If you or a loved one has been injured
in a truck accident, we can help.
Our attorneys are experienced in the
investigation and prosecution of trucking accident claims. We
are known for our responsiveness, thorough and hands-on
litigation style, investigative and negotiating skills and our
accessibility to our clients. We go wherever you need us to
be.
Truck accident litigation involves claims against negligent
truck drivers and the trucking companies who hire them. Under
the laws of Florida and most states, a driver of a large truck
is considered to have an even greater standard of care than
other drivers, because of the injuries that their large trucks
can cause. Collisions caused by a truck’s failure, faulty
inspection and maintenance, or a truck driver’s negligence,
can lead to catastrophic injuries.
Truck drivers break federal laws by driving:
- while fatigued
- in excess of the amount of hours they are
allowed to drive
- at an excessive speed
- with overloaded or oversized
trucks
- improperly maintained trucks
When you put something as heavy as loaded tractor trailers
on our roads at speeds topping 60 miles an hour, you get a
potentially very dangerous situation, with a massive motor
vehicle that can run over almost anything in its path. If you
add the growing problem of driver fatigue and truck drivers’
being under constant pressure to move cargo – there can be
deadly consequences to innocent victims sharing Florida's
roads.
Damages that we will pursue for our truck accident victims
and the victims’ family are entitled to recover may include:
hospital and medical expenses; past and future lost earnings;
past and future permanent physical disability; emotional
distress, such as depression and anxiety; grief and emotional
suffering caused by the death of a loved one; loss of love and
companionship caused by the death of a loved one; damage or
destruction of property; physical pain and suffering; and loss
of enjoyment of life.
To protect your legal rights following catastrophic injury
or death due to a truck accident, it is wise to consult a
personal injury law firm with experience in truck accident
lawsuits as soon as possible. Within the first week, important
physical evidence can be lost, and witnesses may become hard
to find. Our lawyers swiftly consult experts such as accident
reconstruction experts to gather facts and begin a thorough
and far-reaching investigation. Our truck accident attorneys
speak with, and take depositions from, eye-witnesses and
company employees. We leave no stone unturned. Once our
investigation of the trucking accident is complete, we head
into settlement negotiations or to trial with evidence on our
side.
Our personal injury attorneys know how to prepare for and
try the most complex truck accident cases. Today, with the
ever-changing advancements in technology, there is a lot we
can learn from analyzing minute details from a truck accident.
Our attorneys and expert truck accident reconstructionists
make use of the following types of informational tools to
properly prepare our client’s cases: truck maintenance
records, driving records, driving log books, driver employee
records, drug test results, onboard computer (black box) data,
Department of Transportation (DOT) data.
We work on a contingent fee basis, which means that there
is never a fee that you have to pay unless we successfully
resolve your truck accident case.
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