Miller & Jacobs · Serving Hollywood
Someone you love was hit while walking. The next calls should not have to be yours alone.
A family member may be in the hospital while you are answering questions about a crash you did not see. Miller & Jacobs can review the available evidence, explain insurance options, and handle the claim if we represent you. Our Pompano Beach office serves people injured in Hollywood. Start with what you know in a free consultation.
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Help for the injured person and family
It may be an adjuster requesting a statement, a bill arriving before the patient comes home, or a question about who witnessed the impact. You do not have to organize the entire case before speaking with us.
We seek available reports, witness accounts, and relevant recordings. A turning vehicle, a backing driver, and a vehicle passing a stopped car each require a different look at the movements, signals, and sight lines.
Once we represent you, we can communicate with insurers on the claim and explain requests for records, authorizations, or signatures. Your own policy may impose cooperation duties. Tell us about every deadline rather than assuming a request can be ignored.
We gather medical findings, income records, and details about necessary help at home. We evaluate settlement proposals against the supported loss and discuss further legal steps when the facts call for them.
Insurance when you were on foot
A pedestrian injured by a covered motor vehicle may qualify for PIP or other insurance benefits. We review car ownership, household policies, residency, the striking vehicle, and the crash circumstances before identifying a possible route.
Give us any auto insurance information you have, including policies for relatives in your household. Some injured pedestrians may qualify under the striking vehicle’s PIP, but residency, car ownership, other available coverage, and statutory conditions matter. No single policy is automatically responsible for every pedestrian.
A liability claim asks whether someone’s conduct caused the harm and what coverage applies. Vehicle ownership and a driver working at the time can require additional investigation. Our Hollywood truck accident information explains business and commercial-vehicle evidence.
Save any plate details, witness contacts, and original camera files. We can review applicable uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, including notice and other policy conditions. A hit-and-run does not guarantee an insurance payment.
Florida PIP medical benefits generally require qualifying initial services and care within 14 days of the motor vehicle crash. Get care for your health and raise the coverage question promptly. Other eligibility requirements and benefit limits still apply.
Who will help with the stairs, the shower, or the trip to an appointment?
A leg injury can make a familiar route through the home difficult. A head injury may affect concentration and daily routines. Tell us what has changed without trying to put a dollar figure on it yourself. The details help us assess the claim alongside medical evidence.
Keep care plans, bills, wage records, and receipts for help or transportation. Note when a family member takes time from work to assist you. Whether a particular expense or loss can be recovered requires review; documentation preserves the question.
Pain, limitations, scarring, and loss of normal activities can matter. In cases covered by Florida’s motor-vehicle injury threshold, certain noneconomic damages require a qualifying injury. Medical findings and the applicable law determine whether that threshold is met.
Read Florida’s motor-vehicle injury threshold. Our Hollywood car accident page covers related vehicle-claim questions.
A manageable first step
You can begin with a report number, an insurer’s message, or the patient’s current situation. We will explain which details would help next and discuss whether we can represent the injured person.
Free consultation. Written fees and case expenses explained before representation.
Crossing rules and disputed fault
Crosswalk markings alone do not answer every question. Signals, the pedestrian’s movements, a vehicle’s turn, and what the driver could see all need review. Florida’s pedestrian law sets conditions for stopping or yielding and requires drivers to exercise due care.
For negligence actions covered by Florida’s shared-fault rule, your share of fault can reduce damages. A finding that you were more than 50 percent at fault bars recovery under that rule. A report notation or an adjuster’s percentage does not replace an analysis of the evidence.
We review the crossing signal, the vehicle’s approach, footage, witnesses, and available timing information. Tell us what you remember and which details you learned from someone else.
Lighting, parked vehicles, other traffic, and the point where you became visible can matter. The driver’s duty and the pedestrian’s conduct should be considered together.
Describe where you waited and how you entered the crossing. We compare accounts with damage, impact location, and available recordings. An expert may be appropriate when the movements remain disputed.
Hollywood residents and visitors
An A1A crossing near Hollywood Beach, a Hollywood Boulevard intersection, and a vehicle backing from a parking space raise different questions. Give us the nearest business or cross street and the direction the person was walking. Our Hollywood personal injury team can review another possible cause or responsible party. If the vehicle was making an Uber or Lyft pickup or drop-off, our Hollywood rideshare accident page explains trip-status records and coverage questions.
If you were visiting and have returned home, an initial call can take place by phone. Keep Florida records and later care records together. We explain any steps that need your participation, including testimony or an examination when required.
The partners behind the firm
Mark J. Miller and Rick S. Jacobs have been Florida Bar members since 1995. Their backgrounds include prosecution and jury trials; Mark’s experience also includes insurance defense.
Their biographies describe that experience. Read them before deciding who you want to help with the claim, and ask how the firm would approach the evidence and insurance issues in your situation.
Questions from patients and families
You can contact us to explain the situation and ask what information would help. We discuss who can authorize representation and how to involve the injured person when possible. Being a relative does not automatically give you authority to sign documents or make legal decisions for an adult.
A missing memory does not prevent an initial conversation. Identify the report, people who spoke with you, and any witnesses or recordings. Be clear about what you remember and what someone told you. The claim still needs evidence of responsibility and injury.
Bring the insurer’s position for review. Crossing rules depend on the location, signals, and movements involved. Drivers also have a duty to exercise due care. Shared-fault rules may reduce or bar recovery in a covered claim, so the facts need a careful review.
Yes. Keep care records and insurer correspondence and tell us where you live. We can begin by phone and explain which later steps need your participation. Living elsewhere does not resolve coverage questions or guarantee that every case step can take place remotely.
Tell us whether a pickup or drop-off was involved and whether anyone has a trip receipt or app record. Driver status, the vehicle’s movements, and the applicable policies need review. A rideshare company is not automatically liable simply because its app was in use.
The consultation is free. Before representation, we discuss the written fee agreement, case expenses, and any questions about medical-bill repayment. No attorney fee is owed unless we recover compensation. Any estimate of a net recovery depends on the facts and applicable obligations.
