Commercial trucks, semi-trucks, tractor-trailers, big rigs, and 18-wheelers are among the heaviest vehicles on Florida highways and interstates, particularly when hauling fully loaded trailers. The tremendous weight of these semi-trucks makes them devastatingly destructive when involved in an accident with a smaller motor vehicle, such as a car, sport utility vehicle (SUV), pickup truck, or motorcycle.
Truckers are professional drivers and a lot of them are great at what they do and follow all of the safety precautions, including making sure they are well-rested and able to be attentive to the road and the traffic around them. Commercial truck drivers have to complete specialized truck driver school and training and pass a special test. The additional training leads to a heightened duty and vigilance that a commercial truck driver owes to other drivers on the road.
No matter how much training a trucker receives, mistakes happen. Mistakes that occur while a trucker is operating a semi-truck can result in catastrophic personal injuries or death for any driver or passenger impacted in a smaller vehicle. The sheer weight of a commercial truck crashing into a smaller passenger vehicle can leave the occupants paralyzed, crippled, disfigured, and forever not the same. Many trucking accidents can even result in death.
Florida Ticket Firm knows trucking laws and works with experienced personal injury lawyers and wrongful death lawyers to maximize the monetary recovery for those seriously injured and for the families of those killed in trucking accidents caused by semi trucks, 18-wheelers, big rigs, and tractor-trailers. Florida and federal laws regulate commercial truck drivers and trucking companies operating semi-trucks on Florida highways and interstates. Florida Ticket Firm and its experienced personal injury co-counsel are very familiar with the laws and industry standards governing semi-truck drivers and trucking companies.
Florida Ticket Firm handles trucking cases throughout Florida on a contingency-fee basis and advances all costs on your behalf. If there is no recovery, you owe nothing. A lawyer from Florida Ticket Firm can help if you or a loved one have been injured in an accident involving a semi-truck or 18-wheeler.
If you have been seriously injured in a trucking accident or a family member has been killed in an accident involving a commercial truck or tractor-trailer, call Florida Ticket Firm today at (813) 276-6000 for a free consultation with an experienced trucking accident lawyer.
