ER visits, imaging, follow-up care, PIP and MedPay forms, the at-fault driver's insurance, the recorded statement you should pause before giving, and the moment most people should be talking to a lawyer — laid out in the order a participating Florida attorney would walk you through it. None of this is legal advice, but it is the intake-aligned version of the same checklist.
CaseClosedFL is a case acquisition and attorney-matching service, not a law firm. Nothing on this page is legal advice. A licensed Florida attorney can review your actual facts.
A typical Florida car, truck, motorcycle, rideshare, bike or slip-and-fall case doesn't play out as one long week. It moves through a documentation phase, a financial-pressure phase and a conversation phase. The cards below cover each one in plain language.
Days 1–7Emergency care, imaging, specialist notes and consistent follow-up appointments form the record that documents your injury and recovery. Even soft-tissue symptoms deserve a clear visit history.
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Weeks 1–4Lost income, co-pays and the ER balance start arriving while you are still healing. Knowing what bills can wait, what insurance should cover and what a case review actually looks at can keep a bad week from becoming a bad year.
Bills, lost wages and PIP
When you're readyA participating attorney can review the actual policies and facts and explain what is and is not a fit. The intake collects your accident information so that conversation starts with substance, not a sales pitch.
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Get evaluated at an ER or urgent care, even if symptoms seem minor. Photograph vehicles and the scene, exchange information, and request a law-enforcement crash report. CaseClosedFL's intake does not require you to have completed all of these — it screens the accident details first and asks for contact information only after the basic facts are recorded.
Keep every visit summary, imaging report, prescription, therapy note and out-of-pocket receipt from the date of the accident forward. Consistent follow-up care is part of the record an attorney reviews. Save communications with any insurance adjuster. The free CaseClosedFL intake captures the date, the providers and the treatment timeline so that information is already organized when a participating attorney reviews the case.
Tell your treatment providers the injury is accident-related so billing is routed to the right payer; keep every bill, EOB and wage statement; and ask the intake which insurance layers may apply (PIP, MedPay, the at-fault driver's policy, UM/UIM). CaseClosedFL is not a law firm and does not give financial advice, but the intake records the wage and treatment facts that the participating attorney needs to review the financial side of the case.
Sooner is better than later, especially for truck, rideshare or commercial cases where evidence can be overwritten quickly. The free CaseClosedFL intake collects the basic facts so that first conversation starts with substance; you can also bring the printed intake confirmation to any attorney consult.
Many Florida personal-injury attorneys handle motor-vehicle and slip-and-fall cases on contingency, meaning the fee is collected from any recovery rather than billed up front. The terms of any specific representation are between you and the participating attorney. The CaseClosedFL intake itself is free and does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Each guide covers the records, insurance layers and treatment timelines that the same Florida intake will ask about.
Rear-end, intersection, highway, uninsured-driver and multi-vehicle collisions.
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Commercial trucks, delivery vehicles and crashes involving company drivers.
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Premises incidents, hazardous conditions and injuries on someone else's property.
Read guide →CaseClosedFL is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice, legal representation or a guaranteed attorney match. Information on this page is general and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed Florida attorney who can review your actual facts and applicable law.