Injured? Get help here! (850) 444-HURT A Pensacola personal injury lawyer can help you understand your options, preserve evidence, and pursue compensation for another party’s carelessness. At Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon, we listen to what happened, explain the process in plain language, and build a claim around the ways the injury has affected your health, work, finances, and family.
We have served this region since 1913. Call 850-433-6581 for a confidential case review, so we can discuss your circumstances and the next steps that may be available.
They’ll want to know what was happening that caused the accident. For instance, if you were hurt in a pedestrian accident, a lawyer will want to know if the motorist was texting at the time or was drinking. This will help lay the groundwork of your lawsuit.
They’ll want any documentation you have of monetary loss you’ve suffered due to the injury. As such, you’ll need to keep track of medical bills, pay stubs to show lost wages, and even proof of property damage, if it was associated to the incident. Be sure to document everything, even if you don’t think it’s significant.
Your attorney may ask you about your pain levels and other issues associated with pain and suffering. It’s important to talk to your doctor to evaluate your condition as you continue the healing process, and document pain levels. You should also have your doctor document issues such as mental anguish. These could be important parts of your lawsuit.
A personal injury lawyer can investigate the incident, identify potentially responsible parties, document losses, and communicate with insurers for you. This support lets you focus on medical care while we handle the legal work.
We may obtain reports, photographs, video, medical records, employment information, witness statements, and insurance documents. We also evaluate losses, consult qualified professionals when needed, and prepare the claim for negotiation or litigation.
No lawyer can predict how a claim will end. We can assess the evidence, explain risks, and help you make informed decisions. Get in touch for a no-obligation case evaluation after an injury in Pensacola, Escambia County, or elsewhere along the Florida Gulf Coast.
We help people injured in many kinds of preventable incidents. Every case requires its own investigation because the evidence, insurance coverage, applicable law, and long-term effects will differ.
Whether you were injured in an auto accident, at a business, or by a defective product in your own home, our personal injury attorneys may be able to help. We will advocate for your fair compensation so you can provide for yourself and your family while you recover.
If you have experienced harm, you should contact our personal injury lawyers in Pensacola for a free consultation. We work on contingency, meaning you owe us nothing until we settle your claim. Here, we answer some common questions accident victims may have about hiring a Pensacola injury attorney.
Our approach combines longstanding local service with the resources of a full-service practice. Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon has been part of Pensacola since 1913, and our downtown office is near the Escambia County Courthouse.
Several of our attorneys have earned board certification in their respective fields. The Florida Bar board certification program recognizes demonstrated knowledge, skill, proficiency, professionalism, and ethics within an approved area of law.
Our attorneys, legal assistants, and support professionals work collaboratively when a matter raises overlapping issues. That structure can help when an injury also affects a business, estate, real property interest, or family responsibility.
Our Pensacola roots also include nonprofit leadership, charitable support, and assistance after storms and other events affecting the Gulf Coast. These connections reflect the values that guide our client relationships: integrity, accessibility, responsiveness, and professional service.
Our attorneys have also held leadership roles within The Florida Bar. Patrick Emmanuel and Alan Bookman have each served as President of The Florida Bar, and Al Condon has served on its Board of Governors. On the injury side, Warren R. Todd has handled personal injury and wrongful death matters with us for more than 30 years and has tried cases in the Escambia County courthouse.
Call 850-433-6581 to talk with our Pensacola team about your injury.
When you are injured due to someone’s negligence, the law requires them to pay for your harm. By filing a claim, you can obtain the money you need to pay bills while you recover from your injuries.
However, you also help others when you file a personal injury claim. That’s because people are likely to act more responsibly after they face a negligence lawsuit. When you file a claim, you might be able to spare some future victim from suffering similar harm.
When you file a personal injury claim in Pensacola, you request damages, or monetary compensation for the harm you suffered. You can receive compensation for your financial losses, such as medical bills and lost wages. You should also request fair payment for the emotional harm you suffered, like pain and suffering or loss of enjoyment of life.
You can receive damages when someone harms you negligently or intentionally. Most of the cases we handle involve negligence. To prove that you deserve damages due to someone’s negligence, you must show these elements:
Your lawyer can help you gather evidence to support each of these elements. Helpful evidence includes photos of the accident scene, witness statements, and correspondence with the insurance company. Anything likely to prove your claim could be useful evidence.
Your goal is to show that the other person was at least partially responsible for the accident that harmed you. Even if you were slightly responsible for the accident that caused you harm, you may still receive compensation.
Many accident victims try to negotiate with insurance companies on their own. If you have tried this strategy, you know that insurance companies don’t have your best interest in mind. Their primary concern is maintaining company profits. Each dollar the insurance company pays you interferes with their goals. So insurance companies often try to undervalue your claim or even use deceptive tactics to avoid paying you.
An experienced personal injury attorney in Pensacola understands insurance company tactics and can pressure insurers to compensate you fairly. Hiring a lawyer also takes stress off your plate, since your attorney will take over paperwork and negotiations. You will have the final say on any settlement offer, but your attorney will handle most of the stressful legal details.
Once we evaluate your claim, our personal injury lawyers will determine the legal strategy most likely to get you maximum compensation. For most claims, we successfully negotiate with the insurance company and reach a settlement. A settlement offer avoids the expense, stress, and lengthy delays that come with taking a case to trial.
Additionally, our lawyers are skilled in mediation and arbitration so that we can resolve your case using a strategy customized to your claim. However, if the insurance company won’t give you the money you deserve, we are willing and prepared to take your case to trial.
Many Pensacola injury lawyers claim they can help you. In fact, you may think there are too many of them trying to get your business. However, flashy ads and dramatic commercials don’t tell you much about their professional ability. Instead, you should take these actions to find a personal injury lawyer you can trust:
Ultimately, you want an attorney with excellent qualifications who treats you with respect. You need someone who won’t push your case to the back burner but will work efficiently and effectively to resolve your claim.
