A county bus was involved in my crash. Is that claim different?

Yes. Claims against a transit agency fall under Florida’s sovereign immunity statute, section 768.28, which requires written pre-suit notice to the agency and to the Department of Financial Services, imposes a waiting period before suit, and caps damages. Transit agencies also hold onboard video and operator records subject to retention limits, so early notice matters.

I was hit crossing near the busway trail. Who is at fault?

It depends on right of way at the specific crossing and on whether the turning driver yielded. These collisions frequently involve drivers turning across the transitway who do not expect trail traffic. Signal phasing, sightlines and any transit or municipal camera footage usually resolve the allocation of fault.

Where would a Kendall case be filed?

In the Eleventh Judicial Circuit at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, 73 West Flagler Street in Miami.

Kendall Personal Injury Lawyer

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Templer & Hirsch handles injury claims in Kendall. The cases here concentrate on Kendall Drive, South Dixie Highway and the Don Shula and Palmetto expressway approaches, plus premises claims around Dadeland and the surrounding retail corridors. Free consultation, no fee unless we recover.

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Kendall Drive and the Expressway Approaches

Kendall Drive (SW 88th Street) is the spine of the area, carrying eight lanes of traffic past continuous commercial frontage with heavy turning movement at SW 107th, SW 117th and SW 137th Avenues. The Don Shula Expressway (SR-874) and the Palmetto Expressway feed commuter traffic into those same intersections at peak, and South Dixie Highway (US-1) runs alongside the Metrorail and busway corridor with its own crossing conflicts. Kendall’s crash profile is dominated by turning and angle collisions at high-volume signalized intersections rather than by highway-speed impacts.

The US-1 Busway and Transit Crossings

The South Dade Transitway runs parallel to US-1 through the area, and its crossings produce a recurring category of collision where drivers turning across the busway fail to yield to a bus or to a cyclist or pedestrian using the adjacent trail. These claims frequently involve a transit agency, which triggers Florida’s sovereign immunity statute with its written pre-suit notice requirement and statutory damage caps. Transit agencies also hold onboard camera footage and operator records on their own retention schedules, so notice needs to go out promptly.

Retail, Mall and Parking Structure Claims

Dadeland and the surrounding retail concentration generate premises claims where responsibility is split among a property owner, a management company, individual tenants, security contractors and parking operators. Garage incidents raise lighting and surface condition questions, and assault claims turn on foreseeability established through prior incidents at the property. As with all Florida transitory-substance falls, section 768.0755 requires proof the business knew or should have known of the hazard, and the inspection logs and surveillance footage that establish it belong to the defendant.

Courts and Trauma Care

Kendall injury suits are filed in Miami-Dade County’s Eleventh Judicial Circuit at the courthouse at 73 West Flagler Street in Miami. Baptist Hospital of Miami and HCA Florida Kendall Hospital serve local emergency care, with Level I trauma at Ryder Trauma Center, Jackson Memorial.

Courts, Roads and Hospitals in Kendall

Where suit is filed: Miami-Dade County Courthouse, 73 West Flagler Street, Miami
Judicial circuit: Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Roads we see most: Kendall Drive (SW 88th Street), US-1 (South Dixie Highway), the Don Shula Expressway (SR-874), the Palmetto Expressway and SW 137th Avenue
Where the injured are treated: Baptist Hospital of Miami and HCA Florida Kendall, with Level I trauma at Ryder Trauma Center

Kendall Injury Claims: Common Questions

A county bus was involved in my crash. Is that claim different?: Yes. Claims against a transit agency fall under Florida’s sovereign immunity statute, section 768.28, which requires written pre-suit notice to the agency and to the Department of Financial Services, imposes a waiting period before suit, and caps damages. Transit agencies also hold onboard video and operator records subject to retention limits, so early notice matters.
I was hit crossing near the busway trail. Who is at fault?: It depends on right of way at the specific crossing and on whether the turning driver yielded. These collisions frequently involve drivers turning across the transitway who do not expect trail traffic. Signal phasing, sightlines and any transit or municipal camera footage usually resolve the allocation of fault.
Where would a Kendall case be filed?: In the Eleventh Judicial Circuit at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, 73 West Flagler Street in Miami.

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