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MIAMI TRUCK ACCIDENT LAWYER

Legally speaking, a truck accident injury is a type of tort (or civil wrong) where harm is caused to one individual because another individual, typically a commercial truck driver, failed to use reasonable care while driving a vehicle, which led to a traffic collision.

Several factors contribute to the risk of collision including vehicle design, speed, road design, road environment, driver skill or impairment, and driver behavior. In addition to injury, traffic collisions with commercial trucks may also result in property damage and death of those involved in the crash.

A traffic collision involving a commercial truck, such as an 18-wheeler or other large freight carrier, can be much more catastrophic than an ordinary car accident. An oversized, fully loaded commercial truck can weigh more than 80,000 while an average car weighs about 3,000 pounds. Because of this size disproportion and due to basic physics, any collision between a commercial truck and another vehicle is likely to result in serious, even fatal, injuries.

Trucking Accident Injury and the Law
Much like other personal injury cases involving traffic collisions, in truck accident injury cases liability is determined by negligence. A defendant is negligent if he or she failed in their duty to exercise reasonable care under the circumstances of the situation and the plaintiff’s injuries resulted from that failure.

To prove negligence in trucking accident cases, a plaintiff and his or her attorney should identify as many potential defendants as possible and hold them accountable for the accident. The truck driver may not be the only one legally responsible for the accident. The accident may have been caused by an irresponsible trucking company, a contractor, or an employer that, for example, overloaded the truck with cargo.

We Can Help
If you have been injured in a truck accident, Uriarte Law can provide you the help and resources you need. Our experienced accident injury lawyers, experts and professionals strive for justice and fairness in the form of compensation for victims of all types of Personal Injury accidents.

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