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Personal Injury or Wrongful Death While in Portugal

On Behalf of | Jul 19, 2024 | Firm News, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death |

International Team of United States and Portugal Attorneys Focused on Assisting Tourists and Other Guests

Each year, over 2 million United States citizens visit Portugal, along with over 2 million United Kingdom visitors, almost 1 million German visitors, and many more from other countries. With its natural beauty, impressive healthcare system, low cost of living, safety, and access to the rest of Europe, Portugal regularly appears in the top 3 destinations worldwide for United States citizens seeking a permanent retirement home outside of the United States. As more Americans live, work, vacation, and otherwise spend time in Portugal, some will experience life-altering injuries, permanent disability, or even death.

If you are seriously injured, or have a loved one who dies, while in Portugal, our experienced personal injury attorneys at Urban Thier & Federer can help you. We have established relationships with our Portugal-based attorney colleagues. Most cases are handled on a contingency/No win No Fee basis. This means that if we agree to accept your case (which is done via a written Legal Representation Agreement), we will advance all case-related costs and our team is only paid from any actual recovery we achieve on your behalf. In other words, our compensation is based purely on a percentage of funds actually recovered on your behalf. If we fail to recover funds, we are paid nothing and we write off the costs we advance in excess of any cost deposit paid by you. As a result, you can rest assured that our legal team’s interests and goals are the same as yours – to ensure the maximum compensation for your injuries and loss.

Why Is It So Important To Hire An International Legal Team If My Case Involves An Injury Or Death in Portugal?

We are not aware of any other law firm with offices in the United States and Europe that has handled as many international injury or death cases as Urban Thier & Federer. In our experience, most United States-based firms will try to force a strategy, often unsuccessfully, that seeks to hold some American-based entity responsible or liable for the injury or death. We have also seen individuals try to locate and work with a Portuguese or other foreign law firm directly only to be frustrated by, at best, cultural, language, and legal system differences, and, at worst, corruption, exploitation, and incompetence.

Urban Thier & Federer’s team ensures that our trusted and proven Portuguese attorney colleagues advance your case through the Portuguese Courts. At the same time, we provide a local presence to ensure accountability and accessibility to our clients, to handle client communications, evidence collection, medical records, translations, apostilles, record custodian affidavits, expert reports, and other support to ensure that damages (the economic and non-economic losses caused by the injury or death) are compiled, analyzed and properly authenticated to ensure admissibility in the Portuguese Courts.

Actual Examples Of Personal Injury And Death Cases Suffered By United States Citizens Visiting Portugal

  • Automobile accidents caused by the negligence of another
  • Negligent security incidents such as assaults, robberies, murders, rapes, and other violent crimes committed on hotel and resort premises against guests and other business invitees
  • Poorly designed and/or maintained premises such as slippery surfaces resulting in falls, balcony collapse, malfunctioning automatic doors, unsafe amusement park rides, and many other avoidable injuries caused by a defect in the premises

What Do I Do If I Am Injured Or A Loved One Dies In Portugal?

If you are injured, or a loved one is killed, while visiting or residing in Portugal, Urban Thier & Federer can help you. If you are injured while a paying guest, patron, or business invitee, at an amusement park, nightclub, or other activity, we can help you. The first step is to immediately contact us via our Contact Us form, Chat Assistant, or by calling our office.

We will immediately start gathering data about your specific matter to promptly determine if we can be of assistance. Under the applicable Portuguese law, time bars/prescription periods for bringing a lawsuit are 3 years from the date of the incident. This means that it is important to act promptly.

* This article and this website are for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. The information provided should not be used as a substitute for obtaining legal advice from an attorney licensed or authorized to practice in your jurisdiction. You should always consult a suitably qualified attorney regarding any specific legal problem or matter and not rely on the content of this article. Nothing on this site is intended to create an attorney-client relationship and nothing posted constitutes legal advice. We cannot guarantee that the information is accurate, complete or up to date.

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