Florida Truck Accident Lawyers
Large trucks don't just look dangerous -- often, they actually are.
Farah and Farah is proud of having successfully handled major cases in the field of Florida truck accident law. One of our most significant recoveries was in the case of Jenise Edwards of Duval County. On her 39th birthday, Edwards was rear-ended at 40 mph by a dump truck driver who negligently did not stop for a red light. Her minivan was totaled, but more tragically, she suffered severe back injuries that put her in continuous pain and limited her mobility. As a result of her injuries, Edwards lost her job and has been forced to permanently implant a device into her body that helps control the pain. In April of 2006, we won a $4.8 million verdict for Edwards and her husband to help compensate her for the loss of her wages and ongoing medical bills.
If you or someone you care about was hit by a truck, you have rights.
Large trucks -- also known as big rigs, tractor-trailers or semis -- form the invisible supply network that keeps American businesses running smoothly. Unfortunately, they're also extremely dangerous in the hands of a careless operator. Because a truck weighs so much more than a passenger vehicle, it can hit a smaller auto with the force of 20 cars at the same time, virtually guaranteeing death or serious injury for those inside the passenger vehicle. That's why truck accidents cause so many deaths -- the Federal Department of Transportation reports that while trucks make up three percent of the vehicles on American roads, they were involved in 12 percent of fatal accidents in 2005. And an alarming three-quarters of those deaths were the deaths of people in other vehicles.
Truck driver error is a major cause of truck accidents, but not the only one. Cost-cutting trucking companies, more worried about their bottom lines than safety, often send their truckers out with substandard or badly maintained equipment. Insufficient safety lights, malfunctioning brakes and wrongly inflated tires put truckers and everyone around them at serious risk. And if cargo is poorly secured or hazardous, it poses an unnecessary, unacceptable risk to everyone sharing the roads with a truck.
Accidents may not be part of most people's daily lives, but for trucking companies, they're just the price of doing business. If you or someone you love was injured in a truck accident in Florida, you need an experienced personal injury lawyer. The trucking companies may send representatives to you as soon as possible to destroy evidence and minimize their liability. Don't be taken in -- don't sign or do anything until you talk to the Jacksonville truck accident attorneys at Farah and Farah. We can help you evaluate your case, negotiate with insurance companies, find experts to testify about your accident and aggressively litigate your case in court, if necessary.
For a free consultation, call our Jacksonville office as soon as possible at 1.800.642.8275.