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Did 2025 Start with An Accident? Tips From Commercial Accident Lawyers
The new year is a time for fresh starts and a renewed focus on personal goals and aspirations. Unfortunately, accidents involving commercial trucks and vans can disrupt lives in an instant. If you’ve been injured in such an accident, taking the right steps early on can significantly protect your health, rights, and future. Here are ...
What Should You Do If You’re Injured by A Commercial Vehicle?
Do you wonder why commercial vehicle accidents seem to be more prevalent around this time of year? Well, the holidays are coming up fast, and commercial vehicles will be as common as holiday light displays in our local neighborhoods. Delivery trucks and vans will frequent residential streets as they drop off gifts, decor, goodies, and ...
Why You Need an Experienced Commercial Vehicle Accident Lawyer
Commercial vehicle accident claims are complicated, long, and can end up being costly. Have you ever wondered if you could just “DIY” your case, instead of hiring a commercial vehicle accident lawyer, to save some cash? These accidents happen regularly around Tampa Bay. Some of the most common scenarios include: Being hit by a delivery ...
Why Truck Accident Cases Are More Complex Than Car Accidents
Commercial vehicle accident cases have a bad reputation, and for good reason. These collisions result in thousands of fatalities each year and even more injuries. What makes these accidents so dangerous, though, and how are they different than standard car accidents? Based on our years of experience of helping those injured by these commercial vehicle ...
How Fatigued Driving Contributes to Commercial Vehicle Accidents
Commercial vehicle accidents are all too common in Florida, but how many are due to fatigued truck drivers? Operating a commercial vehicle while drowsy can be deadly. Drivers need to be aware of the signs of fatigued truckers and how to prevent accidents on our local roads. Next week (the first week of November) marks ...
What to Do If You’ve Been Injured in A Commercial Truck Accident
We’ve discussed what you should do in the moments immediately following a commercial truck accident, but what should you do in the weeks and months following your crash? A truck accident case can last for months, or even years, and victims should understand what to expect. So, what should you do if you’ve been injured ...
What Evidence Is Needed to Prove a Truck Accident Claim?
A truck accident claim is complicated, with layers of information, evidence, and conflicting opinions. If you’ve been in a truck accident and are currently navigating the aftermath, it can feel overwhelming. You know what happened to cause your injuries and suffering, but how can you prove it? Evidence, and using it, is crucial to a positive ...
How Trucking Company Negligence Can Lead to Serious Accidents
Accidents with semi trucks happen for many reasons, but perhaps the most complicated is trucking company negligence. Trucking companies have a responsibility to promote safety and responsible driving. When they don’t, other drivers usually pay the price. Sadly, victims of these accidents experience both physical and mental trauma for weeks, months, or even years after ...
Aftermath of A Truck Accident: What Should I Expect?
Are you currently caught in the aftermath of a truck accident? Unfortunately, commercial vehicle accidents are becoming increasingly common on Florida’s roads. In the moments, days, and even years following a truck accident, victims can face a litany of challenges. If you don’t know what to expect, it can leave you confused, worried about your ...
Common Semi-Truck Accidents and How to Prevent Them
We are one of Tampa’s most trusted teams of attorneys, so we know a lot about common semi truck accidents…and how to prevent them. Sadly, we see recurring trends in trucking accidents and the damage they cause victims. In Florida, semi truck collisions are prevalent on all of our major highways. Hundreds of accidents happen ...
How Florida Determines Liability in Truck Accidents
When a car accident happens, one (or both) of the drivers is held at-fault in many situations. However, how the law determines liability in truck accidents is more complicated. While the driver will (in most cases) be held at least partly responsible, commercial vehicle accidents involve a corporate aspect due to the owner of the ...
Struck by A Work Truck: What Information Will My Injury Lawyer Need?
Tampa’s population continues to grow, leading to an influx of commercial vehicles on the road. That also means an influx of victims impacted after experiencing an accident with a commercial vehicle. In fact, in 2022 alone, 3,193 injuries occurred on Florida’s roadways due to truck accidents. This startling number only continues to rise, with more ...
How Pressure on Drivers Is Increasing Truck Accidents in Florida
We write a lot of about commercial trucks (and truck accidents) here on our blog. Why? The commercial trucking industry plays a huge role in Florida’s economy. Thanks to our ever-increasing population and focus on tourism, we depend on trucks to carry goods and materials across the state line. The drivers who operate these trucks ...
Who Can Be at Fault in a Truck Accident?
The Driver: Like other vehicle accidents, the truck driver can be at fault for an accident. Distracted driving, driving while fatigued, and failing to comply with traffic laws can all result in the truck driver themselves being responsible for causing an accident. The Manufacturer: Sometimes, a truck driver can do everything right, but if something ...
Why Are Semis So Dangerous? The Big Risks of These Big Trucks
If you spend any amount of time on Florida’s highways, you are familiar with the fear of driving around semi-trucks. Why are these trucks so scary, and what makes them more dangerous than other vehicles? There are a variety of factors that play into the stigma of accidents with semi-trucks, but most of them are related ...
The Delivery Guy Caused an Accident: Now What?
In the last three years, delivery services have become the norm for households across America. From your favorite takeout restaurant to your toothpaste and groceries, you can have (almost) anything delivered right to your front door within a matter of hours. Because delivery services have grown astronomically though, the influx of new delivery drivers on ...
Why Are Truck Accidents Surging in Florida?
Has There Been a Notable Change in Rates of Truck and Other Vehicular Accidents in Your Jurisdiction in Recent Years? Yes, there has. Here in Florida, we saw a record number of traffic fatalities in 2019, according to the most recent data available. Even last year with decreased driving due to the pandemic, traffic deaths ...
How Long Will My Tampa Truck Accident Case Take?
A truck accident can change your life in an instant. You should count yourself lucky indeed if you walk away unharmed after a collision with an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer. Sadly, many Floridians are not so fortunate. Florida ranks in the top 10 for the highest average number of fatal large truck accidents in the nation. Every ...
Will Relaxed Truck Regulations Lead to More Accidents During COVID-19?
Since the stay-at-home orders and business restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic have been in effect, many Americans have been stocking up on food and other household goods. As a result, retailers are experiencing product shortages and people cannot get the supplies they need. In order to make product delivery happen more quickly, the U.S. Department ...
Common Questions About Truck Accident Lawsuits
If you’ve been injured in a commercial truck accident, you may be unsure of your rights and how to support yourself and those you love as you heal. That’s understandable. Truck accident claims can be complex. But you don’t have to figure things out on your own. The experienced attorneys at Brooks Law Group have ...
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