Each year, over 1,500,000 people visit Curacao, almost 200,000 of whom are United States citizens, along with over 200,000 Europeans.
The majority of these visitors are tourists, who have a safe and memorable stay, enjoying the beautiful weather, friendly hospitality, and world class beaches. Other visitors are business travelers involved in the international trade, shipping services, oil refining, and international financial services sectors of the Curacaoan economy. Unfortunately for some of these visitors, their experience in Curacao results in life altering injuries, permanent disability, or even death.
International Team of U.S. And Curacaoan Attorneys Focused On Assisting Tourists
If you are seriously injured, or have a loved one who dies, while vacationing in Curacao, our experienced personal injury attorneys at Urban Thier & Federer can help you. We have established relationships and have handled many cases with our Caribbean-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. 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 Curacao?
We are not aware of any other law firm with offices in the United States and Europe which 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 Curacaoan 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 Curacaoan attorney colleagues advance your case through the Curacaoan 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, recording 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 Curacaoan Courts.
What Are Some Of The Most Common Personal Injury And Death Incidents Suffered By U.S. Resident Tourists Visiting Curacao?
- 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
- Automobile accidents involving rental vehicles, trucks, cars, mopeds, and other transportation, such as airport, hotel and excursion/tour shuttle services
- Excursion related injuries and deaths while participating in ATV, jet ski, SCUBA, snorkeling, kayaking, horseback riding, and sightseeing tours
- 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 or equipment
What Do I Do If I Am Injured Or A Loved One Dies While We Are In Curacao?
If you are injured, or a loved one is killed, while a guest at one of the many Curacaoan resorts or hotels, Urban Thier & Federer can help you. If you are injured while a paying guest, patron, or business invitee, at an amusement park, night club, 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 at 212-257-0898.
We will immediately start gathering data about your specific matter to promptly determine if we can be of assistance. We make every effort to file every personal injury and wrongful death case in the Curacaoan Courts within 2 years of the date of the incident. Under the applicable Curacaoan law, time bars/prescription periods for bringing a lawsuit are as little as 2 years (involving insurance companies) and no more than 5 years from the date of the incident. This means that it is critically important to act promptly.
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