Big trucks significantly outweigh smaller passenger vehicles. When the two collide, the majority of serious injuries and fatalities are borne by the people in the car.
If you’ve been hurt or lost someone in a truck crash caused by another’s negligence, our Palm Beach Gardens truck accident lawyers can help you pursue the compensation settlement or judgment you are due.
At GED Lawyers, we draw from decades of institutional knowledge to support injured Floridians through the hardship of recovery. Our Palm Beach Gardens personal injury lawyers can help you seek the type of future you deserve. Call today for a free, no-obligation case consultation.
Our Lawyers Fight for Truck Crash Victims in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
When handling a truck accident case, our team focuses on the client’s needs. For instance, we make ourselves available for evening and weekend appointments. We want to be there when you need us, not just when it’s convenient for our schedule.
We are relentless when preparing a case, drilling into every aspect that may affect the outcome. To help ensure the best possible result, our Palm Beach Gardens truck crash attorneys may hold mock trials. These allow us to review and polish a case before we go to court.
Because everyone in our diverse community deserves access to legal representation, we offer services in English, Spanish, Creole, Arabic, Greek, Russian, Portuguese, and Turkish. We’re proud that clients such as Cleo A. take time to share their experiences with GED Lawyers:
“GED Lawyers are one of the best law firms I’ve had the pleasure in using. Their staff, especially Staci Sanders one of the paralegals that was assigned to my case, was incredibly helpful in keeping me informed about the process and progress of my case. If you ever need legal assistance I would highly recommend GED Lawyers for all your needs.”
Types of Compensation You May Recover After a Truck Accident
Losses from a crash with a big rig fall into two categories: economic and non-economic damages. Economic damages are verifiable financial losses, such as:
- Medical expenses beginning from the date of the crash through to projected future costs, including but not limited to hospital stay, ambulance, emergency care, surgery, physical therapy, rehab, medical devices, prescriptions, labs, diagnostics, and specialist care
- Damaged property, such as your vehicle, personal belongings, or other items you had with you at the time of the crash
- Income loss if recovery keeps you from working or prevents you from earning your pre-accident wages
- Loss of future earnings if you’re unable to resume work
- Aftercare costs
- Home and vehicle modification
- Assistance with childcare and regular chores
Non-economic damages are subjective compensable losses that don’t have a verifiable cost attached, including but not limited to:
- Mental anguish
- Emotional trauma
- Pain and suffering
- Depression and anxiety
- Disability
- Disfigurement
- Loss of quality of life
- Loss of companionship
Your accident and resulting losses are unique. Please meet with a Palm Beach Gardens truck accident attorney at GED Lawyers for assistance with completing and filing your compensation claim.
Our Palm Beach Gardens Truck Accident Lawyers Help Uncover Negligent and Liable Parties
Identifying negligence and liability in a truck crash requires an investigation. Typically, each involved party will perform investigations separate from the official reports by law enforcement. As your attorney, we may look at:
- Eyewitness testimony
- Accident reconstruction
- CCTV footage
- Visual data provided by those present at the crash
- Medical records
- The accident report from the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department
- Weather reports from the day of the crash
- Onsite review of road surfaces, traffic signals, sight lines, or physical evidence left behind
- Truck driver’s activity logs
- Truck’s maintenance records
- Truck’s event data recorder
- Trucking company/owner history
Potentially Liable Parties
Truck accidents are typically more complicated than an accident between two passenger vehicles. Determining negligence and liability is more difficult because there are more parties who may be responsible, including:
- The truck driver, if they were driving while distracted or impaired
- The trucking company, if they failed to perform due diligence when hiring and training the driver or if they didn’t ensure proper maintenance was performed as needed or required (trucking companies are typically vicariously liable for any negligence on the truck driver’s part)
- The cargo owners/loaders, if the load was too heavy for the truck or not loaded and secured safely
- The truck or parts manufacturers, if a defective part was used or there was an issue during assembly of the truck that affected operations
Liability may rest with a party unaffiliated with any vehicle in the crash. For example, poor road maintenance or malfunctioning traffic lights may have caused the accident, in which case local government departments may be liable.
Meeting the Deadline to File a Personal Injury Lawsuit in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Our legal team will work to establish fault and liability for the accident that caused your injury. One of our Palm Beach Gardens truck accident attorneys will negotiate with the liable party’s insurers for a compensation settlement that meets your losses. If the insurers deny the claim or don’t negotiate in good faith, filing a personal injury lawsuit may be your next option.
Florida’s statute of limitations gives you two years from the date of the crash to begin legal action. If you miss the deadline, you may be barred from pursuing a compensation judgment or verdict through the courts.
Recovering Losses if You Are Partially at Fault for the Crash
If you are found partially to blame for the accident, Florida still allows you to recover some of your losses. The rule is you must be 50% or less at fault, and your total compensation will be reduced by your percentage of fault. If you are 20% at fault, you may recover up to 80% of your final damage award.
If you are found to be more than 50% at fault, you will not be allowed to recover compensation.
Call GED Lawyers Today for the Help You Deserve
Contact our law firm today. Our Palm Beach Gardens truck accident lawyers will take the legal fight off your shoulders so that you can focus on getting better. If we don’t win your case, you won’t pay our fees.
