Practices Areas
Fort Lauderdale Personal
Injury Practice Areas
Every personal injury case is different, but the stakes are always personal. When someone else makes a reckless mistake, you bear the physical, emotional, and financial burden.
Attorney Jordan Wright provides hands-on, aggressive representation for injury victims throughout South Florida. Whether you sustained injuries in a highway collision, got hurt on unsafe property, or lost a loved one to negligence, we fight to hold the responsible parties accountable.
Boating Accidents
Fort Lauderdale Boating Accident Lawyer
A day on the water can turn catastrophic in seconds. What starts as a boat ride on the Intracoastal, a jet ski rental near Fort Lauderdale Beach, or a fishing trip offshore can end with serious injuries, emergency transport, and a long fight over who’s responsible.
Boating accident claims aren’t like car accident cases.
The laws can be different. The evidence disappears fast. And depending on where the crash happened and what kind of vessel was involved, your case may fall under Florida law, federal maritime law, or both. At Wright Accident & Injury Law, Attorney Jordan Wright helps injured clients navigate these complex claims and pursue the compensation they’re truly owed.
Your Boating Accident Case Is Our Priority
Boating accidents happen in many forms, and each one needs a tailored legal strategy. We represent injured clients in a wide range of waterway injury claims, including:
Recreational Boat Collisions
When one vessel crashes into another because of speeding, inattention, intoxication, or failure to follow navigation rules, the injuries can be severe. We investigate operator conduct, vessel damage, route data, and safety violations to prove fault.
Jet Ski & Personal Watercraft Accidents
Jet ski crashes are common in South Florida, especially in tourist-heavy areas. These cases often involve inexperienced operators, rental companies that gave poor safety instruction, or riders who were allowed on the water when they never should’ve been.
Propeller Strike Injuries
Propeller accidents are among the most devastating cases we handle. These incidents often involve swimmers, divers, passengers in the water, or people thrown overboard. They’re frequently preventable and often tied to operator negligence.
Falls Overboard & Passenger Injury Claims
Not every boating injury comes from a collision. Sudden turns, excessive speed, wake impact, lack of railings, unsafe boarding practices, and operator recklessness can all cause passengers to be thrown, fall, or suffer serious onboard injuries.
Charter, Tour & Commercial Vessel Accidents
Injuries involving fishing charters, water taxis, sightseeing vessels, or other commercial watercraft often raise additional legal issues. These claims may involve commercial insurance policies, maritime duties, and more aggressive defense tactics.
Marina, Dock & No-Wake Zone Accidents
Some serious boating injuries happen near docks, launches, and marinas
where operators ignore no-wake rules, misjudge spacing, or operate too fast in crowded areas. These cases can involve both operator negligence and dangerous property conditions.
Compensation for Your Boating Accident Injuries
Boating accidents often cause traumatic injuries because there are hard surfaces, open water, exposed propellers, and very little protection for passengers. We work to document the full impact of the accident and pursue compensation for every loss you’ve suffered, including:
Medical Expenses:
Emergency care, hospitalization, surgery, follow-up treatment, rehabilitation, medication, and future medical needs.
Lost Wages:
Income you’ve already lost while recovering from your injuries.
Loss of Future Earning Capacity:
Compensation if your injuries affect your ability to work long term.
Pain and Suffering:
Physical pain, emotional distress, trauma, anxiety, and reduced quality of life.
Permanent Disability or Disfigurement:
Compensation for life-changing injuries, scarring, amputations, or long-term impairment.
Wrongful Death Damages:
For families who’ve lost a loved one in a fatal boating accident.
Why Fort Lauderdale Chooses Wright Accident & Injury Law
Choosing the right lawyer matters in any injury case, but it matters even more when boating laws, maritime issues, and fast-disappearing evidence are involved.
Jordan Wright brings a litigation-first mindset to serious injury claims and knows how to build strong cases in complex situations. When insurers or defense lawyers try to minimize what happened on the water, we step in with facts, strategy, and pressure.
What Makes Us Different?
These Cases Aren’t Standard Injury Claims
Boating accidents can involve maritime rules, vessel inspections,
rental agreements, operator certifications, and federal regulations.
We know where to look and how to build the case.
We Move Fast to Preserve Evidence
On the water, evidence doesn’t wait. We move quickly to secure reports,
witness accounts, photos, surveillance footage, maintenance records, and electronic vessel data whenever it’s available.
Speak Directly to Your Lawyer
You won’t get lost in a system or pushed off to a call center. When you have questions about your case, you’ll have direct access to your attorney.
No Fee Unless We Win
You don’t pay anything up front. We only get paid if we recover compensation for you.
How Wright Accident & Injury Law Handles Your Boating Accident Claim
We take over the legal burden early so you can focus on your recovery. Here’s how we approach boating injury cases:
1. Immediate Investigation
We begin by gathering all available reports, photographs, witness information, and accident details. That may include FWC reports, Coast Guard documentation, marina records, rental agreements, and scene evidence.
2. Evidence Preservation & Vessel Review
If possible, we work to inspect the vessel before repairs are made. We also seek out maintenance records, operator history, safety documentation, and any available electronic navigation or tracking data.
3. Liability & Coverage Analysis
Boating cases may involve multiple liable parties and multiple insurance policies. We identify whether the operator, owner, rental company, manufacturer, charter company, or another party should be held responsible.
4. Medical Documentation & Damages Development
We collect the records and expert support needed to show the full scope of your injuries, treatment, future needs, lost income, and pain and suffering.
5. Negotiation and Litigation
We prepare every case as if it may go to court. That gives us leverage in negotiation and puts pressure on the defense to take your claim seriously. If they won’t offer fair compensation, we’re ready to litigate.
Time is of the Essence in Boating Accident Claims.
Boating accident claims can weaken fast if evidence isn’t preserved right away. Repairs get made. Rental companies overwrite records. Marina footage disappears. Witnesses scatter. And the defense starts working immediately.
1. Waterway Evidence Disappears Fast
There are no skid marks on the water. That makes early evidence especially important. Photos, damage patterns, GPS data, marina cameras, operator statements, and maintenance records may all matter.
2. Reporting & Investigation Matter
FWC and Coast Guard reports can be important, but they may not tell the full story. Independent investigation often makes a major difference in these cases.
If you were hurt in a boating accident, don’t wait to get answers. The sooner we get involved, the better chance we have to preserve evidence, identify liability, and protect the value of your case.