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BROWARD-BASED REPRESENTATION · POMPANO BEACH HEADQUARTERS
After a serious injury, medical care, missed work, insurance calls, and family responsibilities can arrive all at once. The records that explain what happened may sit with different cities, businesses, medical providers, and insurers. Miller & Jacobs helps injured people across Broward County identify what may matter and decide what to do next.
Free and confidential consultation. No attorney fee unless compensation is recovered for you.
$150M+
REPORTED RECOVERIES
50+ YEARS
COMBINED EXPERIENCE
230+
COMBINED JURY TRIALS
POMPANO BEACH
BROWARD HEADQUARTERS
BEFORE YOU HAVE EVERY ANSWER
A first conversation can begin with what you remember, the care you have received, and the ways the injury has changed work or daily life. Miller & Jacobs can help identify which reports, records, insurance information, and deadlines may deserve attention.
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WHAT HAPPENED
Start with the event, when and where it happened, and who was involved.
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WHAT CHANGED
Explain the care, missed work, daily limits, and responsibilities affected by the injury.
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START WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
A photograph, report, insurance message, bill, or appointment record may help, but a complete file is not required.
YOU CAN START THE CONVERSATION BEFORE EVERY RECORD HAS BEEN COLLECTED.
START WITH THE PLACE CLOSEST TO WHAT HAPPENED
Broward County includes many cities, police departments, roads, businesses, and property owners. Choose a published city guide when one fits. If your community is not listed, Miller & Jacobs still serves injured people throughout Broward County.
BROWARD COUNTY INJURY RESOURCES
A fall, collision, medical error, burn, or brain injury can require different evidence and insurance analysis. These published Broward County resources provide a closer look at issues that may affect the claim.
FEATURED BROWARD GUIDE
Symptoms may be delayed or difficult to measure. Medical records, witnesses, imaging, and changes in memory, personality, work, and daily function may matter.
EXPLORE BROWARD BRAIN INJURY CLAIMS → START WITH WHAT CHANGED → REQUEST A FREE REVIEW →Notice, inspections, lighting, maintenance, warnings, and prior incidents may help explain a dangerous condition.
EXPLORE BROWARD SLIP AND FALL CLAIMS →Future care, earning ability, mobility, independence, and family responsibilities require careful documentation.
EXPLORE CATASTROPHIC INJURY CLAIMS →Treatment, scarring, future procedures, work limits, and emotional harm may remain long after the incident.
EXPLORE BROWARD BURN INJURY CLAIMS →When an injury permanently changes a life or a family loses someone, the evidence must account for both present and future consequences.
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED →Tell Miller & Jacobs where the harm began and what changed afterward.
TELL US WHAT HAPPENEDWHY THE LOCATION MATTERS
The report, video, inspection file, insurance record, or medical document that helps explain an injury may be held by different agencies or organizations. A useful review starts by identifying who created or controls each record.
BROWARD COUNTY RECORDS
The Broward Sheriff’s Office, a municipal police department, a business, a roadway agency, a medical provider, or an insurer may each control part of the record.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office or a municipal police department may hold the report, depending on who responded.
Crash reports, vehicle data, roadway photographs, signal information, and camera footage may help explain a collision.
Incident reports, inspections, maintenance records, prior complaints, and surveillance may show what was known.
Treatment records, pay information, receipts, messages, and first-hand notes can show what changed.
PROTECT YOUR HEALTH AND THE RECORD
Health comes first. The next useful steps protect what is already available and reduce the chance that guesswork becomes the only account of the incident.
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Get the care your symptoms require and follow the instructions you receive.
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Contact the appropriate agency, property owner, employer, operator, or care facility.
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Keep photographs, video, names, reports, damaged property, receipts, and messages.
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Give required facts truthfully, but do not guess or sign something you do not understand.
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A consultation can identify missing evidence, possible coverage, deadlines, and communications.
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Save bills and pay records. Note missed activities, new help, and limits on ordinary life.
THE LIFE BEHIND THE NUMBERS
Medical bills matter, but they may not show the whole loss. Evidence may also need to explain how the injury affects work, mobility, family responsibilities, independence, and ordinary life.
NO CALCULATOR OR FIRST CONVERSATION CAN PROMISE A CASE VALUE.
FLORIDA AUTO CLAIMS
In many covered Florida auto claims, Personal Injury Protection applies without first deciding who caused the crash. PIP generally pays 80% of qualifying medical expenses and 60% of covered lost income. Initial medical care must generally begin within 14 days of the crash.
Benefits can total up to $10,000 when statutory requirements are met. Motorcycle claims are treated differently, and coverage depends on the policy, treatment, and Florida law.
READ FLORIDA’S PIP STATUTE →14
DAYS TO BEGIN INITIAL CARE
80%
OF QUALIFYING MEDICAL EXPENSES
60%
OF COVERED LOST INCOME
Many negligence and wrongful-death actions have a two-year filing period, but other claims and exceptions follow different rules.
PIP follows a separate analysis. A liability claim depends on the evidence, applicable law, and the fault assigned.
CONNECTING THE PIECES
The path should follow the evidence, available insurance, documented losses, and how the other side responds. Not every claim needs a lawsuit.
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Clarify what is known, disputed, missing, and time-sensitive.
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Find the people and organizations that may control useful evidence.
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Review auto, property, commercial, umbrella, or other coverage that may apply.
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Connect care, income loss, future needs, expenses, and daily-life changes.
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Negotiate, investigate further, or litigate when the evidence calls for it.
If a lawsuit becomes necessary, many Broward County matters proceed through Broward County courts and the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. The facts determine where a case belongs.
ASK WHAT MAY HAPPEN NEXT →A REAL BROWARD COUNTY HEADQUARTERS
The firm’s main office is at 1600 S. Federal Highway, Suite 1101, in Pompano Beach. From this Broward County headquarters, Miller & Jacobs represents injured people in Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, and communities throughout the county.
MILLER & JACOBS — POMPANO BEACH HEADQUARTERS
1600 S Federal Highway, Suite 1101, Pompano Beach, FL 33062
EXPERIENCE YOU CAN CHECK
Miller & Jacobs reports more than $150 million in verdicts and settlements for injured clients. Mark Miller and Rick Jacobs have each been members of The Florida Bar since 1995 and report more than 230 jury trials combined.
Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every matter depends on its facts, evidence, available coverage, injuries, and law.
$150M+
REPORTED RECOVERIES
50+
YEARS COMBINED
230+
COMBINED JURY TRIALS
PARTNER
Mark has been a member of The Florida Bar since 1995. He served as an Assistant State Attorney, worked in insurance defense, and reports more than 70 jury trials.
READ MARK J. MILLER’S BIO →
PARTNER
Rick has been a member of The Florida Bar since 1995. He served as an Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade County and reports more than 160 jury trials.
READ RICK S. JACOBS’S BIO →START WITH A CONVERSATION
Tell Miller & Jacobs what happened, where it happened, what treatment you have received, and what has changed at work or home. You can start with the information you have. The consultation is free and confidential.
BEFORE YOU DECIDE
These answers provide general information. The facts, policy language, evidence, location, and claim type can change the answer.
It depends on who responded. The Broward Sheriff’s Office or a municipal police department may control the report.
Start with what happened, the care received, what changed, and the insurance contacts.
No. Reports, photographs, messages, medical records, receipts, and witness names can be organized later.
In many covered auto claims, PIP may address part of medical expenses and lost income before fault is decided.
Keep names, messages, claim numbers, photographs, reports, and documents. The roles can be sorted out later.
Many Broward civil matters proceed through the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, but the facts determine venue and court.
Deadlines depend on the claim and possible exceptions. Many negligence actions have a two-year period.
