18-Wheeler Tractor-Trailer Truck Accident Lawyers In Deerfield Beach, Florida (FL)

Why Choose Fuentes & Berrio to Represent You in Your Truck Accident Injury or Trucking Wrongful Death Case?

Fuentes & Berrio is a Florida truck accident law firm that focuses on providing personalized service and results. Our attorneys fight hard with their clients to ensure that they receive both legal justice and total financial compensation from those who acted negligently, causing your injuries or the fatal injuries of your loved one. Our law firm also offers our legal services on a contingency-fee basis, meaning you pay nothing up-front, and our firm is only paid when we recover compensation for you.  

Florida Truck Accident Laws Are Designed to Protect the Victims 

The Florida Legislature enacted special “Truck Accident Laws” to protect trucking accident victims who negligent drivers injure. These legal rights ensure that victims have a legal path to recover compensation and economic losses in accidents caused by negligent truck drivers. Trucking companies and their insurance defense attorneys always vigorously defend these cases due to the amount of truck accident insurance they are required by law to carry. Those accident insurance policies range from $1 million to several million dollars in accident coverage.  

At Fuentes & Berrio, our trucking accident lawyers have handled 100s of complicated personal injury, accident, and wrongful death cases throughout the State of Florida. Our Car Accident Attorneys are always available to meet with you in the comfort of your home, hospital, workplace, or any place that is comfortable for you. We also offer virtual consultations to examine your case and answer your legal questions.

If you or a member of your family were harmed in a truck accident, call us 24/7 at 954-752-1110 to receive your free consultation. Nosotros hablamos español.

What to Do After You Have Been in a Tractor-Trailer Truck Collision in Florida?

The most crucial step to take subsequent commercial truck accidents is to have a comprehensive medical examination. If you or a loved one have been injured in an 18-wheeler truck accident, call 911, and then contact our experienced accident law firm at (954) 752-1110. We are available 24/7 to take your call.

When you contact our law firm for help after an accident, our legal professionals are able to go to the accident scene and begin the process of obtaining important accident information, interview accident witnesses, speak with the investigating officers, and take photographs of the accident scene. Our attorneys ensure that your legal rights are protected in the truck accident report created by the responding law enforcement officers. Our attorneys also help shield you from making comments or statements to the insurance company that may damage your case.

Following a crash, avoid discussing the facts of the accident with the other motorists, do not apologize, and never admit fault. Anything that you state will be used to deny or diminish your truck accident injury or wrongful death claim. It is also prudent not to post anything on social media, and all of the photos and comments can harm your trucking accident claim.

When talking to police officers at the crash scene, you mustn’t lie or exaggerate the facts.

How to Prove Fault and Negligence in Your Florida Truck Accident Injury Case

To win your accident case, you and your attorney must prove that the other party behaved negligently and that their wrongful actions caused the accident, injuries, death, and damages.

In Florida, the theory of negligence is made up of three parts:

Duty of Care:

Drivers in Florida owe other drivers a “Duty of Care” to operate their vehicle safely and avoid causing accidents with other motorists. In a truck accident case, the most critical question is, “How much care was reasonably expected?”

For example, truck drivers in Florida are required to possess a valid commercial truck driver’s license, drive safely, and be sober when driving. In other words, truck drivers are required to exercise reasonable care when driving their trucks and avoid traffic accidents. For example, if a truck driver is in an accident and then is found to be driving while under the influence of alcohol, the trucker breached their Duty of Care. Truck accident victims then require the services of an experienced truck accident attorney to legally prove that the at-fault truck driver acted unreasonably and therefore caused the truck accident.  

Breach of Duty:

Once your Semi-truck Accident Attorney has proved that the trucker had a Duty of Care toward you or your loved one, the next step in proving negligence is proving that the at-fault truck driver breached that duty. When the truck driver breaches their Duty of Care to operate their vehicle safely, they must be shown to have acted with negligence. Driving under the influence of alcohol is an example of being “negligent.”

Causation:

Once your truck accident attorney has proven that the truck driver had a Duty of Care and that the trucker breached the Duty of Care, your attorney must prove then show that the trucker’s Breach of Duty caused the accident, injuries, and/or death. For example, a truck driver had a Duty of Care to operate their truck sober. That trucker drove drunk and rear-ended a car causing serious accident-related injuries.

Proving causation is fundamental in truck accident cases. However, your tractor-trailer truck accident attorney must prove the trucker’s negligence caused your injuries. For example, the truck accident victim may have some pre-existing medical conditions. The commercial truck accident insurance company defense attorneys might attempt to argue that the accident did not cause an injury, but the injury only “aggravated,” a pre-existing injury.

If you or a loved one have been hurt or if a loved one has been fatally injured, call us 24/7 at 954-752-1110 for your free case review and consultation. Nosotros hablamos español.

The Types of Damages You Could Receive in a Florida 18-wheeler Truck Accident Injury Case

Accident Damages in trucking cases are economic and non-economic losses sustained by someone and caused by another. One excellent example of “economic damages” includes medical bills. An example of non-economic damages is “pain and suffering.”  

Florida 18-wheeler truck accident cases usually seek the following types of compensatory damages:

• Medical Expenses:  Medical expenses related to the truck accident include medical treatment, diagnostic tests, ongoing medical care, therapy, prescription medications, surgery expenses, and medical equipment. 
• Future Medical Care:  Future medical care estimates the cost of all future medical expenses such as ongoing therapy, medication, surgeries, and medical equipment.
• Property Damage: Property damage normally includes all types of property damage such as car repairs, house or real property repairs caused by the accident, sign repairs, electronic repairs, and other types of property damaged in an accident.
• Lost Income:  Your truck collision attorney will determine the costs of missed work hours, vacation time used, and sick days used in connection with the truck accident to incorporate as part of your lawsuit or settlement demand. 
• Emotional Distress:  People often suffer significant emotional and psychological injuries such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety, fear, depression, and stress after a serious accident. In some truck accident injury and wrongful death cases, emotional distress is part of Pain and Suffering.
• Pain and Suffering:  Monetary compensation for pain and suffering in a truck accident claim will depend upon the circumstances in the case.  
• Loss of Relationships:  If the 18-wheeler truck accident tragically killed a family member, you might be qualified to seek monetary compensation for losing a child or spouse. This type of damage is known as “Loss of Consortium.”
• Punitive Damages: “Punitive Damages” is a separate financial award that is designed to punish the negligent party to the extent that they will not act similarly in the future or correct the cause of the accident. It is important to know that not all trucking accident injury cases in Florida are permitted by law to pursue Punitive Damages.

Filing a Trucking Accident Injury Claim in Florida

In Florida, a truck accident injury victim is required to file their claim with the trucking company’s insurance company before bringing a lawsuit. After the accident claimant files their claim with the trucking company insurance company, the insurance company will be put on notice of a potential personal injury lawsuit. Once the accident injury claim is filed and the truck accident claimant has finished all of their accident-related medical treatments, their attorney will compile the medical records and bills from the accident victim’s medical providers. The victim’s Florida truck accident attorney then sends a settlement demand package to the truck accident insurance claims adjuster. Attached will be a letter of introduction that will also include a monetary demand for settlement.

Negotiating the Florida Truck Accident Settlement Process

If the trucking company’s insurance company accepts that their policyholder caused the truck accident, the truck accident insurance claim adjuster will review the plaintiff’s settlement demand package. The insurance company representative will then make a counter-offer to the initial settlement demand to start the settlement negotiation process. The first settlement offered by the insurance company will typically be a low-ball offer that the claimant won’t accept. The claimant’s truck accident attorney then starts to negotiate on behalf of the accident claimant.

Filing and Litigating a Truck Accident Injury or Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Florida

When the Plaintiff and Defendant are unable to settle, the plaintiff will file a lawsuit and litigate the truck accident claim in either the Federal or Florida civil court system. Statistically speaking, most Florida accident claims are settled out of court.

Florida Truck Accident Jury Trials

Florida jury trials are emotional, tiresome, and long-drawn. Our Florida truck accident injury lawyers assist our clients to weigh the pros and cons before proceeding with a jury trial.

Florida civil trials include many important steps, including:

1. 1. Pretrial motions, 
   2. Witness depositions, 
   3. Jury selection, 
   4. Opening statements, 
   5. The examination of witnesses, 
   6. The cross-examination of witnesses, 
   7. The recitation of jury instructions, 
   8. Closing arguments,
   9. Jury deliberations, and 
   10. The jury’s verdict.

Contact Our Florida 18-wheeler Tractor-Trailer Truck Accident Attorneys for Your Free Consultation

Fuentes & Berrio represents truck accident victims and families of fatal injury victims all over the State of Florida. Our legal professionals are available to meet you at any other place in Palm Beach County and Broward County, and especially the cities of Deerfield Beach, Lake Worth, Pompano, Hillsboro, and Highland Beach.

Fuentes & Berrio is here to help truck accident victims receive the monetary compensation that they deserve for their accident claims. Call us 24/7 at 954-752-1110 for your free case review and consultation.  Nosotros hablamos español.