Truck Accidents...

Trucking accident statistics are alarming. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) releases data about truck accidents, which is then published by many organizations as truck accident statistics. The roads of the United States, including Florida, are the home to over 140,473 fatal and non-fatal truck accidents every year. Of these total truck accidents, a high number end in fatalities, with statistics putting the number of deaths due to truck accidents at about 5,000 each year. Our Florida trial attorneys represent individuals, and families of individuals, who have been seriously hurt or killed in truck accidents. These accidents, which involve enormous tractor trailers ("18 wheelers") are usually the most serious cases we see at our law firm.

Florida 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 driving:

• while fatigued,

• in excess of the amount of hours they are permitted by federal law to drive,

• with overloaded or oversized trucks,

• improperly maintained trucks,

• with inability to see at night

• too close behind cars

• intoxicated.

There are three chief reasons why trucking accidents are so dangerous: size, speed and driver fatigue. A fully loaded truck is a incredibly large and heavy piece of machinery. When you put something that heavy on South Florida 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 recover the cost of medical bills, lost wages, and emotional trauma, truck victims should contact an experienced truck accident lawyer as soon as possible. At Howard S. Grossman, P.A., 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. Once our investigation of the trucking accident is complete, we head into settlement negotiations or to trial with evidence on our side.

With over 31 years of combined legal experience, our trucking accident attorneys know how to prepare and win 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 truck accident trial attorneys and expert truck accident reconstructionists make use of the following types of informational tools to properly forge our client's cases:

• truck maintenance records,

• driving records,

• driving log books,

• driver employee records and drug test results,

• Department of Transportation (DOT) records,

• data on weather records,

• records on the truck's onboard computer (black box).

Our truck accident lawyers 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.

For more information about your legal rights following an accident with a truck, please contact Attorney Timothy Nies to schedule a free consultation by e-mail, completing the form below, or calling us toll-free at 1-877-733-5878. Our attorneys and staff speak Spanish and Portuguese.

Timothy C.  Nies, Esquire
Grossman Trial Lawyers
Tel: 954-302-8919
Toll-free:  1-877-733-5878
E-mail: timnies@gmail.com

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Our truck accident lawyers represent clients injured in truck crash cases in Fort Lauderdale, North Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Cypress Creek and Davie. Our attorney Timothy Nies and lawyer Howard Grossman understand Federal and State trucking relations and will treat every trucking case as if it is going to trial. Our trucking accident lawyers represent clients in Lauderhill, Lighthouse Point, Weston, Ft. Lauderdale, Tamarac, Sunrise, Davie, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Coconut Creek, Cypress Creek and Pembroke Pines, Fort Lauderdale, Weston and Dania, FL. If you have been injured in a trucking accident, you may be entitled to compensation. Our lawyers are available for free consultations in Plantation, Sunrise, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Pembroke Pines and Davie, Florida.  Our Palm Beach County Trucking Accident Trial Lawyers represent automobile drivers, passengers, pedestrians and others injured due to the negligence of trucking companies and truck drivers.  Our trucking litigators regularly represent clients in West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, South Palm Beach, Palm Beach Lakes, Boca Raton, West Boca and all of Broward, Palm Beach County, Glades County and Martin counties.

Our attorneys and staff speak Portuguese and Spanish so that we may serve our Brazilian and Hispanic clients with their truck crash cases in Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Deerfield Beach, Lighthouse point, Hillsboro Beach, Sunny Isles, Ft. Lauderdale, Davie and Loxahatchee.  Our injury lawyer Timothy Nies and our senior lawyer Howard Grossman represent clients injured in truck crashes in  Ocean Ridge, Highland Beach, Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, Lauderhill, Lauderdale Lakes, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Margate, Miramar, Lighthouse Point, Tamarac, Davie, Ft. Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Cooper City, Weston, Plantation, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach , Clewiston and Stuart, FL.  When reviewing a listing of truck accident lawyers, consider the experience of our attorneys when deciding on an attorney to represent you or your family member.   If you, or a loved one, has been seriously hurt or killed because of a negligent truck driver and/or a negligent trucking company who hired the trucker, call our attorneys for a free consultation to discuss how  to make sure your family is taken care of, medical bills are paid and that you receive the compensation you are entitled to.  do not speak with a truck company insurance company until you speak with a lawyer.  There are many trucking company insurance companies in Florida, such as Aequicap, First Guard Corporation, Zurich American, Zurich, Trucker Service Association (TSA), and others.  Likewise, there are many trucking companies in Florida, such as:  Saddle Creek Transportation, RDL Express, Rally Transport, Countrywide Auto Transport, Carey Leasing Ltd., Cummings Transport, AK Transportation, Affordable Hauling, Refrigerated Express, Able Cargo Transport, All Around Transport Services, AK Transportation, All-Cargo Express, AEC, AtEC Systems, Armellini Express Lines, American Freight Express, Chain Express Corp., Boats Express, Aviation Express, Florida Freight Systems, ICS Logistics, Florida East Coast Industries, Gold Coast, Express Transporters, Bonus Transportation, Davis Express,  Hughes Trucking, Kamp Trucking, Indian River Transport, TRI Carriers, Seminole Transport, Truck Lease Services, Publix, Sun Transportation and many more.