What the Study Found The fatality data drawn from roughly two decades of federal crash records, summarized in early May 2026 by WPTV West Palm Beach, confirms that I-95 leads every other roadway in the country in total annual deaths. Key findings from the analysis include: Approximately 284 people are killed on I-95 […]
Category: Trucking Accidents
Cargo-related issues are a common factor in all types of commercial trucking accidents. From shifting cargo to lost loads, various issues can cause serious or fatal accidents, leading to pain, suffering, lost earnings, out-of-pocket costs, and other financial and non-financial losses. Accidents involving cargo loss can be especially dangerous and […]
Reports from the Florida Department of Transportation indicate that traffic in our region has been steadily increasing, including heavy commercial trucks, cars, and other passenger vehicles. A fully-loaded 18-wheeler can weigh more than 20 times as much as the cars around it, so if that truck collides with other vehicles, […]
Next-day and same-day delivery services have made delivery trucks an everyday presence on major roads and neighborhood streets throughout Florida. Unfortunately, this means that accidents involving delivery trucks are now a regular occurrence. If you have been injured in a collision involving a delivery truck, you have clear legal rights, […]
When you need to seek financial compensation for a truck accident, proving why the accident happened is a key step in the process. One type of evidence that is frequently used in commercial truck accident cases is the truck’s “black box” data. Modern commercial trucks continuously collect various forms of […]
Truck drivers often spend long hours on the road. Federal trucking regulations allow truck drivers to log up to 60 hours per week, and not all trucking companies and truck drivers follow the law. As a result, fatigue is a very real issue, and federal data show that more than […]
Truck accident cases are far more complicated than most car accident cases in Florida for a variety of reasons. There are more parties involved, corporate legal teams get aggressive, injuries are usually much more severe, and federal laws often set standards for the trucks involved. These factors have existed for […]
Electronic logging devices—referred to in the trucking industry as ELDs—are systems that connect to a commercial truck’s engine to record the time the truck is in operation. These systems are supposed to create an accurate log of the time that a driver has been “in service.” Because federal laws set […]
Truck underrides are serious accidents that can have life-altering consequences. Tragically, they can have life-threatening consequences in many cases as well. If you have been seriously injured or a loved one has been seriously injured or killed in a truck underride accident in Florida, keep reading to learn what you […]
Most of us are familiar with the concept of the “black box” recovered after airplane crashes. The box contains information that helps investigators determine the causes and effects of the crash. What we are not used to is the idea of carrying a similar black-box device on our wrists every […]
