Clearwater and Tampa Bay Accident & Injury Lawyers

Time is of the essence if you or a loved one has recently been injured, or if a family member has died due to someone else's negligence. Roman & Roman is an experienced, capable firm dedicated to the practice of personal injury law. We are here to help you receive the justice you deserve. With our help, you can rest and recuperate knowing that what needs to be done is being done on your behalf.

When you call on Roman & Roman, you will meet with an actual attorney, not a paralegal or representative. There is no charge for an initial meeting about your injury and legal case. And, unless there is a recovery through a settlement or a judgment after a jury trial, you owe us nothing - no attorneys' fees or costs.

Call us now. We are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With three offices serving Clearwater, New Port Richey, Hudson, Brooksville, Spring Hill and Tampa, you'll find it convenient to work with us. Please, don't delay.

Ours is a family firm with five attorneys on staff: Thomas A. Roman, Paula C. Roman, Peter T. Roman, Stephenie A. Fenton, and Michael Roman Lentini. We take the time to listen and understand your situation. And we stay in touch after you have retained our services, keeping you informed about the progress of your case. And, because we are a family firm, every client is a client of the entire firm. Whenever you need an attorney as a client of Roman & Roman, we'll be there for you during and after business hours as well as weekends and holidays.

All five attorneys are licensed to practice law in the State of Florida. As a firm, we have the financial resources to stay the course on your behalf. We directly supervise skilled legal assistants, paralegals, investigators, case managers, photographers and others as members of your team.

You will be glad to know that there are no fees or charges of any kind unless we recover money damages for your claim.

Motor Vehicle Accidents
Motor Cycle Accidents
Truck Accidents
Bicycle Accidents
Pedestrian Accidents
Fall Down Accidents
Wrongful Death
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Medical Malpractice
Dog Bites
Sports Injuries and
Other Injuries

Many times people who are involved in a motor vehicle accident will be damaged in several ways. For example, you may have experienced bodily injuries and resulting pain and suffering as well as property damage to your vehicle, lost wages, loss of the ability to earn money in the future, disability, expenses for hospital, immediate and future medical treatments, and you may have aggravated an injury you had prior to the accident. You deserve to be compensated for these losses.

If you or a loved one is involved in a motor vehicle accident, there are some very important things that must be done, and done promptly, to make sure that your rights are protected:

Seek immediate medical treatment for you injuries.
Your doctor needs to be experienced in evaluating and treating your types of injuries, and start you on the road to healing as soon as possible. If you do not have a doctor, the attorneys at Roman & Roman can assist you in locating a qualified doctor near your home or place of work.

Learn your legal rights.
Trust your Roman & Roman attorney, not the insurance adjuster, to learn in detail exactly what your rights are.

Allow your attorney to obtain photos and/or videos.
We need to photograph and/or video record injuries to your person as well as damage to your vehicle as soon as possible to preserve valuable evidence. This is necessary before the vehicle is repaired or towed away by the insurance company and sold for salvage. We may also need to photograph the accident site including traffic lights, stop signs, skid marks, etc.

Allow your attorney to obtain statements from witnesses as soon as possible.
Your Roman & Roman attorney can help you through the minefield of filing an insurance claim and help you to protect your rights. We will assess your legal situation, investigate the accident, obtain additional evidence, interview potential witnesses, negotiate your claim, and file a lawsuit against the appropriate parties if the insurance company is not willing to properly compensate you.

Remember, you can speak with a Roman & Roman attorney today at no charge for the initial consultation. And, if there is no monetary recovery, you will owe us nothing. At your initial consultation you will be meeting directly with an experienced attorney, not an investigator, a paralegal or case manager. Call us now.

If you are injured in a car accident, you are entitled to compensation for your money damages, as well as for your pain and suffering. Florida is a "no fault" state which means that regardless of who caused the accident, your own personal injury protection insurance (PIP) will pay for the first $10,000 of your medical bills and lost wages. PIP will pay for 80% of your medical bills and 60% of your lost wages until the $10,000 of coverage has been paid. This is true for individuals who have the standard PIP coverage, but some people may have more than $10,000 of PIP, and some may have a deductible. What your PIP will pay, will depend upon what type of PIP coverage you have. The negligent driver who caused the accident will be responsible for your medical bills and lost wages that exceed your PIP benefits, as well as compensation for your pain and suffering, future medical bills, future lost wages, and future pain and suffering.

Florida does not require motorists to have bodily injury (BI) coverage. If the negligent driver does not have BI coverage or does not have enough BI coverage to compensate you for your damages, hopefully, you have purchased uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage (UM/UIM) as part of your car insurance policy. If you have UM/UIM coverage, such coverage will compensate you for your money damages and pain and suffering. If the negligent driver does not have BI and you do not have UM/UIM, the negligent driver is still personally responsible to pay you for your damages. Generally, most personal injury law firms will decline to represent clients injured in accidents when the negligent driver/car owner has no BI insurance coverage and if the injured client has no UM/UIM coverage. That is because it is very likely that in the absence of such BI coverage, the uninsured driver/car owner is uncollectible.

Once you are in a car accident please consider hiring an attorney to represent you as soon as possible to advise you of your rights. You should not give a recorded statement to your insurance company before speaking to an attorney. Also, do not give a statement, recorded or unrecorded, to the negligent driver's insurance company. The negligent party's insurance company is not on your side. Do not sign a release or accept money from the negligent party's insurance company before you have had your claim evaluated by one of our attorneys. The negligent party's insurance company may try to convince you to sign a release in exchange for a certain amount of money that will be only a fraction of the value of your damages.

When you call Roman & Roman, a personal injury law firm, you will speak to one of our attorneys regarding your case. When you meet with our law firm, you will meet with one of our attorneys. After you hire Roman & Roman, our attorneys will keep in touch with you. You will not be passed off to a non-attorney or an investigator.