Attorneys Kennedy Legler, Edward Murphy, and Alyson Battaglia built their firm around the most severe injury cases Florida produces, from spinal cord damage and paralysis to traumatic brain injuries that permanently alter how a person thinks, speaks, and lives.
Introduction
Legler, Murphy and Battaglia, LLP represents victims of catastrophic personal injury throughout Sarasota, Bradenton, Tampa Bay, Lakewood Ranch, Venice, and across Florida. The firm operates on a contingency fee basis, meaning clients pay nothing unless the firm recovers compensation. Attorneys will travel to a client’s home or hospital when injuries prevent travel to one of the offices in Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, or Venice. Free consultations are available.
The firm’s practice centers on cases where injuries permanently alter a person’s ability to work and live independently. Loss of limbs, serious burns, traumatic brain injuries affecting cognitive function, spinal cord damage, paralysis, crush injuries, and multiple bone fractures fall into this category. These are not routine cases. Extended hospitalizations, months of rehabilitation, and permanent outcomes change families permanently.
Practice Areas
Catastrophic Personal Injury
The firm’s core focus is serious injuries: loss of limbs, serious burns, traumatic brain injuries affecting cognitive function, spinal cord damage, paralysis, crush injuries, and multiple bone fractures. Victims of these injuries often cannot return to work and face permanent limitations on basic mobility and daily function. The firm pursues full compensation for medical bills, lost income, future care costs, and pain and suffering.
Premises Liability
Florida’s premises liability law changed significantly under House Bill 837, which modified comparative negligence rules. Under the current framework, an injured person can only recover damages if their own fault does not exceed 50%. Cases involving transitory substances, such as spilled liquid on a floor, require proving that the property owner knew or should have known about the hazard within a reasonable time before the accident.
The firm handles a broad range of premises liability claims: slip and trip and fall accidents, retail store incidents, restaurant injuries, falling merchandise, ceiling collapses, elevator and escalator accidents, swimming pool injuries, defective playgrounds, negligent security situations, and defective machinery. Each case requires establishing that the property owner breached a duty of care.
Slip and Fall
Wet floors, uneven pavement, broken steps, and inadequate lighting cause serious falls every day. The injuries are rarely minor. A slip or trip can produce traumatic brain injuries, broken bones, and spinal cord damage. The firm investigates the physical conditions, the property owner’s knowledge of the hazard, and the circumstances of each fall to build the strongest possible claim.
Traumatic Brain Injury
TBI cases arise from car accidents, falls, negligent security failures, youth sports, bicycle accidents, and pedestrian incidents. Severity ranges from mild concussions to severe impairment affecting long-term cognitive, physical, and emotional function. Symptoms often do not appear immediately after the injury. A person may feel fine at the scene and develop serious neurological problems days or weeks later.
Truck Accidents
Large truck crashes produce some of the most catastrophic injuries on Florida roads. Causes include drunk driving, distracted driving, speeding, reckless operation, improperly loaded cargo, driver fatigue, poor training, equipment failure, defective parts, poor maintenance, and inadequate oversight by trucking companies. Multiple parties may share liability: the driver, the trucking company, the vehicle manufacturer, the mechanic, the cargo loader, and government agencies.
Wrongful Death
When a victim does not survive, the firm represents surviving family members in wrongful death claims. The causes it handles include motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, workplace accidents, and premises liability failures. Recoverable damages include funeral and burial expenses, medical bills incurred before death, and lost income the deceased would have earned.
Attorney Profiles
Kennedy Legler is one of the founding partners of Legler, Murphy and Battaglia, LLP, with a practice built around serious and catastrophic personal injury claims throughout the Bradenton and Sarasota region.
Edward Murphy brings focused experience in personal injury litigation to the firm, with particular attention to complex multi-party cases involving commercial vehicles and negligent property owners.
Alyson Battaglia rounds out the founding partnership, handling matters across the firm’s full practice range from premises liability claims to wrongful death cases on behalf of surviving families.
Location and Service Area
The firm’s primary office is located at 2411 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton, FL 34205. Additional offices serve clients in Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, and Venice. The firm represents clients throughout Sarasota, Bradenton, Tampa Bay, and statewide throughout Florida. For clients who cannot travel due to their injuries, attorneys will come to the client’s home or hospital.
Phone: 941-299-0308 / 941-748-5599
Client Focus
The firm’s clients are typically dealing with the worst injuries they have ever sustained. Some are facing permanent disability. Some cannot return to the work they did before the accident. Some have family members who will require lifetime care. The contingency fee structure means that financial barriers do not stand between an injured person and legal representation. The firm absorbs the cost of litigation and recovers its fee only if the case succeeds.
Clients throughout Sarasota and Bradenton have used the firm’s multi-office network to access representation close to home, with the added assurance that attorneys will travel when necessary.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does contingency fee representation mean at Legler, Murphy and Battaglia, LLP?
The firm does not charge upfront legal fees. Attorneys take payment as a percentage of the amount recovered in your case. If the firm does not recover compensation, you do not owe attorney fees. This structure applies to all personal injury, premises liability, and wrongful death cases the firm handles.
How does Florida’s modified comparative negligence rule affect my premises liability case?
Under House Bill 837, Florida moved to a modified comparative negligence system. If you are found to be more than 50% responsible for your own injury, you cannot recover damages. If your fault is 50% or less, your damages are reduced by your percentage of fault. This makes the investigation of how an accident occurred and who holds responsibility critical to the outcome.
Do I have to travel to a Legler, Murphy and Battaglia office to get started?
No. Free consultations are available and attorneys will travel to your home or hospital if your injuries prevent you from coming in. Offices in Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, and Venice serve clients across the region.
How soon after a truck accident should I contact an attorney?
As soon as possible. Evidence including driver logs, GPS data, vehicle maintenance records, and cargo documentation can be lost or overwritten quickly. Prompt legal action allows the firm to preserve evidence needed to establish liability against the driver, the trucking company, and other responsible parties.
What damages can be recovered in a Florida wrongful death claim?
Surviving family members may recover funeral and burial expenses, medical bills the deceased incurred before death, lost income the deceased would have earned, and in some cases compensation for loss of companionship and support. Florida’s wrongful death statute governs who may bring a claim and what damages are available.
Closing
Legler, Murphy and Battaglia, LLP takes cases where the stakes are highest, the injuries most severe, and the path to recovery longest. The firm’s presence across Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Sarasota, and Venice, combined with its willingness to meet clients wherever they are, reflects a practice built around the practical reality of catastrophic injury: those who need help most are often least able to seek it. Contact the firm at 941-299-0308 or 941-748-5599 to schedule a free consultation. The firm’s website is https://www.allinjurieslaw.com.