Hailed as the Butterfly Capital of the World, probably because Butterfly World is nearby, Coconut Creek is populated by over 50,000 residents. Although it contains some picturesque parks and well manicured landscaping, there are also some high crime areas. Law Offices Cytryn & Velazquez has serviced residents of Coconut Creek as well as other parts of Broward County. We also handle injury and accident cases throughout Dade and Palm Beach County.

Several years ago, our law firm represented a young female victim of carjacking at a bank located in a shopping center in Coconut Creek. While making her deposit in the night drop, she left her SUV engine running. When she went back to her vehicle, she found somebody else in it. Instead of letting the person who was attempting to carjack her vehicle go, she made the decision to try to stop him. She opened the door, and tried to stop the carjacker, while half of her body hung out of her SUV. The carjacker dragged her several blocks before she finally let go of the carjacker and her vehicle. She sustained serious injuries.

Because the female victim was working for her employer at the time, she also had a worker's compensation claim. Our personal injury law firm was able to successfully bring an action against the shopping center for inadequate security, and the case settled for a satisfactory result for our client.

These types of cases alleging negligent security are beneficial to the community because they tend to encourage or induce owners of property to increase the security presence on their properties and to take security measures such as fencing in their property or hiring security guards to try to ensure the safety of their patrons.

Directions to our office from Coconut Creek are as follows: Head west on Royal Palm Blvd. Turn left on North University Drive. Turn left on Shadow Wood Blvd. Take the immediate left into the Bank of America building. Our office is on the fourth floor, suite 401.