Injured in Miramar? We Can Help.
Templer & Hirsch handles injury claims in Miramar. We see crashes along Miramar Parkway, the Florida’s Turnpike and I-75 corridors, workplace and warehouse injuries in the city’s industrial parks, and premises claims. The consultation is free and we are paid only out of a recovery.
A Long, Narrow City With Three Highways Through It
Miramar runs east to west across the width of southern Broward County, which puts three separate limited-access corridors through it: I-75, Florida’s Turnpike and the approaches toward I-95. Miramar Parkway is the spine connecting them and carries the bulk of local traffic, with heavy signalized intersections at Flamingo Road, University Drive and Red Road. The city’s east end near Red Road has an older, denser street grid with more pedestrian activity, while the western end is newer, faster and built around wide arterials. The crash profiles at the two ends of the same city are genuinely different.
Warehouse, Distribution and Workplace Injuries
Miramar contains significant industrial and distribution space, and workplace injuries here often start as workers’ compensation claims. Florida workers’ compensation is generally the exclusive remedy against your employer, but it is not the end of the analysis. Where a third party contributed, such as an equipment manufacturer, a maintenance contractor, a delivery driver from another company, or a property owner, a separate liability claim may exist alongside the comp claim, and that claim is often worth substantially more because workers’ compensation does not pay for pain and suffering.
Where Miramar Cases Are Treated and Filed
Memorial Hospital Miramar serves the local area, with Level I trauma at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. Suit is filed in Broward County’s Seventeenth Judicial Circuit at the courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. If you were hurt at work, be aware that reporting deadlines under Florida workers’ compensation are short, generally thirty days to report the injury to your employer, and a late report gives the carrier an easy basis to deny.
Courts, Roads and Hospitals in Miramar
- Where suit is filed
- Broward County Courthouse, 201 SE 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale
- Judicial circuit
- Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
- Roads we see most
- Miramar Parkway, Florida’s Turnpike, I-75, Red Road (SW 57th Avenue), Flamingo Road and University Drive
- Where the injured are treated
- Memorial Hospital Miramar, with Level I trauma at Memorial Regional in Hollywood
Miramar Injury Claims: Common Questions
- I was hurt at work in a Miramar warehouse. Can I do more than workers’ comp?
- Sometimes yes. Workers’ compensation is generally your exclusive remedy against your employer, but if a third party contributed to the injury, such as an equipment manufacturer, an outside contractor, a driver from another company or the property owner, you may have a separate negligence claim against them. That claim can include pain and suffering, which workers’ compensation does not pay.
- How quickly do I have to report a workplace injury in Florida?
- Generally within thirty days of the injury, or of when you knew the injury was work-related. Late reporting is one of the most common reasons carriers deny otherwise valid claims, so report in writing and keep a copy.
- Is Templer & Hirsch close to Miramar?
- Our office is at 2750 NE 185th Street, Suite 305 in Aventura, roughly thirty minutes from Miramar. Most cases start with a free phone consultation at 305-937-2700.
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