Dedicated Personal Injury Attorneys

The accident lawyers at Frankl Kominsky provide exceptional advocacy and representation to people throughout South Florida who have been hurt by the careless conduct of another person or entity. Based in Palm Beach County, we are experienced litigators with a passion for the law and a commitment to our clients. We never settle for less than what our clients need to move forward after an accident. Instead, our Boynton Beach personal injury lawyers aggressively pursue our clients’ interests to help them receive a favorable outcome.

We have helped our clients recover damages for injuries in motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, products liability lawsuits, medical malpractice claims, and more. Based on our extensive litigation experience, we have gained valuable insight into the other side’s tactics. Our personal injury attorneys can anticipate the strategies used by insurance companies, hospitals, and their lawyers to avoid liability. We have a proven track record of success, and are highly recognized for our accomplishments in the field.

Assert Your Rights Through a Negligence Lawsuit
If you are hurt in an accident, you can file a personal injury claim against the party responsible for your harm. To hold that party accountable, you often will use the legal theory of negligence.

This is defined as the failure to exercise the appropriate level of care in a given situation. The required level of care usually consists of what a reasonable person would do in similar circumstances. However, the standard is different in certain contexts, such as in medical malpractice. If your claim is based on negligence, you will need to prove each of the following elements:

• Duty – The defendant must have had an obligation to meet a certain standard of care.
• Breach – The defendant must have violated this duty of care through careless actions.
• Causation – The defendant’s breach must have caused your injuries, which must have been reasonably foreseeable.
• Damages – You must have incurred actual damages as a result of your injuries.

Some defendants will argue that the victim also acted carelessly. Even if this is true, Florida law allows a victim to recover at least some damages with the assistance of a personal injury attorney in the Boynton Beach area unless he or she bore complete responsibility for the accident. The state follows a modified comparative negligence standard. As such, if a victim’s carelessness contributed to his or her injuries, the resulting damage award will be reduced in proportion to his or her percentage of fault.

Compensation can cover both economic and non-economic damages. Economic damages usually refer to objective forms of harm, such as lost wages, medical expenses, lost earning capacity, or damage to a vehicle. By contrast, non-economic damages cover more subjective types of harm, such as pain and suffering.