Loxahatchee does not have a courthouse, a trauma center, or a law firm on every corner, and none of that works in favor of someone who has just been seriously hurt out here. Your case will be filed in West Palm Beach, your medical records will come from providers in West Palm Beach, and the insurance adjuster handling your file has probably never driven Seminole Pratt Whitney Road.
Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa has represented injured people throughout Palm Beach County since 1985, from twenty minutes east. Our Loxahatchee personal injury lawyer team handles claims for residents of Loxahatchee, Loxahatchee Groves, and The Acreage, and we try cases in the same 15th Judicial Circuit where yours would be heard.
Free consultation, day or night, in English or Spanish. No fee unless we recover. Call +1 (866) 640-7117.
Table of contents
- Why choose our firm for a Loxahatchee injury claim?
- What kinds of injury claims do we handle for Loxahatchee residents?
- What makes injury claims out here different from claims in West Palm Beach?
- What kinds of property and animal injury claims come up out here?
- What can you recover in a Florida personal injury claim?
- How does Florida's comparative negligence rule affect your claim?
- What happens after you call us?
- FAQ for Loxahatchee Personal Injury Lawyer
- Twenty Minutes East, Forty Years In
Why choose our firm for a Loxahatchee injury claim?
Because forty years in this county is the practical difference between a claim that gets processed and a claim that gets valued properly. The firm opened in 1985 under founder Gerald A. Rosenthal, and it has been trying Palm Beach County injury cases ever since.
What that means for your file:
- A trial record insurers track. Managing Shareholder Jonathan T. Levy took a $100,000 uninsured motorist policy to a Palm Beach County jury and came back with a verdict slightly over $400,000, then pursued a bad faith claim that recovered the full amount plus fees and costs.
- Recognition earned individually. Managing Shareholder Steven C. Simon has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America. Shareholder Luis A. Sosa was named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 for civil plaintiff work.
- A fully bilingual practice. Cases are handled start to finish in Spanish, not translated after the fact. Hablamos español.
- Direct attorney access. You work with your lawyer, not a case manager you meet at a settlement.
Published firm results include a $4.45 million construction accident settlement and a $4 million recovery for a man paralyzed by a property owner's negligence. When evaluating whether a settlement offer is fair, the value of the injuries and circumstances of the case should be carefully considered.
Results in past cases do not guarantee a similar outcome in future cases.
What kinds of injury claims do we handle for Loxahatchee residents?
The full range of Florida negligence claims, with the mix out here skewing toward vehicle collisions and workplace injuries rather than the premises cases that dominate denser parts of the county.
Our practice covers:
- Loxahatchee car accident claims, including crashes on the two-lane roads west of the turnpike
- Truck and commercial vehicle collisions, including agricultural and equipment haulers
- Motorcycle collisions
- Workers' compensation claims, which is this firm's strongest practice area
- Construction and job site injuries, including third-party liability claims
- Pedestrian and bicycle collisions
- Dog bite injuries
- Slip, trip, and fall claims on unsafe property
If you are not sure which category your situation falls into, that is a normal place to start. The consultation costs nothing and we will tell you honestly whether there is a claim worth pursuing.
What makes injury claims out here different from claims in West Palm Beach?
Distance and road design, and both of them affect claim value in ways adjusters rarely account for on their own.
The roads west of the turnpike are largely two-lane, canal-adjacent, and built without shoulders. A collision on Seminole Pratt Whitney Road, Northlake Boulevard, or the western stretch of Southern Boulevard tends to involve higher speeds, fewer witnesses, no traffic cameras, and a real possibility that a vehicle leaves the roadway entirely. Those crashes produce more serious injuries than the same impact would at a signalized intersection in downtown West Palm Beach, making collecting evidence after a serious accident especially important.
Emergency response also takes longer out here, and the nearest trauma capability is east. That delay frequently shows up in a medical record as a gap between the crash and the first hospital evaluation, and insurers use gaps to argue an injury was not serious. Explaining why the gap existed is part of building the file.
Hurt on a rural stretch with no witnesses and no camera? That is a case we know how to build. Call +1 (866) 640-7117.
What kinds of property and animal injury claims come up out here?
More than in the eastern part of the county, and they follow the land use. Loxahatchee and The Acreage are built on large lots with private property, livestock, agricultural equipment, and recreational vehicles, which produces injury patterns that barely register in a city practice.
Claims we see from this area include:
- Injuries on private property where a guest, worker, or contractor was hurt by an unsafe condition
- Dog bites and injuries caused by other animals, which Florida handles under a strict liability statute
- Horse-related injuries, including incidents involving trailers, boarding arrangements, and riding on private land
- ATV and utility vehicle injuries on private property
- Injuries involving farm and landscaping equipment
Coverage in these cases is often a homeowners or farm policy rather than an auto policy, and those policies carry exclusions and sublimits that an auto policy does not. Reading the actual policy language early tends to matter more here than anywhere else.
Who is responsible when the road itself caused the crash?
Frequently a government body, which changes the entire procedure. Much of this area is unincorporated Palm Beach County, so drainage, shoulder conditions, signage, sight lines, and pavement maintenance on many roads out here fall to the county rather than a municipality.
Claims against a government entity in Florida require written notice before suit, follow shorter practical timelines, and are subject to statutory limits on damages. Understanding the personal injury claim timeline is especially important in these cases. They are also harder to prove, because a design decision made years ago is treated differently than a maintenance failure.
That does not make them unwinnable. It makes them time-sensitive in a way ordinary claims are not.
Was a road condition part of what happened? That claim has its own clock. Call +1 (866) 640-7117.
What can you recover in a Florida personal injury claim?
Florida allows recovery for both measurable financial losses and the human cost of an injury, and how far each category reaches depends heavily on documentation. Thoroughly documenting these losses can be essential to maximizing compensation in personal injury cases.
| Category | What it covers |
| Medical expenses | Treatment received and care reasonably projected into the future |
| Lost income | Wages already lost, plus reduced capacity to earn going forward |
| Pain and suffering | Physical pain and the loss of activities the injury took away |
| Property damage | Vehicle or property repair, replacement, and diminished value |
| Punitive damages | Available only for intentional or grossly negligent conduct, and rarely awarded |
Available insurance coverage is often the practical ceiling rather than the value of the harm, particularly in a county where many drivers carry no bodily injury liability coverage at all. Identifying every applicable policy early usually matters more than any other single step.
How does Florida's comparative negligence rule affect your claim?
It reduces your recovery by your share of fault, and eliminates it entirely if you are found more than 50% responsible. Under Florida Statute § 768.81, a claim valued at $300,000 with 20% fault assigned to you resolves at $240,000.
Because the 51% line ends a claim outright, insurers work steadily to accumulate small percentages against you. Our explainer on Florida's comparative negligence rule walks through how that argument is built and answered.
How long do you have to file?
Two years from the date of injury for most negligence claims, under Florida Statute § 95.11. Florida shortened this from four years in 2023, and the change still catches people out.
Claims involving a government body carry separate written notice requirements and shorter practical timelines. That matters here, because much of Loxahatchee is unincorporated Palm Beach County, which means road maintenance, drainage, and signage issues frequently involve a county defendant rather than a private one.
What happens after you call us?
You get a free case review, and if we take the case, the insurance company stops calling you.
- Consultation. We listen, review any letters or forms you have received, and tell you what we think the claim realistically looks like.
- Investigation. We secure the crash or incident report, photographs, any available video, witness accounts, and the complete insurance picture, including your own coverage.
- Medical documentation. We work with your treating providers so the record reflects the actual impact of the injury, including future care.
- Demand and negotiation. We present the claim with evidence assembled rather than asserted.
- Litigation if needed. If the offer does not match the case, we file in the 15th Judicial Circuit and prepare it for a jury.
For the broader regional picture, see how we handle personal injury claims in West Palm Beach and the surrounding region.
FAQ for Loxahatchee Personal Injury Lawyer
Do I have to travel to West Palm Beach to work with you?
Not for the routine parts of a case. Initial consultations can be handled by phone or video, documents can be signed electronically, and most communication throughout a case happens remotely. In-person appearances are generally limited to depositions, mediation, and trial, and those are scheduled with your work and treatment around them. The distance from Loxahatchee to our West Palm Beach office is not a practical obstacle to being represented.
Where would my case actually be filed?
In Palm Beach County's 15th Judicial Circuit, which sits in downtown West Palm Beach. Florida injury suits are filed where the incident occurred or where the defendant resides, and for a Loxahatchee-area injury that is almost always Palm Beach County. Venue matters more than people expect, because juries in different Florida counties value similar injuries differently, and we factor that into whether an offer is worth accepting.
What if the person who hurt me has no insurance?
You may still have a claim, though it likely runs against your own policy instead. Florida does not require most drivers to carry bodily injury liability coverage, and uninsured motorist coverage on your own policy is the usual answer when the at-fault party has nothing. These claims are adversarial even though your own insurer is involved, and reviewing your declarations page is often the fastest way to learn what is actually available.
Can I afford a lawyer if I am out of work because of the injury?
Yes. We work on contingency, which means there is no payment up front, our fee is a percentage of what we recover, and you owe nothing if we recover nothing. We also advance the costs of investigating and litigating the claim. The fee structure is provided in writing before you sign anything, and the initial consultation is free regardless of whether you hire us.
Should I give a statement to the other driver's insurance company?
Not before speaking with a lawyer. Adjusters often call within days, framing a recorded statement as routine paperwork, and that recording becomes a fixed record made before anyone knows how serious the injury is. Innocent phrasing about how you feel in the first week is regularly used later to argue you recovered quickly. You are not obligated to give that statement, and once we are involved the contact routes to us.
Twenty Minutes East, Forty Years In
Being outside the city does not mean settling for whatever a claims department offers. It means choosing a firm that will actually file suit in the courthouse your case belongs in.
We answer the phone at any hour, in English and Spanish, and the first conversation costs nothing.
Call Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa Injury Lawyers at +1 (866) 640-7117, or request a free case review online.
Fighting For The Injured Since 1985.