Personal Injury

If you believe you have been injured due to the carelessness of another, you may be legally entitled to reasonable compensation for your loss. At Sobel Legal, we have procedures in place to quickly evaluate your case and quickly preserve the evidence necessary for maximizing your chance of recovering what you deserve.

Elements of a Case There are many ways people are injured due to the careless actions of others. Sobel Legal handles cases where the following elements exist:

Liability – Negligence is the failure to use reasonable care. When someone owes you a duty to act responsibly, for example, while driving a car, and they do something that is unreasonable, they are liable for the damages which directly flow from their negligent conduct.

• Non-Economic Damages – These damages are often more significant than the economic damages people suffer. They include the following damages suffered in the past or to be suffered in the future:

• Pain – this is very difficult to convey to insurance adjusters or juries. We all know what pain is, but when we don’t have it, it is hard to step into the shoes of the person who is experiencing it. This is why it is in your best interest to trust your case to a trial attorney who can marshal the types of evidence which will convey your pain to a jury. You may not be able to see the pain, but through the use of the Florida Rules of Evidence, you can show the devastating effects pain takes on a person’s life. In this skeptical, litigation environment, we recognize the need to assemble the right kind of evidence that will show a jury that you are, have been, and will be in pain, and place it in perspective of what healthy people value.

• Disability – Before we are hurt, we are able to do all of those things that are necessary for survival and those things at which we are skilled or have practiced. We don’t award damages based on what part of your body was injured. Instead, we look at each case individually and evaluate the loss an injury has caused you!  For example, the loss of a pinky finger on one’s non-dominant hand may have no effect on a teacher’s ability to earn money, but it would have a career-ending effect on a concert pianist. Other disabilities have profound effects across the board of one’s life; and it is your attorney’s job to marshal the evidence needed to show a jury how that disability affects you in all of the aspects of your life. Compensable disabilities include brain injuries which can be proven through state of the art diagnostic testing, including imaging and neuropsychological evaluations.

• Mental Anguish – when accompanied by a physical impact, Florida recognizes your ability to make a monetary recovery for the emotional disturbance suffered as a result of another’s negligent conduct. Anxiety, nightmares, sleep disturbances and depression are not uncommon effects from physical injuries.

• Lost Capacity for the Enjoyment of Life – When you are no longer able to do the things you once did, can’t do them as well or as frequently, Florida law requires juries to consider such damages when determining the appropriate amount of compensation you are entitled to receive as a result of someone else’s negligence.

Types of Cases Sobel Legal routinely helps people who have been injured in the following cases:

• Automobile collisions
• Medical malpractice
• Defective products
• Slip/trip & fall
• Pharmaceutical errors
• Inadequate security
• Aviation disasters
• Boating mishaps
• Cruise ship injuries
• Jet ski collision
• Parasailing mishaps
• Scuba diving injuries
• Elevator & escalator malfunctions
• Cemetery claims