St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra Beach, Nocatee, Hastings. Cases in the Richard O. Watson Judicial Center on Lewis Speedway. Free consultation.
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Graham W. Syfert represents people injured in St. Johns County, Florida. St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra Beach, Nocatee, World Golf Village, Hastings. The county is one of Florida's fastest-growing, and the road system is racing to keep up. Crashes cluster on US-1, I-95, A1A through Vilano Beach and St. Augustine Beach, CR-210, and the SR-9B / I-295 connector at the Duval/St. Johns line. Civil cases are filed in the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
St. Johns is the only one of our four target counties in the Seventh Judicial Circuit, not the Fourth. The Seventh covers St. Johns, Putnam, Volusia, and Flagler counties. Local rules and motion practice differ from Duval/Clay/Nassau in small but real ways. The judges are different. The clerk's office routine is different. The local bar overlaps but is not identical.
St. Johns County juries skew higher-income and better-educated than the regional average. Verdict size has trended up in recent years as the population has grown and the demographics have shifted. Defense lawyers know this and may settle higher St. Johns cases pre-suit to avoid the courthouse.
Tourist-heavy crashes introduce out-of-state liability carriers and unfamiliar policy structures. The St. Augustine area sees significant out-of-state plates year-round. Carrier handling differs from a pure Florida-driver case.
Two-year SOL under section 95.11(4)(a). 51 percent comparative fault under section 768.81. PIP under section 627.736. UM under section 627.727. WC under chapter 440.
The Orange Park office is fifty minutes from downtown St. Augustine. Free consultation.
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