Spetsas Buist Personal Injury & Car Accident Lawyers is an Orlando, Florida trial firm built to handle the catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases where clients need personal and focused attention. Founded by trial attorneys Nicholas Spetsas and Charles Buist, the firm represents seriously injured victims and grieving families in high-stakes litigation against some of the most powerful defendants in Central Florida, including theme park operators, national trucking companies, parcel and last-mile delivery contractors, apartment complex owners and property managers, mental health and behavioral treatment facilities, and commercial property owners whose inadequate security enables violent crime.
Theme park and amusement park injury cases
Orlando is the theme park capital of the world, and Spetsas Buist handles amusement park injury cases arising across Central Florida's attractions. That work includes Universal Studios injury cases, among them our litigation in the media involving the Stardust Racers roller coaster at Universal Epic Universe, a matter that has drawn national and local news coverage after our litigation and a rider death on the attraction. The firm also handles Walt Disney World injury cases and Disney bus and transportation crashes, and publishes step-by-step guidance for guests on what to do after an injury at Universal Studios and after an injury at Walt Disney World.
Negligent security cases (Shootings, Stabbings, Sexual Assault)
Spetsas Buist brings negligent security claims against property owners who ignore known crime risks. The firm handles apartment complex negligence and shooting cases, including lawsuits arising from shootings at Florida apartment complexes, as well as hotel and motel negligent security cases and claims involving violent crime at budget hotels and motels. Where a shooting or assault is fatal, those claims are pursued as negligent security wrongful death actions.
Mental health and behavioral treatment facility cases (Preventable Suicide Cases)
The firm represents families after a preventable suicide at a facility that failed to protect a patient, and handles psychiatric facility negligence, mental health facility negligence, drug and alcohol rehab facility negligence, sober home abuse and neglect, and wrongful death at residential treatment facilities.
Trucking and commercial vehicle cases (18-Wheeler & Semi-Truck)
Spetsas Buist litigates commercial truck and tractor-trailer collisions, including FedEx truck crashes, UPS and FedEx delivery van collisions, and parcel and last-mile delivery truck accidents. These cases turn on evidence that disappears quickly, which is why the firm moves early to preserve truck black box and ECM data and driver logs governed by the federal hours-of-service regulations.
Car accident cases
Car and truck collisions remain the core of the firm's practice, from Orlando car accident claims to car accident cases across Florida. The firm's resource library walks injured drivers through what to do after a car accident, how T-bone accident settlements are valued, how Florida PIP insurance and uninsured motorist coverage actually work, how Florida's comparative negligence law affects recovery, the statute of limitations for a Florida car accident, and how pain and suffering damages are calculated.
Drowning, premises liability, and catastrophic injury
The firm also handles retention pond drowning cases, child drowning claims, pool and water park drowning wrongful death cases, premises liability claims, and traumatic brain injury cases.
Spetsas Buist Personal Injury & Car Accident Lawyers is the Florida counsel for Trial Lawyers for Justice, the national trial group founded by legendary trial lawyer Nicholas Rowley. That affiliation gives the firm access to some of the greatest trial lawyers in history for developing trial strategy as well as co-counsel relationships.
The firm is not a high-volume settlement mill that pushes clients toward fast, low-value resolutions. It is structured around personal attorney attention and courtroom readiness. Every case the firm accepts is personally handled by one of its lawyers from intake through resolution, and clients work directly with their attorney rather than being handed off to staff.
Spetsas Buist serves clients throughout Orlando, Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, Lake County, and Volusia County, including Winter Garden, Winter Park, Kissimmee, Clermont, Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Lake Nona, and the Lake Buena Vista and Celebration communities near the Walt Disney World resort area. The firm accepts qualifying catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases throughout Florida. Spetsas Buist works on a pure contingency fee basis. Clients pay no attorney's fees and no costs unless the firm recovers money on their behalf. Contact the firm for a free consultation.
