especially well against unrepresented claimants who are dealing with lost income, medical bills, and financial pressure at the same time. The offer feels significant when money is short. What it rarely reflects is the full cost of your injury: future medical treatment, the income you will not earn during recovery, the pain and limitation that may stay with you for months or years, and compensation for the suffering itself.
What Does Signing a Release Actually Mean?
When you accept a settlement and sign a release of liability, you are permanently closing your legal options for that accident. You cannot return for additional compensation if your injuries turn out to be more serious than they appeared at the time you signed. You cannot file suit if complications emerge later. The decision is final.
Insurance companies know this. They make early offers before your full medical picture exists because a release signed early is worth far more to them than one signed later when your attorney has documented the real cost of your injuries.
How Long Does It Take to Understand the Full Value of a Serious Injury?
Months, in most cases. The full financial impact of a serious injury depends on your long-term prognosis, your complete medical treatment and recovery arc, and how the injury affects your ability to work and live your daily life. None of that is clear in the first days or weeks after an accident. Settling before your treating physicians have reached maximum medical improvement, the point at which your condition has stabilized, means accepting a number calculated on incomplete information. That almost always means accepting less than your case is worth.
Workers and Job-Site Injury Claims in Lake Worth
Lake Worth and Lake Worth Beach have significant employment in construction, landscaping, building maintenance, and service industries. Workers in these sectors face higher-than-average injury risk, and the legal path forward after a serious job-site injury is more complex than most people realize.
Can I File a Personal Injury Claim If I Was Hurt at Work in Florida?
It depends on who caused the injury. Florida workers' compensation (workers' comp) provides coverage for injuries that happen on the job, and in most cases it is the exclusive remedy against your own employer. That means you cannot sue your employer directly for a workplace injury in Florida.
However, workers' comp is not the end of the road. Under Florida Statute § 440.39, if a third party, someone other than your employer, caused or contributed to your injury, you may have a separate personal injury claim against that party. Workers' comp and a third-party personal injury claim can run simultaneously.
Who Is Responsible When a Third Party Causes a Workplace Injury in Lake Worth?
In construction and service industries, job sites often involve multiple contractors, subcontractors, property owners, equipment manufacturers, and delivery drivers — none of whom are your direct employer. If any of those parties contributed to your injury through negligence, you may have a personal injury claim against them that goes beyond what workers' comp provides.
Workers' comp pays medical bills and a portion of lost wages. A third-party personal injury claim can recover full lost wages, pain and suffering, and all other damages that workers' comp does not cover. The interaction between these two claims involves specific legal rules, including workers' comp lien rights against any personal injury recovery. An attorney ensures you pursue both without one inadvertently harming the other.
What Can You Recover After a Personal Injury in Lake Worth?
Florida allows injured victims to pursue two categories of compensation from the at-fault party. For Lake Worth residents, both categories matter: economic losses are often significant given the working-age and working-class composition of the community, and non-economic losses reflect the real human cost of serious injury.
Economic Damages — Your Documented Financial Losses
- Past and future medical expenses
- Lost wages during recovery and reduced earning capacity going forward
- Cost of rehabilitation and ongoing treatment
- Out-of-pocket costs directly tied to the injury
Non-Economic Damages — Your Personal Losses
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of companionship in wrongful death cases
What Is Florida's Modified Comparative Fault Rule?
Under House Bill 837 (HB 837), effective March 24, 2023, you cannot recover any damages if you are found more than 50% responsible for an accident. Insurance adjusters routinely attempt to shift fault onto unrepresented claimants, particularly in pedestrian accidents and slip and fall cases where the narrative is easy to manipulate. An attorney builds the factual record that keeps your fault percentage accurate from the start of the claim.
How Long Do You Have to File a Personal Injury Claim in Florida?
Two years from the date of the accident. Under Florida Statute § 95.11, the statute of limitations for personal injury claims was reduced from four years to two years when House Bill 837 (HB 837) took effect on March 24, 2023.
The two-year window matters especially if you have been managing your claim yourself and things are not moving. Time spent in unproductive insurance negotiations still counts against your deadline. If you are approaching the two-year mark, or if you have simply reached the point where the process is not working, call us immediately.
Why Lake Worth Clients Choose Felice Trial Attorneys
Is There Any Upfront Cost to Hire Felice Trial Attorneys?
No. We handle personal injury cases exclusively on a contingency fee basis. You pay no attorney fees unless we recover compensation for you. There are no retainers, no hourly charges, and no costs billed to you while your case is pending. Our fee is a percentage of what we win on your behalf.
This structure exists because we believe financial hardship after an injury should not determine whether someone gets real legal representation. The contingency model means we are financially invested in the outcome of your case, not in billing hours.
How Close Is Felice Trial Attorneys to Lake Worth?
Our office is in West Palm Beach, a short drive from Lake Worth. The 15th Judicial Circuit Court in Palm Beach County — where Lake Worth personal injury cases are filed — is the court we appear in regularly. We know the local judges, the local jury pool, and the procedural expectations that apply to your case.
Does Felice Trial Attorneys Communicate With Clients Who Work Long Hours?
Yes. We are available 24/7 and work around our clients' schedules. For Lake Worth residents managing demanding work schedules while recovering from an injury, accessibility matters. You will not need to take time off work to chase down updates on your case.
Can Felice Take Over a Lake Worth Case That Has Stalled or Gone Wrong?
Yes. Florida law gives you the right to change attorneys at any point before your case resolves. If your current firm is not responding, is pushing a settlement that does not cover your real losses, or is not preparing for trial, call us for a confidential review. We assess where the case stands and tell you directly whether and how we can help.
Does Felice Trial Attorneys Handle Cases for Spanish Speakers in Lake Worth?
Yes. Lake Worth's community includes a large Spanish-speaking population, and language should not be a barrier to effective legal representation. We serve Spanish-speaking clients and ensure that communication throughout the case is clear, complete, and fully understood by every client we represent.
Our Results
Felice Trial Attorneys has recovered more than $85 million for injured clients across Florida. Select results include:
- $92.3 Million — Trucking Accident
- $7.25 Million — Auto Accident
- $5.775 Million — Confidential Settlement
- $3 Million — Premises Liability
- $2.3 Million — Confidential Settlement
- $2.2 Million — Auto Accident
- $1.5 Million — Slip and Fall
- $1.3 Million — Auto Accident
Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Results vary based on the specific facts, injuries, and legal circumstances of each individual case.
Frequently Asked Questions
What court handles personal injury cases in Lake Worth and Palm Beach County?
Personal injury cases in Lake Worth and throughout Palm Beach County are filed in the 15th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, located in West Palm Beach at 205 North Dixie Highway. Felice Trial Attorneys is based in West Palm Beach and practices in the 15th Judicial Circuit daily. Lake Worth clients benefit from attorneys who know the local judges, understand the Palm Beach County jury pool, and are familiar with the procedural expectations of this specific court.
How long does a typical personal injury case take to resolve in Lake Worth?
Most personal injury cases in Florida resolve within six to eighteen months, though serious injury cases with disputed liability or uncooperative insurers can take longer. The most important factor affecting timeline is medical stabilization: settling before your treating physicians have a complete picture of your long-term prognosis almost always results in a lower recovery than waiting.
Does Felice Trial Attorneys serve Boynton Beach, Greenacres, Lantana, Hypoluxo, and other southern Palm Beach County communities?
Yes. We represent clients throughout southern Palm Beach County, including Lake Worth, Lake Worth Beach, Boynton Beach, Greenacres, Lantana, Hypoluxo, Haverhill, and the surrounding area. All of these communities are within Palm Beach County and the 15th Judicial Circuit. Contact us for a free case evaluation at no obligation.
How does a contingency fee actually work? I cannot afford to pay a lawyer right now.
You pay nothing upfront and nothing throughout the case. Felice Trial Attorneys only collects a fee if we recover compensation for you. Our fee is a percentage of the settlement or verdict we obtain. If we do not win, you owe us nothing. There are no retainers, no hourly charges, and no costs billed to you while your case is in progress.
The insurance company called me within days of my accident and offered me a settlement. Should I accept it?
No, not without having it reviewed by an attorney first. A settlement offer made in the first days after an accident is almost always lower than what the case is worth. At that point, no one fully understands the extent of your injuries, your long-term treatment needs, or the total financial impact of what happened. Once you sign a release and accept a settlement, that decision is permanent. You cannot go back for more money even if your injuries turn out to be more serious than they appeared.
I don't speak English as my first language. Can Felice Trial Attorneys still represent me in Lake Worth?
Yes. We serve Spanish-speaking clients and take responsibility for ensuring that every client understands every step of their case, every document they are asked to sign, and every decision they are being asked to make. Language access is not an afterthought in our practice. If you or a family member were injured in Lake Worth and prefer to communicate in Spanish, call us.
I was hurt by a driver who had no insurance in Lake Worth. What are my options?
Florida law allows injured people to seek compensation through their own Uninsured Motorist (UM) coverage when the at-fault driver is uninsured or underinsured. UM coverage is one of the most important and most underutilized protections Florida drivers have. We review your full insurance policy during your free consultation to identify every available source of recovery. If the at-fault driver can be identified and has any assets, additional avenues may also exist.
I have been handling my claim myself for several months and I am not getting anywhere. Can I still hire a lawyer?
Yes, as long as you are still within the two-year statute of limitations. It is never too late to get representation before your deadline passes, and switching to an attorney rarely harms a case, in most situations it strengthens it significantly. We conduct a full review of where your case stands, what has already been submitted or signed, and what the best path forward looks like from this point. Call us and we will give you a direct assessment with no obligation.
Related Practice Areas for Lake Worth Residents
- Car Accident Lawyers in Palm Beach County
- Traumatic Brain Injury Attorneys
- Slip and Fall Accident Lawyers
- Truck Accident Lawyers in Florida
- Wrongful Death Attorneys in Florida
- Pedestrian Accident Lawyers
Felice Trial Attorneys | 3 Harvard Circle, West Palm Beach, FL 33409 | (561) 444-8822 | Serving Lake Worth, Lake Worth Beach, Boynton Beach, Greenacres, Lantana, and all of southern Palm Beach County | Available 24/7 | Se habla español
Disclaimer: The information on this page is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The case results listed are specific to the facts and legal circumstances of those individual matters. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case. Viewing this page or contacting our firm does not create an attorney-client relationship. Florida personal injury law is subject to change; the statute of limitations information on this page reflects Florida law as amended by House Bill 837 (HB 837), effective March 24, 2023. The discussion of workers' compensation and third-party personal injury claims describes general Florida legal principles; the interaction between workers' compensation and personal injury claims involves specific rules and lien rights that depend on the facts of each case. Please consult with a licensed Florida attorney regarding your specific legal situation. Results may vary.