Florida Injury Lawyer Blawg
A bicyclist was left critically injured after being hit by a car Sunday morning, according to reporting from The Miami Herald.
The incident happened around 9 a.m. near the 3000 block of Southwest First Avenue near Coconut Grove. The bicyclist, a 53-year-old man, had head injuries and was taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Additional details were not immediately available Monday morning.
Leesfield & Partners
With its year-round warm weather, Miami is a city teeming with novice and expert bicyclists. In 2024, Florida had more than 9,300 bicycle crashes and 209 bicyclist deaths resulting from crashes, according to the state’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ Crash Dashboard. This year, there were 9,571 bicycle crashes that killed 190 people. In Miami, there were 1,001 bicycle crashes with 20 deaths in 2024. In 2025, there were 1,033 bicycle crashes that killed at least 15 people.
Between heavier traffic, a growing mix of cyclists, e-bikes, motorcycles, and scooters, and the distractions of modern technology, staying alert on the road is more important than ever. With nearly five decades of experience representing individuals injured on Florida roads in landmark and historic cases, no other law firm knows this better than Leesfield & Partners. Our skilled trial attorneys approach every case with the compassion and diligence necessary to achieve the best possible outcome for injured clients and their grieving families.
Since 1976, the firm has secured millions on behalf of injured cyclists and pedestrians. In a bid to raise awareness about road and pedestrian safety, the firm’s Founder and Managing Partner, Ira Leesfield, has periodically posted public safety advisories on the digital board outside of the firm’s Miami office, which sits on U.S. 1 and is seen by thousands of commuters each day. Additionally, Mr. Leesfield has also teamed up with organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Friends of The Underline through his charitable organization, The Leesfield Family Foundation.
Previous Cases
Through innovative trial strategies, tenacious investigative skills and a deep understanding of the law, Leesfield & Partners relentlessly works to achieve exceptional results.
In the case of a 27-year-old motorcyclist who suffered severe and life-altering injuries due to a defect with his kickstand, the firm obtained a $19.8 million award. As our client was traveling on his motorcycle, the kickstand suddenly engaged, causing it to spin out of control and rendered him a high-level quadriplegic.
Mr. Leesfield spent approximately two decades working on cases in which clients were severely injured or killed because of issues with a motorcycle kickstand, resulting in manufacturing changes that have saved countless lives.
Previously, Leesfield & Partners obtained an $8.5 million settlement following a $27 million arbitration award for the family of a young woman who was killed by a pickup truck driver while attempting to cross the street. The woman, a wife and mother of two, was visiting Florida from her home in Toronto, Canada, when she was crushed by a pickup truck. The driver in that case claimed to not have seen her.
A pedestrian-involved incident handled by the firm resulted in the maximum recovery amount of $6 million awarded to our injured client. In that case, a woman was walking back to her office following a midday break when she was struck by a truck making an illegal left turn whose driver claimed not to see her in the marked crosswalk. The woman had severe injuries, including skull fractures and brain hemorrhages as a result of the driver’s negligence.
A case involving a bicyclist who was hit while stopped on the shoulder of the Overseas Highway in Key West resulted in a $5,350,000 settlement for the client. In that case, the bicyclist who was stopped on the side of the road was hit by a driver who was distracted by their car’s GPS.
A Key West crash that drastically impacted the life of a prominent local businessman resulted in a record verdict. In that case, our client had the green light at an intersection when an ambulance at a red light unexpectedly plowed through the road and hit him. In the crash, he was thrown into a cement wall, resulting in permanent injuries.
The ambulance driver claimed he was on his way to an emergency and had the right of way, however, this driver failed to deploy the necessary lights and sirens. Without these indicators, our client had no idea that the ambulance would not stop when at the red light and so he proceeded to cross the intersection.
The firm previously recovered $3 million for a mother and son injured in a bicycle incident.
In a previous case involving a scooter accident, the firm obtained a $1 million award.
Partner Justin B. Shapiro is representing multiple clients who were seriously injured while crossing the street in separate South Florida crashes.
Those cases are ongoing.
Mr. Shapiro and Trial Attorney Eric Shane are representing a Key West motor scooter rider whose life was entirely upended by a negligent driver.
Recently, Leesfield & Partners filed suit in the case of a man in a wheelchair who was hit by a speeding car. His severe injuries resulted in doctors being forced to amputate his leg. Carlos A. Fabano, a Trial Lawyer with the firm, is handling the ongoing case.
