Miami Truck Accident Lawyers
Trucking companies send rapid response teams to the crash site within hours. We send ours too, and we know which federal records to demand.
Truck Accidents
How we handle truck accidents cases
A loaded tractor-trailer weighs up to 80,000 pounds. When it hits a passenger car on the Palmetto Expressway or the Florida Turnpike, the injuries are rarely minor. These cases are also far more complex than a car crash: there may be a driver, a motor carrier, a broker, a shipper, a maintenance vendor and several insurance layers.
Our truck litigation team sends spoliation letters immediately to preserve electronic logging device data, driver qualification files, hours-of-service records, drug and alcohol testing results and maintenance logs. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration violations often turn a disputed crash into a clear liability case.
Federal retention window for driver logs, after which they are gone. This is a practice fact, not a case result: we publish no settlement or verdict figures anywhere on this site.
Cases we take
- Tractor-trailer and 18-wheeler collisions
- Jackknife and rollover crashes
- Underride and blind-spot crashes
- Amazon, FedEx and delivery van crashes
- Dump truck and construction vehicle crashes
- Improper cargo loading and tire blowouts
What working with us looks like
Our truck accidents process
Every case gets the same disciplined start, adapted to the evidence that matters most for this type of claim.
Lock down federal records
ELD data, logbooks and dispatch messages preserved before the carrier's 6-month retention window closes.
Same dayReconstruct the crash
Accident reconstruction engineers analyze black box speed, braking and sight lines.
Week oneIdentify every defendant
Carrier, broker, shipper and maintenance vendors each carry separate insurance.
Until maximum medical improvementLitigate with trial experience
Commercial insurers pay fairly when they know the firm across the table tries cases.
When treatment is complete
Categories, not numbers
Compensation you may recover
Florida law allows injured people to recover economic and non-economic losses. What any individual claim is worth depends on its own evidence and on the insurance that is actually available, so we list the categories and never a figure.
- Catastrophic and lifetime medical care
- Home and vehicle modifications
- Lost earning capacity
- Pain, suffering and disfigurement
- Loss of consortium for spouses
- Punitive damages for gross violations
What affects the value of your case
- Federal violations
- Hours-of-service, maintenance or drug testing failures strengthen liability and may support punitive claims.
- Policy limits
- Federal law sets a minimum financial responsibility level for interstate carriers, and many carry excess layers above it. The minimum is set by regulation and should be confirmed against the current rule.
- Number of parties
- More responsible parties means more insurance available to cover a lifetime of care.
- Long-term prognosis
- Spinal cord and brain injuries require life-care plans that project costs over decades.
They called me back in 20 minutes on a Sunday night. Every month after that I got an update without having to ask.
Keisha Williams, Miami Gardens. Truck accident client.
No numbers, by policy
Sample truck accidents results
- Resolved in litigationTruck Accident · 2024
Tractor-trailer lane change on Florida's Turnpike
The carrier withdrew the phantom vehicle defence and the case resolved at mediation, with a funded vocational retraining plan built into the resolution.
- Tried to verdictTruck Accident · 2022
Dump truck brake failure on the Palmetto Expressway
The jury found for the plaintiff. The court let the negligent maintenance claim go to the jury alongside vicarious liability.
- Tried to verdictWrongful Death · 2025
Commercial van runs a red light on NW 27th Avenue
Liability was conceded during trial and the estate resolved the claim against the carrier and its excess insurer together.
- Tried to verdictCar Accident · 2025
Distracted driver rear-ends stopped traffic on I-95
A Miami-Dade jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff on liability and damages, assigning the defendant the entire share of fault on the verdict form.
- Resolved before suitMedical Malpractice · 2023
Emergency department misses stroke symptoms
The hospital resolved the claim inside the statutory pre-suit period and revised its posterior circulation triage protocol.
- Resolved in litigationMotorcycle Accident · 2024
SUV turns left across a rider's path on Biscayne Boulevard
The comparative fault argument was abandoned and the claim resolved against the driver's carrier and then the rider's own uninsured motorist carrier, in that order.
- Resolved in litigationSlip & Fall · 2025
Unmarked spill in a Doral supermarket aisle
Constructive notice was established on the documents alone and the carrier resolved the claim before depositions closed.
- Resolved in litigationWorkers' Compensation · 2023
Scaffolding collapse at a Brickell high-rise site
Benefits resumed and the third party action resolved separately. The comp carrier's equitable distribution claim was negotiated down before disbursement.
Illustrative sample matters for this demo website. We publish no settlement or verdict figures anywhere. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Every matter, in fullTruck Accidents questions
Florida-specific answers. For advice on your situation, request a free review.
The driver, the motor carrier, the company that loaded the cargo, the truck or parts manufacturer and the maintenance company can all share liability depending on the facts.
Truck cases involve federal regulations, larger insurance policies and corporate defense teams. Evidence like ELD data can be lost quickly without a preservation demand.
Florida law and federal leasing rules often still make the motor carrier responsible. We review the lease and operating agreements to find every source of coverage.
Related practice areas
Car AccidentsRear-end, T-bone, rideshare and hit-and-run crashes on I-95, US-1 and every Miami street in between.
Wrongful DeathCompassionate, relentless representation for families who lost someone to another's negligence.
Workers' CompensationDenied or delayed benefits, and third-party claims for injured construction, hospitality and warehouse workers.