Truck Accidents in Fort Myers, FL

The Fort Myers Police Department works crashes inside the city, and the Lee County Sheriff's Office covers the county around it. Florida Highway Patrol usually takes I-75. The report is filed with FLHSMV, and you can request a copy through the state crash portal or from the agency that responded. If your crash was on a bridge, confirm which agency responded before you leave.

Lee County, at the Justice Center in Fort Myers, in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit. That circuit also covers Charlotte, Collier, Glades, and Hendry counties, so a crash on I-75 south toward Naples can end up filed somewhere else. Smaller civil claims go to county court and larger ones to circuit court. We are not a law firm, so that call belongs to an attorney.

Not the law. Two years is two years, and PIP pays the same in February as in August. What the season changes is who you're dealing with. A driver who winters here may be insured in another state, may be gone by the time an adjuster wants a statement, and may be in a rental while their own car sits up north. Get the details at the scene.

In Florida, the deadline is generally 2 years from the date of the accident. Reduced from 4 to 2 years by HB 837 (2023). Wrongful death 2 years. Medical 2 years. Deadlines are strict — the sooner you act, the more options you have.