If there’s been a trucking accident, you should immediately contact an attorney. Insurance companies have go teams that can respond within minutes of a call from a trucking company. Evidence is critical and can easily disappear, you want to make sure no stone goes unturned. Recently, we had a case where a woman was rear-ended … Continue reading “What to do in a Trucking Accident”
4 Essential Qualities to Look for in a Truck Accident Attorney in Fort Lauderdale
Semi-truck accidents can leave innocent victims stranded in the hospital with piles of bills stacking up. Fortunately, there is help for people injured by negligent truck drivers. With the assistance of an attorney, you can file a claim for compensation and recover enough money to pay for your medical expenses and more. But with so … Continue reading “4 Essential Qualities to Look for in a Truck Accident Attorney in Fort Lauderdale”
FMCSA, NHTSA Want to Cap Truck Drivers’ Speed
Accidents involving commercial trucks or buses are among the most dangerous a driver can be involved in. Their sheer size makes these vehicles capable of doing serious damage to anyone around them. That is why two Department of Transportation (DOT) agencies are fighting to set a truck driver speed cap. What is the proposed speed … Continue reading “FMCSA, NHTSA Want to Cap Truck Drivers’ Speed”
Tips for Staying Out of Truck Blind Spots and Staying Safe Around Trucks
Driving around large trucks can be unnerving and dangerous, but if you stay away from truck blind spots, you can easily maneuver around the truck and get to your destination safe and sound. What are truck blind spots? Every car has blind spots; however, a truck driver’s blind spot, the area he cannot see, is … Continue reading “Tips for Staying Out of Truck Blind Spots and Staying Safe Around Trucks”
The Facts about Trucking Incidents
The lawyers at Coffey McPharlin know: Getting into an accident can be a frightening experience – especially when that accident involves a truck. Incidents that occur between a regular sized vehicle and a tractor/trailer or semi-trucks are often fraught with disaster. In the USA, around 500,000 incidents including trucks take place in a single year. … Continue reading “The Facts about Trucking Incidents”
Truck Accident Lawyer Settlement
Truck Accident Lawyer Settlement – Forklift accident, spinal cord injury, herniated disk, epidural steroid injections, $575,000.00 settlement Ted S. is a truck driver for the Broward County School Board that on the day of his accident was operating a forklift to reload a rejected order of bleach bottles on pallets receive from a distributor in … Continue reading “Truck Accident Lawyer Settlement”
Gabriel S. v. Truck Rental Company
Confidential settlement, broken hip, broken pelvis, broken wrist, open reduction internal fixation with hardware, product liability, national truck rental company Gabriel S. was injured in the back of a box truck owned by a national truck rental company when he was attempting to move his personal belongings. His foot got caught on a bracket located … Continue reading “Gabriel S. v. Truck Rental Company”
$1.4 Million Verdict Involving Negligent Tow Truck Operator
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — December 21, 2003 was a day that changed the lives of the Dorleans family forever. Esther and Rachelle Dorleans, a mother and daughter, set out from their home near Ocala that afternoon in their Acura Integra to visit Esther’s sister in Miami. Rachelle, who was seventeen, had just started Christmas vacation. … Continue reading “$1.4 Million Verdict Involving Negligent Tow Truck Operator”
