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No. 03 — Practice Areas

Eight areas of practice.
One discipline applied to every file.

Catania & Catania accepts personal injury cases across Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, and Sarasota counties. Here is what we do, in plain language — and what we will do for you.

No. 01Most common

Auto Accidents

Car, rideshare, and commercial-vehicle collisions remain the single largest source of personal injury cases in Tampa Bay. Florida's no-fault PIP system was designed to be simple — in practice, it is anything but. We handle every step.

  • PIP exhaustion and medical-bill negotiation
  • Uninsured / underinsured motorist claims (UM/UIM)
  • Stacking analysis on multi-vehicle policies
  • Bad-faith claim development where appropriate
  • Subrogation defense — protecting your recovery from health-insurance liens
No. 02Federal complexity

Truck & Commercial Vehicle

18-wheelers, delivery vans, Amazon and rideshare commercial fleets. These cases live and die on early evidence preservation — and we move fast on every one.

  • Spoliation letters within 48 hours of retention
  • FMCSA hours-of-service and ELD log analysis
  • Driver qualification file requests
  • Negligent hiring, training, and supervision theories
  • Multi-layer policy analysis — primary, excess, and umbrella
No. 03Florida riders

Motorcycle Injury

Motorcycle cases are too often started — by insurance carriers and even by defense lawyers — with the assumption that the rider must have been at fault. We never start there. The brothers ride. They know the road.

  • Bias-aware liability development from the first call
  • Helmet and protective-gear evidence preservation
  • Catastrophic and traumatic-brain-injury case management
  • Coordination with treating specialists, not insurance-paid IMEs
No. 04Premises liability

Slip & Fall — Premises

Grocery stores, big-box retailers, condo associations, parking lots, and restaurants. Florida's transitory-foreign-substance statute requires proof of notice — and notice evidence disappears fast.

  • Immediate spoliation and CCTV-preservation demands
  • Cleaning-log and inspection-schedule discovery
  • Prior-incident reports and pattern evidence
  • Building code and ADA-compliance analysis where relevant
No. 05Family representation

Wrongful Death

The hardest cases we accept, and the ones the brothers handle most personally. Florida's Wrongful Death Act has strict procedural rules — survivor identification, personal representative appointment, and damages categories — and we walk the family through each one.

  • Personal representative coordination and probate handoff
  • Survivor damages — loss of support, services, companionship
  • Statute compliance and pre-suit notice where required
No. 06Pre-suit discipline

Medical Malpractice

Misdiagnosis, surgical error, birth injury, anesthesia complications, and nursing-home negligence. Florida medical-malpractice pre-suit is among the most procedurally demanding in the country — these cases must be investigated thoroughly before a complaint is ever filed.

  • Pre-suit notice and corroborating affidavit preparation
  • Medical consultant engagement before retention is finalized
  • Hospital corporate-negligence and credentialing investigation
  • Nursing-home statutory-rights development under Chapter 400
No. 07Owner accountability

Premises Liability

Negligent security, swimming-pool incidents, dog bites, condo-balcony failures, and apartment-complex injuries. We pursue both the property owner and the management company — and we identify lease-shifted indemnification where applicable.

  • Owner / operator / management-company chain-of-liability analysis
  • Crime-grid and prior-incident analysis for negligent-security cases
  • Florida statutory dog-bite liability
No. 08Beyond workers' comp

Workplace & Construction

Workers' compensation will rarely make an injured worker whole. We focus on the third-party negligence claims that sit alongside the comp file — outside contractors, equipment manufacturers, and property owners — to maximize total recovery.

  • Third-party negligence claims against non-employer parties
  • Construction-site general-contractor and subcontractor liability
  • Equipment-failure product-liability investigation
  • Comp-lien negotiation and structured settlement coordination

Not sure if your case fits? Tell us about it — the call is free.

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