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DUI Accident Lawyers in Hollywood, Florida

If a drunk driver hit you in Hollywood, you’re likely dealing with a totaled car, medical bills, and a lot of unanswered questions about how a criminal DUI charge and your own injury claim fit together. These are two separate tracks. The driver’s criminal case is handled by prosecutors and does not pay your bills. A civil injury claim is how you recover money for what happened to you, and it moves on its own schedule. We can look at your situation and explain what applies to you.

DUI Accident in Hollywood

Hollywood sees a steady mix of local traffic, beach visitors, and late-night bar and restaurant crowds moving along Hollywood Boulevard and through Young Circle. That circle sits at the center of downtown Hollywood and funnels cars from several directions at once, which already makes it a demanding intersection to navigate sober. Add an impaired driver into that mix and the odds of a serious crash go up fast, especially at night when visibility drops and a lot of the boulevard’s bar and restaurant traffic is on the road.

The Federal Highway corridor running north-south through Hollywood carries a heavy volume of commuter and commercial traffic, and it’s a common spot for the kind of rear-end and left-turn crashes tied to delayed reaction times. A driver who has been drinking often misjudges gaps, brakes too late, or drifts across a lane line. On a corridor like Federal Highway, where cars are frequently stopped at signals or merging, that split-second delay is what turns a near-miss into a collision.

Then there’s the Broadwalk. It runs along the beach and draws constant foot and bicycle traffic, day and night, much of it crossing streets that feed in from A1A and the surrounding beachfront blocks. A pedestrian or cyclist has almost no protection in a crash, and when the driver who hit them was impaired, the injuries tend to be more severe because there was often no attempt to brake or swerve. Hollywood’s mix of a busy downtown circle, a commercial highway corridor, and a pedestrian-heavy beachfront creates several distinct settings where a DUI crash can happen, and each one leaves a different kind of evidence trail we need to look at.

What we look at in these claims

A DUI accident claim in Hollywood usually turns on a handful of specific facts. Here’s what we start with.

What We Look At in These Claims

The police report and DUI investigation

When an officer suspects impairment, the crash report usually includes field sobriety notes, breath or blood test results if they were obtained, and the officer’s own observations. This paperwork often becomes central to the civil claim, separate from whatever happens in the criminal case.

FAQ

Do I still have a claim if the drunk driver was arrested?

Yes. The criminal DUI case and your civil injury claim are separate matters. An arrest or conviction can support your claim, but you don't need a criminal conviction to pursue compensation for your injuries.

Pedestrians and cyclists hit by impaired drivers on the Broadwalk often face serious injuries because there's little protection in a collision. We look at witness accounts, any nearby camera footage, and the police investigation to piece together what happened.

Multi-vehicle crashes at busy intersections like Young Circle can involve more than one insurance policy and more questions about who did what. It doesn't prevent you from pursuing a claim, but it does mean the investigation needs to sort out each driver's role carefully.

Florida sets filing deadlines that vary by claim type and can be shorter if a government vehicle or entity was involved. Rather than guess, call us and we'll tell you what applies to your situation.

Nothing. The case review is free, and we only get paid if we recover money for you.

Where and when the crash happened

A collision at Young Circle during a Friday night rush is different from one on the Broadwalk at 1 a.m. or a rear-end crash on Federal Highway during afternoon traffic. Location and timing affect what witnesses saw, what nearby cameras may have captured, and how the crash likely unfolded.

Insurance coverage on both sides

Florida requires drivers to carry certain minimum coverage, but a DUI crash can involve coverage gaps or an underinsured driver. We look at your own policy’s uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage alongside the at-fault driver’s policy, because both can matter to what’s available.

Your medical treatment and its connection to the crash

Consistent, documented treatment ties your injuries to the collision. Gaps in care or delayed treatment can be used to question whether your injuries came from the crash at all, so we look closely at the medical record from day one.

What a Claim May Cover

A DUI accident claim in Hollywood may address the medical care you’ve needed and are likely to need going forward, lost income if the crash kept you from working, damage to your vehicle, and the physical pain and disruption the crash caused to your daily life. What a specific claim can recover depends entirely on the facts of that case, the coverage available, and the extent of the injuries. We won’t quote a figure before we know your situation, and no injury lawyer honestly can.

Other Injury Claims We Handle in Hollywood

DUI crashes are one part of a broader range of collision types we see across Hollywood’s streets, from downtown to the beach. We also handle car accident, slip and fall, truck accident, motorcycle accident, pedestrian accident, bicycle accident, rideshare accident (Uber and Lyft), and bus accident claims throughout Hollywood and the surrounding area.

Florida law sets deadlines for filing an injury claim, and those deadlines vary depending on the type of claim and who was involved, including shorter windows when a government vehicle or entity is part of the crash. We don’t want you to guess at a deadline that may not apply to your situation. A quick call lets us tell you where things stand for your specific case.

Free Case Review

If a DUI driver hit you in Hollywood, talk to us before you talk to an insurance adjuster. The consultation is free, and there’s no fee unless we recover for you. Call us to walk through what happened and find out where you stand.

Helping Those Injured in Accidents Across Florida

While this page focuses on Hollywood, our practice is built around plaintiff-side injury work throughout South Florida. Whether the crash happened near Young Circle, along the Broadwalk, or somewhere else in the region, the same careful review of police reports, insurance coverage, and medical records applies. We handle these claims one case at a time, based on what actually happened and what the evidence supports.

You don’t need to have every answer before you call. Bring what you have, including the police report if you already received one, any photos from the scene, and information about your medical care so far. We’ll take it from there and explain your options in plain terms.