Injured in Port St. Lucie? We Can Help.

Templer & Hirsch handles personal injury claims in Port St. Lucie. The cases here concentrate on the US-1 corridor, Port St. Lucie Boulevard and the Gatlin Boulevard and Crosstown Parkway connections to I-95. We handle crashes, premises injuries and wrongful death. Free consultation, no fee unless we recover.

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A City Built Faster Than Its Road Network

Port St. Lucie covers a very large area with a street pattern originally platted for a much smaller population, and the arterial network has been catching up ever since. Port St. Lucie Boulevard, Gatlin Boulevard and the Crosstown Parkway carry heavy volumes across long distances with widely spaced signals, which encourages speed between intersections. US-1 along the eastern side mixes commercial driveway traffic with through movement. Many residential collector roads still lack sidewalks and continuous lighting, which contributes to pedestrian and cyclist injuries at night.

Treasure Coast Trauma Care and Its Effect on a Claim

Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Fort Pierce is the trauma center serving St. Lucie County, and serious injuries from Port St. Lucie are generally transported there. Cleveland Clinic Tradition and HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital handle other emergency care. Because the region has fewer specialty providers than South Florida, patients with complex orthopedic or neurological injuries are frequently referred out of county for treatment. That produces medical records spread across multiple systems, and assembling a complete record set is one of the practical challenges in a Treasure Coast case.

Filing on the Treasure Coast

Port St. Lucie injury suits are filed in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit at the St. Lucie County Courthouse in Fort Pierce. Florida’s two-year negligence limitations period applies, and claims involving the City of Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County or the Florida Department of Transportation carry the separate written notice requirement and damage caps under the sovereign immunity statute. Roadway design and maintenance claims are more common here than in built-out markets, which makes identifying the responsible governmental entity an early priority.

Courts, Roads and Hospitals in Port St. Lucie

Where suit is filed
St. Lucie County Courthouse, Fort Pierce
Judicial circuit
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
Roads we see most
US-1, Port St. Lucie Boulevard, Gatlin Boulevard, Crosstown Parkway, I-95 and Florida’s Turnpike
Where the injured are treated
Cleveland Clinic Tradition and HCA Florida St. Lucie, with trauma care at Lawnwood Regional in Fort Pierce

Port St. Lucie Injury Claims: Common Questions

The road where I crashed had no sidewalk or lighting. Does that matter?
It can. Where a roadway design or maintenance failure contributed to an injury, a claim against the responsible governmental entity may exist, whether that is the City of Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County or the Florida Department of Transportation. These claims require written pre-suit notice under section 768.28 and are subject to statutory damage caps, so identifying the correct entity early is important.
My treatment is spread across several hospitals. Is that a problem?
It is a logistical issue rather than a legal one, but it does need handling. Treasure Coast patients with complex injuries are frequently referred out of county, and a complete claim requires records from every provider. We obtain them directly rather than relying on a client to gather them.
Do you take Port St. Lucie cases from Aventura?
Yes. We take injury cases throughout Florida, and Defense Base Act, Longshore and maritime matters nationwide. Port St. Lucie matters generally begin with a free phone consultation at 305-937-2700.

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