Orlando Truck Accident Lawyers

Interstate 4 runs through the middle of Orlando, carrying commuter traffic and freight in the same lanes. The I-4 Ultimate project reconstructed 21 miles of the interstate, from west of Kirkman Road through downtown to east of State Road 434, and added express toll lanes in the median.

Heavy trucks cannot use those lanes. Under the I-4 Express rules, vehicles with three or more axles, or towing a trailer, are not allowed, so tractor-trailers travel in the general-use lanes with you.

If a truck hit you on I-4, the question is what its driver did in that traffic. The carrier's logs and maintenance records are usually where the answer begins.

Losing someone in a truck crash leaves a family with questions no one should have to face alone. Florida answers the legal ones through its Wrongful Death Act, and the first answer is who brings the case.

The claim is brought by the decedent's personal representative, for the benefit of the estate and the survivors. Florida defines survivors to include the spouse, children and parents, and blood relatives or adoptive siblings who depended on the person who died for support or services.

The action must be filed within two years. You do not have to settle the estate first; we can help arrange the appointment of a personal representative while we investigate the crash.

Orange County shares Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit with Osceola County, and an Orlando truck case is usually filed in that circuit court. An out-of-state carrier can often remove it to the federal Middle District of Florida, which holds court in Orlando.

Florida's comparative fault rule applies in either court. A person found more than half at fault for their own harm recovers nothing in a negligence case, and anyone below that line has their damages reduced by their share.

Our Orlando office serves people hurt by trucks and commercial vehicles in Orange County and across Central Florida. Calls are answered around the clock, and the consultation is free.

If the vehicle was a rental or a delivery van, our pages on rental trucks and Amazon deliveries explain who answers for it.

There is no fee unless we win, and a call to us does not commit you to anything.