Practice Areas

When someone is injured, loses a loved one, has a life insurance benefit withheld, or is harmed by a dangerous product, the legal issue can quickly become more complicated than expected. The Law Offices of Jason Turchin represents individuals and families in personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, life insurance, cruise passenger injury, motor vehicle accident, negligent security, and other civil claims in Florida and throughout the United States where permitted.

Our firm has handled more than 6,500 claims involving injuries, insurance disputes, defective products, accidents, and other losses. We represent clients in matters ranging from a Florida car accident or slip and fall to nationwide product liability litigation and federal life insurance interpleader lawsuits.

Our goal is to investigate what happened, identify potentially responsible parties and available insurance coverage, preserve evidence, evaluate potential damages, and pursue compensation where the facts and law may support a claim.

If you believe you may have a case, call (800) 337-7755 or contact our firm online for a free consultation. Cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means there are no fees or costs owed to our firm unless there is a recovery.

Our Main Practice Areas

Our practice is built around several core areas of litigation. Some cases fit within more than one category. For example, a serious burn may involve product liability, premises liability, or negligence depending on how the injury occurred. A fatal car crash may involve both an automobile claim and a wrongful death action.

Personal Injury

Our personal injury practice focuses on people who may have been injured because of negligence, unsafe property, dangerous conduct, defective products, or other preventable events.

Florida personal injury cases can involve medical treatment, insurance coverage, fault disputes, lost income, permanent injuries, pain and suffering, future care needs, and other damages. The type of claim and applicable deadline can depend on how the injury occurred.

Our Florida personal injury lawyers handle cases that may involve:

• Slip, trip, and fall accidents
• Serious burns
• Brain and spinal injuries
• Broken bones and orthopedic injuries
• Construction accidents
• Elevator accidents
• Dog bites
• Swimming pool and drowning incidents
• Theme park and amusement park injuries
• Child injuries
• Premises liability
• Negligent security
• Catastrophic injuries

Florida law can also affect how fault is allocated in a negligence case. Florida Statutes section 768.81 addresses comparative fault and can affect whether and how damages may be recovered depending on the circumstances of a particular case.

Car, Truck, Motorcycle, and Motor Vehicle Accidents

Motor vehicle crashes remain a major part of our Florida injury practice. These cases can involve far more than determining which driver received a traffic citation.

Potential issues may include liability, bodily injury coverage, uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage, personal injury protection benefits, commercial insurance, vehicle ownership, rideshare coverage, crash reconstruction, distracted driving, intoxication, and the nature and extent of the injuries.

Our motor vehicle practice includes:

• Car accidents
• Rear-end collisions
• Intersection crashes
• Hit-and-run accidents
• Uber and Lyft accidents
• Commercial vehicle crashes
• 18-wheeler and trucking accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Pedestrian accidents
• Bus and transportation accidents
• Drunk driving crashes

Evidence can disappear quickly after a serious crash. Photographs, surveillance footage, event data recorders, vehicle inspections, witness information, phone records, and other evidence may become important depending on the case.

Product Liability and Defective Product Lawsuits

A consumer should not have to expect a household appliance, battery, pressure cooker, tool, vehicle component, or other everyday product to explode, collapse, overheat, ignite, or otherwise cause a serious injury during foreseeable use.

Our product liability lawyers represent people who may have been injured by allegedly defective consumer products throughout Florida and across the country. These cases can involve manufacturers, distributors, importers, retailers, online marketplaces, component manufacturers, and other companies in a product’s distribution chain.

Potential product liability theories can include defects in design, manufacturing, warnings, instructions, or other aspects of a product. Florida Statutes section 768.81 specifically includes product liability within its definition of certain negligence actions, while other Florida statutes and case law may also affect these claims.

Our product cases include:

• Pressure cooker explosion and burn claims
• Air fryer burns
• Electric kettle and coffee maker burns
• Steam cleaner and garment steamer burns
• Lithium-ion battery fires and explosions
• Power bank fires
• Heated blankets, socks, gloves, and insoles
• Ladder and step stool collapses
• Fire pit injuries
• Defective power tools
• Airbag injuries
• Automotive defects
• Defective furniture
• Child product and toy injuries
• Medical devices and pharmaceuticals

Our product liability practice is not limited to Florida. Depending on jurisdiction and the circumstances, we may handle claims nationally, work with local counsel, or pursue cases in state or federal courts throughout the United States.

Additional information about nationwide defective product claims is also available through Product liability resource.

Life Insurance Claims and Disputes

Our life insurance practice is different from a traditional personal injury case. In these matters, a beneficiary may already know the amount of money at issue, but the insurance company has delayed payment, denied the claim, or refused to decide which person should receive the proceeds.

We represent beneficiaries, families, estates, and other claimants in life insurance matters throughout Florida and across the country where permitted.

Life insurance disputes may involve:

• Denied life insurance claims
• Delayed claims
• Material misrepresentation allegations
• Policy lapse and premium disputes
• Contestability investigations
• Suicide exclusions
• Beneficiary disputes
• Former spouse claims
• Last-minute beneficiary changes
• Alleged undue influence or lack of capacity
• Power of attorney disputes
• State and federal interpleader lawsuits
• ERISA claims
• Florida Slayer Statute disputes
• Competing beneficiaries
• Estate beneficiary claims

We can also assist with filing a life insurance claim when a beneficiary wants legal assistance before a dispute develops.

Additional nationwide life insurance information is available through LifeClaims.com.

Wrongful Death

When an injury results in death, the case can change significantly. Florida’s Wrongful Death Act addresses who may bring a claim and the categories of damages that may potentially be recoverable for survivors and the estate.

Wrongful death cases may arise from:

• Fatal car and truck crashes
• Pedestrian and bicycle deaths
• Defective products
• Drowning
• Negligent security
• Construction accidents
• Medical negligence
• Dangerous premises
• Accidental shootings
• Other allegedly negligent conduct

Different deadlines can apply depending on the type of wrongful death claim and defendant. Families should therefore consider obtaining legal advice promptly rather than assuming every wrongful death case has the same filing deadline.

Our Florida wrongful death lawyers can review the circumstances surrounding a death and discuss what potential claims may be available.

Premises Liability and Slip and Fall Claims

Businesses, hotels, apartment complexes, stores, restaurants, resorts, and other property owners or operators may face liability when an unsafe condition causes an injury and the applicable legal requirements can be established.

Premises cases may involve:

• Slip and fall accidents
• Trip hazards
• Wet floors
• Foreign substances
• Unsafe stairs
• Broken railings
• Inadequate maintenance
• Poor lighting
• Swimming pool accidents
• Elevator and escalator incidents
• Hotel and resort accidents
• Retail store injuries

Florida has specific statutory rules that may apply to some premises liability cases. For example, Florida Statutes section 768.0755 addresses claims involving transitory foreign substances in business establishments. The evidence needed in a premises case can therefore depend heavily on what caused the incident and what the property owner or operator allegedly knew or should have known.

Negligent Security and Crime Victim Claims

A violent criminal act may lead to more than a criminal prosecution. In some circumstances, an injured victim or surviving family may also investigate whether a property owner, business, landlord, security company, rideshare company, institution, or other party may bear civil responsibility.

Our crime victim and negligent security practice includes claims involving:

• Apartment complex shootings
• Parking lot shootings
• Assaults
• Sexual assault
• Molestation and abuse
• Rideshare sexual assault
• Hotel and motel crime
• Insufficient security measures
• Wrongful death resulting from violent crime

Florida Statutes section 768.0701 addresses premises liability claims involving criminal acts of third parties and requires consideration of fault by persons who contributed to the injury. Other statutes may also affect claims involving multifamily residential properties and security measures.

A civil negligent security case is separate from the criminal case against the person who committed the crime. Potential civil claims depend on the facts, property, prior incidents, security measures, applicable law, and other circumstances.

Cruise Passenger Injury Claims

Cruise passenger injury cases can involve a unique combination of federal maritime law, passenger ticket contracts, contractual notice requirements, contractual filing deadlines, and forum-selection provisions.

Many cruise line passenger contracts may require claims or lawsuits to be brought in a particular location, sometimes including federal court in South Florida. The specific ticket contract should be reviewed because venue and deadlines can differ by cruise line, itinerary, claim type, and contract.

Our cruise injury practice may include:

• Slip and fall accidents aboard a ship
• Trip and fall injuries
• Wet deck accidents
• Gangway incidents
• Shore excursion injuries
• Tender boat accidents
• Swimming pool and water attraction injuries
• Shipboard assaults
• Sexual assault claims
• Medical negligence issues
• Food-related injuries
• Other passenger injury claims

Our website includes additional information about Florida cruise injury claims, Carnival Cruise claims, and Royal Caribbean injury claims.

Medical Malpractice

Medical negligence claims can involve allegations that a physician, hospital, surgical facility, nurse, or other health care provider failed to meet the applicable standard of care and caused an injury or death.

These claims can involve special presuit procedures, expert review requirements, and deadlines that differ from ordinary negligence cases.

Potential cases may involve surgical errors, birth injuries, delayed diagnosis, medication errors, hospital negligence, or other alleged medical mistakes. Whether a poor outcome constitutes malpractice generally requires a case-specific medical and legal evaluation.

Nursing Home and Elder Injury Claims

Residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities can be particularly vulnerable to injury. Claims may involve falls, pressure wounds, malnutrition, dehydration, medication errors, abuse, inadequate supervision, or other alleged failures in care.

Depending on the facts, the facility, management entities, health care providers, contractors, or other parties may potentially be involved in a claim.

How Do I Know What Type of Lawyer I Need?

You do not have to identify the exact legal theory before contacting our firm. Many cases involve overlapping areas of law.

A person burned by a malfunctioning appliance may have a product liability claim. Someone burned by hot liquid at a restaurant may have a negligence or premises claim. An injury aboard a cruise ship may involve maritime law. A death caused by a dangerous product may involve both product liability and wrongful death.

The initial investigation can help determine what type of claim may exist, where it could potentially be filed, what law may apply, and which parties may bear responsibility.

What Compensation May Be Available in an Injury Case?

The damages available depend on the type of case, applicable law, evidence, and nature of the injuries. A claim may potentially include compensation for categories such as:

• Past medical expenses
• Future medical care
• Lost income
• Loss of future earning capacity
• Pain and suffering
• Disability
• Disfigurement or scarring
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Property damage
• Other economic and noneconomic losses permitted by law

Wrongful death, maritime, medical negligence, insurance, and other specialized claims may involve different damage rules.

How Long Do I Have to File a Claim?

There is no single statute of limitations that applies to every case our firm handles.

Florida negligence claims may have different deadlines from medical malpractice, wrongful death, claims against governmental entities, cruise passenger cases, federal claims, life insurance lawsuits, and cases arising in another state.

Contractual deadlines can sometimes be even shorter. Cruise passenger tickets, for example, may contain notice and filing requirements that should be reviewed promptly.

If you believe you have a claim, it can be helpful to have the applicable deadline evaluated early. Waiting can also make evidence more difficult to preserve even when the filing deadline has not expired.

Why Choose the Law Offices of Jason Turchin?

The Law Offices of Jason Turchin has handled more than 6,500 claims involving personal injury, product liability, insurance disputes, wrongful death, and other civil matters. Our practice includes cases in Florida state courts and federal courts as well as nationwide matters handled with local counsel where appropriate.

Jason Turchin has been selected to Super Lawyers each year from 2020 through 2026 and was selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2011 and from 2013 through 2016. He has received an Avvo 10.0 Superb Rating and was AV Preeminent Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Excellence by Martindale-Hubbell in 2026.

The firm received the Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Platinum Award in 2026 and has maintained an A+ BBB rating annually from 2014 through 2026.

Jason is a Lifetime Charter Member of Best Attorneys of America and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum list and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum list. He was also named to America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys® list in 2026, 7 Figure Litigators® – America’s Premier High-Stakes Trial Lawyers® in 2026, and the 2026 MyLegalWin Top Attorneys in America list.

Jason’s legal commentary and work have been featured in or on CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning, CNN, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Bloomberg News, USA Today, and Rolling Stone.

Ratings, awards, memberships, media recognition, and prior results do not guarantee the outcome of a future case.

Attorney Referrals and Co-Counsel

We also work with attorneys who need Florida counsel, litigation support, or assistance with a case outside their usual practice area.

Our attorney referral and co-counsel practice may include personal injury, product liability, life insurance, cruise passenger injury, wrongful death, and other matters.

Fee divisions and co-counsel arrangements are handled subject to the applicable ethical rules, client consent requirements, and other requirements of The Florida Bar.

Frequently Asked Questions About Our Practice Areas

What types of cases does Jason Turchin handle?

Our primary practice areas include personal injury, car and motor vehicle accidents, product liability, life insurance disputes, wrongful death, premises liability, negligent security, cruise passenger injury claims, medical malpractice, and nursing home claims. We also handle other civil cases depending on the circumstances.

Do you only handle cases in Florida?

No. Florida is the center of our practice, but we may handle product liability, life insurance, mass tort, and other matters throughout the United States. Depending on the case and jurisdiction, we may work with local counsel.

Do you handle federal court cases?

Yes. Our practice includes matters in federal court, including life insurance interpleader litigation, product liability cases, cruise passenger claims, personal injury, and other disputes where federal jurisdiction may exist.

What if I am not sure whether I have a case?

You do not need to determine that before contacting us. We can review the basic facts and discuss whether additional investigation may be appropriate.

How much does it cost to speak with your firm?

Initial consultations are free. Cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means there are no fees or costs owed to our firm unless there is a recovery.

Can you help if another lawyer referred me?

Yes. We regularly work with referring attorneys and co-counsel.

Do you handle cases against large corporations?

Yes. Depending on the facts and jurisdiction, our cases may involve insurance companies, manufacturers, retailers, cruise lines, property owners, corporations, and other defendants.

What information should I have when I contact you?

Whatever you currently have is generally enough to begin a conversation. Helpful information can include the date and location of the incident, photographs, insurance information, medical records, product information, correspondence, police or incident reports, policy documents, or other materials related to the claim.

Speak With a Lawyer About Your Case

If you were injured in an accident, harmed by a defective product, lost a loved one, are involved in a life insurance dispute, were injured aboard a cruise ship, or believe another person or company may be responsible for your loss, the Law Offices of Jason Turchin can review the circumstances and discuss potential legal options.

Call us at (800) 337-7755 or chat with our live agents for a free consultation. Cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means there are no fees or costs owed to our firm unless there is a recovery.