Pedestrian Accident Lawyer Davie, FL

Struck by a driver while walking in Davie?

Jacobson Injury Firm pushes back on the story insurers tell about people on foot.

Walking in South Florida carries real risk. Smart Growth America’s Dangerous by Design rankings put Florida fifth-worst in the nation at 3.32 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents, count 3,726 pedestrian deaths statewide between 2020 and 2024, and place the Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach metro 17th most dangerous in the country. Davie sits inside that metro, with six-lane arterials like University Drive and Griffin Road cutting through a town of student housing, trail crossings, and residential blocks. Our pedestrian accident lawyer in Davie, FL represents people hit while walking, jogging, or crossing. Call (561) 567-7163 for a free consultation.

Pedestrian Accident Lawyer in Davie, FL

The defense in these cases writes itself, and insurers reach for it every time: the pedestrian darted out. Sometimes that is true. Far more often the driver was turning without looking, rolling a right on red, or moving too fast for a road that people cross on foot.

Nothing protects a person on foot from a two-ton vehicle, so the injuries start where car crash injuries end. A Davie pedestrian injury attorney has to rebuild the crossing itself, because the difference between a marked crosswalk and forty feet north of one decides how the money splits.

Table of Contents

1. Pedestrian Accident Lawyer in Davie, FL
2. Why Choose Jacobson Injury Firm for Pedestrian Claims
3. Types of Pedestrian Accident Cases We Handle
4. What Florida Law Requires of Drivers and Pedestrians
5. How You Get Paid After Being Hit on Foot
6. Damages in a Davie Pedestrian Accident Claim
7. Frequently Asked Questions
8. Contact Jacobson Injury Firm

Why Choose Jacobson Injury Firm for Pedestrian Claims

Local Knowledge of Davie’s Roads and Broward Courts

The South Florida Education Center puts Nova Southeastern, Broward College, and Florida Atlantic students on foot along the University Drive corridor daily, and Davie’s trail network crosses roads where drivers do not expect walkers. Adam Jacobson earned his Juris Doctor from Florida International University College of Law and belongs to The Florida Bar, with further admissions in New York, Connecticut, and Illinois. These claims get tried in Broward County Circuit Court, and the defense playbook rarely changes.

Results in Severe Injury Claims

Our firm has recovered millions of dollars for injured clients. Pedestrian claims sit at the catastrophic end of the range, and a personal injury firm in Davie that treats one as a routine auto file leaves money behind. We build these for trial.

No Fee unless We Recover

Pedestrian accident claims in Davie, FL run on a contingency fee agreement. No retainer, no hourly billing, nothing owed if we do not recover.

What Our Clients Say

“Excellent attorney and staff. I was able to speak directly with Adam from day one, which made a huge difference. The process wasn’t scripted or generic like my experience with MM.” 

Rai Laurean

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Types of Pedestrian Accident Cases We Handle

• Crosswalk collisions: Drivers turning left or right across a crosswalk strike people who had every right to be there. Signal timing data and camera footage can settle these fast when someone pulls them early.
• Left-turn and right-on-red strikes: A driver watching for a gap in traffic looks left while turning right, straight into someone stepping off the curb.
• Parking lot and driveway backovers: Low speed, high injury, and common outside shopping plazas and apartment complexes. These often overlap with premises liability questions about lighting and sightlines.
• Hit-and-run: When the driver flees, your own uninsured motorist coverage becomes the claim. We pursue identification and the policy at the same time.
• Trail and roadway crossings: Davie’s trail system meets vehicle traffic at points drivers treat as open road.
• Children struck near schools and campuses: Florida requires drivers to exercise due care and give warning when they see children, and that duty rises where kids are expected.
• Impaired drivers: A driver who was drinking supports both the injury claim and a [DUI accident] case, and the conduct itself strengthens the file.

What Florida Law Requires of Drivers and Pedestrians

Florida Statute § 316.130 sets the rules on both sides, and reading only half of it is how insurers build their defense.

Drivers must yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be, for a pedestrian crossing where no signal controls the crossing. A driver cannot overtake another vehicle that has stopped at a crosswalk to let someone cross. Above all of it sits a general duty: every driver must exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian, and must give warning when the situation calls for it, especially around children or anyone who appears confused or incapacitated.

Pedestrians carry duties too. Use the sidewalk where one exists. Walk facing traffic on the left shoulder where none does. Obey pedestrian signals, and yield to vehicles when crossing outside a marked crosswalk.

Breaking one of those pedestrian rules does not end your claim. Under Florida Statute § 768.81, your share of fault reduces what you recover, and only fault greater than 50 percent bars recovery outright. Being partly in the wrong and still collecting is ordinary in these cases. Our page on comparative fault explains how that math runs.

How You Get Paid after Being Hit on Foot

People assume a pedestrian has no auto coverage. Usually wrong. Your own PIP follows you on foot under Florida Statute § 627.736, and two deadlines inside that statute cost people money every week:

• Fourteen days: Initial services must be lawfully provided, supervised, ordered, or prescribed within 14 days of the crash, or the medical benefit disappears.
• The emergency medical condition finding: With one, PIP reaches $10,000. Without one, it stops at $2,500.
• The percentages: PIP pays 80 percent of reasonable, medically necessary expenses and 60 percent of lost gross income and earning capacity.

PIP rarely covers a serious pedestrian injury, so the real recovery comes from the driver’s liability coverage, any uninsured motorist coverage in your household, and sometimes a commercial policy where the driver was working. Finding every layer is the job. You have two years to file under Florida Statute § 95.11, and our statute of limitations page covers the exceptions.

Damages in a Davie Pedestrian Accident Claim

Economic damages cover emergency transport, surgery, orthopedic hardware, rehabilitation, future care, lost wages, and reduced earning capacity. Pedestrian impacts produce broken bones, pelvic and leg fractures, and brain injuries at rates car occupants rarely see.

Non-economic damages cover pain and suffering, disfigurement, and loss of enjoyment of life. Where a pedestrian dies, the family’s [wrongful death] claim covers lost support, lost companionship, and their own mental anguish.

Insurance companies work the fault angle hard in pedestrian files, because every percentage point they pin on you comes straight off the check. Scene evidence is what answers them.

Frequently Asked Questions

I was not in a crosswalk. Do I still have a case? 

Often yes. Crossing outside a crosswalk shifts some fault to you, but the driver’s due care duty applies everywhere, and recovery is barred only above 50 percent.

I do not own a car. Does PIP still apply? 

It can, through a resident relative’s policy or the driver’s coverage. We map the available policies at intake.

The driver fled. What now? 

Uninsured motorist coverage is built for this, and we pursue identification through cameras, debris, and witnesses at the same time.

How long do these cases take? 

It depends on your treatment and whether the insurer negotiates honestly. Our case timelines page lays out the stages.

Contact Jacobson Injury Firm

Signal timing records, business camera footage, and roadway debris all disappear within days. Early preservation demands are what keep them.

Consultations are free, and we work on contingency. Contact us to talk through what happened, and read our testimonials. A pedestrian accident attorney in Davie, FL can tell you what your claim is worth before the adjuster frames the story for you.