Florida Spine Injury Lawyer

Common Florida Accidents That Cause Back and Neck Injuries

In Florida, back and neck injuries frequently occur in several types of negligence cases. The most common include:

• Car accidents – Rear-end collisions, T-bone impacts, and high-speed crashes often cause herniated discs, bulges, annular tears, facet injuries, and radiculopathy.
• Motorcycle accidents – Riders involved in motorcycle accidents often suffer cervical fractures, lumbar trauma, disc extrusion, and nerve damage due to sudden impact and lack of shielding.
• Slip-and-fall or trip-and-fall accidents – Falls in stores, parking lots, and apartment complexes frequently cause spinal compression injuries, disc herniations, and muscle tears.
• Commercial truck accidents – Tractor-trailer collisions often result in severe multi-level spinal injuries due to massive force and vehicle weight.
• Workplace injuries – Heavy lifting, falls from heights, struck-by accidents, and equipment failures cause significant back injuries, even outside of workers’ compensation cases.
• Premises liability incidents – Unsafe property conditions, negligent security, and unsafe stairs or walkways can all lead to cervical and lumbar trauma.

These injuries are often permanent and frequently require long-term medical care, including MRIs, epidural injections, physical therapy, radiofrequency ablation treatments, or even spine surgery.

Understanding Back and Neck Injuries in Personal Injury Cases

When presenting a client with a neck or back injury in Florida, it is essential to understand both the medicine and the legal standards that apply. My EMT background and decades of injury litigation experience allow me to communicate effectively with orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, physiatrists, pain management physicians and radiologists, ensuring that your injuries are clearly documented and supported.

Common injuries we litigate include:

• Cervical herniated discs (C3-C7)
• Lumbar herniated discs (L3-S1)
• Bulging discs and annular tears
• Facet syndrome / facet hypertrophy
• Nerve root compression and radiculopathy (cervical and lumbar)
• Spinal stenosis
• Failed back surgery syndrome
• Soft-tissue injuries that become chronic

Many Florida insurance companies attempt to blame these injuries on “degeneration.” My background as a former insurance defense lawyer allows me to anticipate and defeat these arguments by ensuring the medical evidence clearly shows trauma-related injury, not just age-related findings.

How We Build Strong Back and Neck Injury Cases

At Van Riper & Nies Attorneys, my personal injury team and I prepare every back and neck injury case with the same focus and detail we would bring to trial. Here’s what we do:

1. Immediate evidence preservation – Accident reports, scene photos, witness statements, property records, and video footage.
2. Medical coordination – We ensure clients are seen by appropriate specialists and that imaging and diagnostic studies are properly interpreted.
3. Understanding the medicine – My EMT background allows me to more fully understand injury pathology, prognosis, and future treatment needs.
4. Offsetting “degeneration” defenses – We work closely with spinal experts to demonstrate traumatic causation and permanency.
5. Calculating lifetime impact – Including medical costs, lost earnings, physical limitations, and pain and suffering.
6. Trial-readiness – My partner, attorney Christian Van Riper, a former prosecutor, brings courtroom strength to every litigated case.

The result is a comprehensive, medically supported case presentation that insurance companies must take seriously.

Why Choose our Florida Spine Injury Lawyer Tim Nies for Spine Injury Cases?

• Over 25 years of personal injury litigation experience.
• Former insurance-defense trial attorney — I know the defense strategy.
• U.S. Army Ranger veteran trained as an EMT — strong medical understanding.
• Extensive experience with spine specialists, neurosurgeons, and orthopedic surgeons.
• Direct access to me and consistent communication throughout your case.
• Multiple office locations across Palm Beach County, Martin County, St. Lucie County, and Broward County.

Florida Law Office Locations & Contact Information

Contact our personal injury trial attorneys for a free consultation at any of our South Florida and Treasure Coast law offices: