Wrongful Death Lawyers in Aventura, Florida

Aventura sits on the Intracoastal Waterway, and a lot of daily life here runs through or alongside the water — Waterways Marina, Turnberry Isle Marina, and several other docks along the channel put boat traffic close to swimmers, other vessels, and the causeway bridge that crosses over it. A boating accident here, whether it’s a collision, someone thrown from a vessel, or a swimmer struck near a marina, can turn fatal quickly, and Florida treats boating deaths differently from car accidents in terms of who investigates and what evidence gets collected early.

On land, Biscayne Boulevard and the William Lehman Causeway carry a heavy mix of local traffic, tourists heading to the beach, and vehicles coming and going from Aventura Mall — high speeds combined with a lot of turning and merging is a common setup for a fatal crash.

Aventura is also a city of high-rise condo towers, many of them right along the water, with shared pools, elevators, parking garages, and balconies. A death connected to one of those buildings — a fall, a drowning, an elevator failure, or an incident tied to inadequate security — can raise a wrongful death claim against the building’s owner or management company rather than, or in addition to, an individual.

Whatever the setting, Florida’s wrongful death law allows certain surviving family members — typically a spouse, children, or in some cases parents — to pursue compensation for what the family has lost. We start by identifying exactly what happened, who had a duty of care, and where that duty was broken.