Tampa Wrongful Death Attorney
When someone you love is taken by a careless or wrongful act, no outcome undoes the loss. But you can seek accountability — and we’ll carry the legal weight so your family can grieve.
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This Isn’t Just Grief. It’s Trauma.
Losing someone to a careless or wrongful act cuts into more than the heart. It cuts into identity, security, and the rhythm of daily life — the paycheck that isn’t coming, the guidance a child won’t get, the seat at the table that stays empty.
We don’t believe in hollow condolences. You’re not just mourning — you’re entitled to seek justice, and the person or company responsible should answer for it.
At CDB Injury Law, we handle the legal side with care and quiet resolve, so your family has room to do what matters most right now: be together.
Florida law, plainly
What a wrongful death claim means in Florida
Florida’s Wrongful Death Act gives families a way to hold the responsible party accountable. A few things shape how it works.
When a claim exists
A wrongful death claim arises when a person dies because of another party’s negligence, recklessness, or intentional act. That covers car, motorcycle, and truck crashes, medical malpractice, unsafe premises, defective products, workplace accidents, and criminal acts — including DUI.
Who brings the claim
The claim is filed by the personal representative of the estate on behalf of the surviving family — typically a spouse, children, parents, and certain dependents. If a personal representative hasn’t been named yet, we can help your family through that step.
What the law allows families to recover
Depending on the circumstances, recovery can include lost support and services, loss of companionship and guidance, the mental pain and suffering of survivors, medical and funeral expenses, and the losses to the estate. The goal is to reflect what the loss truly means, not just the bills that arrived.
There is a time limit
In Florida, the deadline to bring a wrongful death claim is generally two years from the date of death. We know that’s a hard thing to think about while grieving — that’s exactly why it helps to let someone else watch the clock for you.
How we help — and what to know
Take the time you need — we’ll start the groundwork.
You don’t have to have anything figured out to reach out. We can begin gathering records and preserving evidence while your family focuses on each other.
We help sort out the personal representative.
A wrongful death claim is brought through the estate’s personal representative. If that hasn’t been arranged, we’ll walk your family through it gently and handle the paperwork.
We keep the evidence from slipping away.
Scene details, records, and witness accounts fade quickly. Acting early — even quietly, in the background — protects the case without adding to your burden.
We carry the legal weight so you can grieve.
Deadlines, insurers, and the responsible party are ours to deal with. Your only job is to take care of your family and let us take care of the rest.
Florida generally gives families two years from the date of death to bring a wrongful death claim. It’s hard to think about a deadline while you’re grieving — so let us watch the calendar and handle the legal side. Your family’s job right now is to be together.
Wrongful death, quiet answers
Wrongful death questions
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You carry the grief. Let us carry the rest.
A career spent standing beside Tampa Bay families through the hardest moments — tell us what happened, there’s no cost to talk.