Injured in North Miami Beach? We Can Help.

Templer & Hirsch are North Miami Beach personal injury lawyers, about ten minutes away in Aventura. We handle car accidents, pedestrian injuries, slip and fall claims and other serious injury cases anywhere in the city. Free consultation, and no fee unless we recover.

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NE 163rd Street and the Biscayne Boulevard Corridor

NE 163rd Street is the spine of this city and the reason for most of its serious crashes. It carries commuter traffic between I-95 and the beaches through a stretch lined with strip retail, bus stops and driveway cuts, which produces the two patterns we see most: rear-end collisions where traffic stacks at the signals, and left-turn crashes across oncoming lanes at the commercial entrances. Biscayne Boulevard adds high-speed north-south traffic through the same grid, and pedestrians crossing mid-block between transit stops and shopping are struck there regularly. The Golden Glades Interchange sits just west of the city, so a share of the traffic moving through North Miami Beach is coming off I-95, the Palmetto, US-441 and the Turnpike at once.

Condominium and Rental Building Premises Claims

Much of North Miami Beach lives in condominium and rental buildings, and injuries in them raise a question that surprises people: who is actually responsible. It can be the association, the management company, a maintenance contractor, or the unit owner, and each has separate insurance. The recurring claims are falls in poorly lit stairwells and garages, elevator injuries, pool and deck incidents, and injuries from deferred repairs the board had already been told about. Board minutes, work orders and prior complaint records are usually what prove the building knew, and those are exactly the documents that become harder to obtain the longer a claim waits.

A Firm With Roots in This City

Templer & Hirsch is not a downtown firm that services North Miami Beach from a distance. David Templer served as a City Commissioner of North Miami Beach from 2005 to 2007 and has sat on the advisory board of the North Miami Beach Police Athletic League. When a case here involves a city road, a city-maintained sidewalk or a municipal vehicle, the notice requirements under Fla. Stat. 768.28 apply and the clock on them starts immediately, which is a good reason to call before anything is filed.

Injury Types We Handle in North Miami Beach

Whatever happened in North Miami Beach, the claim is decided by the same three things: which policies can be reached, what the medical record proves, and how fast the evidence was saved. These pages cover each case type in detail.

Courts, Roads and Hospitals in North Miami Beach

Where suit is filed
Miami-Dade County Courthouse, 73 West Flagler Street, Miami
Judicial circuit
Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Roads we see most
NE 163rd Street (SR-826), Biscayne Boulevard (US-1), West Dixie Highway, NE 167th Street and the Golden Glades Interchange just west of the city
Where the injured are treated
Jackson North Medical Center in North Miami Beach and Aventura Hospital and Medical Center next door, with Level I trauma at Ryder Trauma Center, Jackson Memorial

North Miami Beach Injury Claims: Common Questions

I was hit crossing 163rd Street. Does it matter that I was not at a crosswalk?
It matters, but it rarely ends the claim. Florida uses modified comparative negligence under Fla. Stat. 768.81, so your share of fault reduces the recovery and only bars it above 50 percent. Drivers still owe a duty to watch for people in the roadway, and factors like speed, lighting, obstructed sightlines and the distance between marked crossings all bear on how fault gets divided.
I fell in my condominium building. Do I sue the association or the owner?
It depends on where you fell and who controlled that area. Common areas such as stairwells, garages, walkways and pool decks generally point at the association and its management company, while conditions inside a unit point at the owner or a tenant. A maintenance contractor can be responsible for its own work. These claims often involve more than one policy, which is a reason not to give a statement to the first adjuster who calls.
Where would my North Miami Beach case be filed?
In the Eleventh Judicial Circuit at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, 73 West Flagler Street in Miami.

Nearby Communities We Serve

  • Miami Truck Crashes · Wrongful Death · Brain & Spinal Injury · Premises Liability
  • Hallandale Beach Car & Pedestrian Accidents · Condo & Premises Claims · Wrongful Death
  • Hollywood Car & Pedestrian Accidents · Premises Liability · Beach and Hotel Injuries
  • Coral Gables Car & Bicycle Accidents · Premises Liability · Wrongful Death
  • Doral Truck & Highway Crashes · Warehouse & Workplace Injuries · Premises Claims