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The city kept moving. Your life did not.
You may be hurting, missing work, trying to replace a car, and getting calls you are not ready to answer. Katz gives you a clear plan, takes over the insurance pressure, and builds the proof needed to pursue the full cost of the crash.
No attorney fee unless compensation is recovered for you.
Trial-ready preparation
Every claim is built with the next stage in mind.
Evidence protected early
We help preserve records, video, vehicles, and witness information.
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You do not have to manage adjusters alone.
Serving West Palm Beach
Local help backed by an established South Florida firm.
Most people call us with pieces, not a perfect file. They know where the impact happened, what hurts, and which problem feels most urgent. That is enough to start. We explain what matters now, what can wait, and what our team will take over. For other local injury questions, see our West Palm Beach personal injury guidance.
Start with three facts: where the crash happened, what has changed physically or financially, and who has contacted you. We can help organize the rest.
Get appropriate medical attention, tell us which vehicle is where, and let us sort out which calls and deadlines are truly urgent. You do not need to diagnose your injury or the law before asking for help.
We identify the correct report, nearby cameras, vehicles, witnesses, intersection controls, and policy information. Evidence from a busy city corridor can disappear while an insurer is still “reviewing” the file.
We connect fault, insurance coverage, medical care, lost income, transportation problems, and daily limitations so the claim reflects what the collision actually changed.
The exact intersection, travel direction, signal phase, nearby property, responding agency, and traffic pattern can shape where evidence is found. We begin with the collision you actually had—not a generic city template.
01 · Primary corridor
A major east-west gateway where I-95 ramps, turning traffic, commercial entrances, and signal timing can create several competing versions of one impact.
02 · Route context
Multi-lane travel, intersections, airport-area traffic, and changing lane movements make vehicle position and available video especially useful.
03 · Local evidence
Retail access, highway approaches, congestion, and frequent turns can place witnesses and camera sources beyond the vehicles themselves.
04 · Coverage reach
Urban crossings, pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, and closely spaced intersections can make visibility and right-of-way central issues.
Local planning context: City of West Palm Beach traffic-count resources. A public road program does not establish fault in an individual collision; the specific evidence does.
Fault, coverage, medical care, work loss, and daily consequences must support one another. Katz coordinates those moving parts and makes the insurer address the complete story.
We identify who is calling, which policy is involved, and what information is truly required before a broad statement, release, or quick payment fixes an incomplete version of the crash.
We match reports, signal timing, lane position, video, witnesses, vehicle damage, and electronic data to explain how the impact occurred.
We review liability, PIP, uninsured or underinsured motorist protection, household policies, employers, owners, and other potential sources.
We link the collision to treatment, missed work, transportation, household strain, future needs, pain, and daily limitations, then pursue a result based on the whole loss.
You do not need a perfect file or the right legal words. Tell us what happened and what the crash has changed. We will explain the immediate choices and how we can help carry the claim from here.
These rules do not decide every claim, and exceptions may apply. They explain why appropriate medical attention, early evidence work, and a claim-specific review can matter.
14 days
Florida’s PIP statute generally ties medical benefits to receiving initial services and care within 14 days after the crash. PIP does not automatically cover every loss.
2 years
Florida generally provides two years for an action founded on negligence. Different parties or claims can change the deadline.
>50%
A party found more than 50 percent at fault generally cannot recover in covered negligence actions.
The correct deadline and coverage path depend on the crash date, parties, policies, injury, notice rules, and other facts. This is general information, not advice about a specific claim.
“Rear-end,” “intersection,” or “hit-and-run” describes only part of the event. The claim also depends on responsibility, policy language, injury evidence, and what the collision will cost over time.
Signal phases, lane position, sight lines, speed, impact sequence, video, and witness accounts can turn a disputed crash into a coherent explanation.
The investigation must identify the driver when possible while reviewing your own coverage and every other available policy.
Coverage can change with the driver’s app status and role in the collision.
The civil injury claim is separate from the criminal case and may involve additional evidence and responsible parties.
An employer, owner, contractor, maintenance company, or commercial insurer may share responsibility.
A claim is not only a repair bill or a stack of medical charges. It may involve the work you missed, help you now need, plans you lost, movement you no longer have, and uncertainty about the future.
We connect those consequences to reliable evidence and available coverage without a made-up online calculator or a promise no lawyer can responsibly make.
Health and medical care
Emergency care, follow-up treatment, symptoms, limitations, and future needs supported by the record.
Work and income
Missed time, reduced hours, lost opportunities, and limits on the work you can perform.
Transportation and home
Vehicle loss, replacement transportation, household help, caregiving, and changed routines.
Pain and daily function
Sleep, movement, recreation, relationships, and the ordinary tasks the injury made harder.
Katz & Associates has served South East Florida since 2005 and represents injured people in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County from the firm’s established Stuart office.
You should not have to learn an insurance system while you are hurt. We explain the decisions, keep you informed, and build the medical, insurance, work, and family consequences into a claim the insurer has to address.
These questions often matter before a statement, release, repair choice, or settlement fixes the insurance company’s version of what happened.
Start with the agency that investigated. West Palm Beach Police records and the FLHSMV crash-report portal are common starting points, but county roads and interstate crashes may involve a different agency.
Do not assume a broad recorded statement is harmless just because an adjuster requests it. The answer depends on who is calling, which policy applies, and what information is actually required. We can identify the caller’s role and help protect you from guessing about fault or injuries.
Emergency-room care is not the only possible starting point. Seek appropriate medical care based on your condition. Florida PIP law generally ties medical benefits to receiving initial services and care within 14 days after the crash, which is separate from deciding what treatment is medically necessary.
PIP may pay qualifying benefits first. Health insurance, medical-payment coverage, liens, and the liability claim can also affect how bills are handled. The correct path depends on the policies, providers, injuries, and facts of the collision.
An adjuster’s percentage is not the final word. Florida’s modified comparative fault law can reduce damages based on assigned fault and generally bars recovery when a party is found more than 50 percent at fault in covered negligence actions. The evidence should be reviewed before accepting that conclusion.
Report a hit-and-run promptly and review every available policy. Uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, household policies, an employer, a vehicle owner, or another responsible party may affect the options. The wording of each policy matters.
Florida generally provides two years for an action founded on negligence, but the correct deadline can change with the crash date, parties, claim type, notice requirements, and other facts. Video, vehicle data, and witness memories can disappear long before a filing deadline.
You do not need the right legal terms or every record in hand. Tell us what happened, what hurts, and what the insurance company has asked you to do. We will help identify what matters first and explain how we can take it from here.
No attorney fee unless compensation is recovered for you.
For statewide coverage questions and the firm’s complete motor-vehicle practice, start with the Florida car accident lawyer page.
Nearby Palm Beach County help includes our Palm Beach Gardens car accident lawyers and Jupiter car accident lawyers.
For the broader injury picture, including slip-and-fall injuries in West Palm Beach, wrongful death, and insurance disputes, visit Katz’s Florida personal injury practice.
