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Small, lightweight passenger vehicles share Florida’s roadways with hundreds of thousands of large commercial trucks weighing up to 18,000 pounds when fully loaded. Although we rely on commercial trucks to supply the goods and services we need, Florida doesn’t overlook the significant danger large commercial trucks pose to smaller vehicles on the road. Most...

In Florida, civil law holds careless, reckless, or intentionally wrongful individuals or business entities accountable when their negligent actions cause death to someone else. A wrongful death claim in Florida cannot return a lost loved one, but it provides family members with financial compensation and a sense of justice and accountability. A wrongful death...

Distracted driving remains a major cause of car accidents and a growing problem in Florida and elsewhere. Despite updated distracted driving laws, 53,596 distracted driving accidents occurred in Florida in 2022 with 268 fatal injuries. An estimated 1,116 distracted driving accidents occur in Florida each week. When traveling at 55 miles per hour, taking...

When a loved one dies it feels terribly wrong to the family members they leave behind, but legally, Florida considers a wrongful death as one directly caused by the careless, reckless, or wrongful actions of someone else. Florida allows close family members to file a wrongful death claim to recover their financial losses and...