Miami Rollover Truck Accident Lawyer
There are few motor vehicle accident scenarios more frightening than a semi-truck rollover. Unfortunately, rollover accidents are among the most common types of crashes involving commercial vehicles. Such rollovers are also far more likely to result in death or serious injury, not just to the truck’s driver but also the occupants of other vehicles who are unable to avoid colliding with the disabled truck after it comes to a stop across the highway.
The Miami rollover truck accident lawyers at Pike & Lustig, LLP, represent crash victims seeking financial compensation for their physical injuries, mental anguish, and other losses. Most rollover accidents are preventable. This means that negligence on the part of someone–often the tractor-trailer driver–is responsible for a rollover. We will help you identify all of the responsible parties and work to hold them accountable under Florida law.
What Are the Common Causes of Rollover Accidents in South Florida?
Rollover accidents involving commercial trucks are more common than most people realize. Indeed, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), there are roughly 1,300 rollover accidents involving just cargo tanker trucks each year–an average of 4 per day. And the vast majority of these rollovers were not the result of some external factor. Rather, it came down to mistake or inattention on the part of the truck driver.
Here are just four of the more common cases where operator negligence leads to a truck rollover accident:
- Speeding Through Curves — Commercial truckers are often under enormous pressure from employers and customers to make deliveries on time. This leads to speeding. However, when a truck driver misjudges the proper speed they can safely navigate a curve–such as a highway on-ramp or off-ramp–they significantly increase the risk of causing a rollover.
- Unsafe Steering — Semi-trucks are not meant to constantly “weave” through traffic. Truck drivers who fail to properly maintain their lane can quickly get into a rollover situation if they attempt to over-steer or over-correct their movements, which often just makes the entire truck unstable.
- Unbalanced Loads — Drivers need to carefully inspect their cargo loads before beginning their trip to make sure the truck is not too heavy–i.e., it exceeds the maximum weight allowed by federal or state law–or the cargo is not unbalanced. Any type of “load shift” during transport can destabilize the vehicle and lead to a rollover.
- Not Paying Attention — Many rollover accidents simply come down to a distracted driver who was not paying attention to what they were doing.
In addition to truck drivers, other parties who may be legally responsible for a rollover truck accident include the company that employed the negligent driver, the company responsible for loading and securing the truck’s cargo, and even companies that serviced the vehicle if a mechanical defect led to the crash.
Contact the Miami Rollover Truck Accident Lawyers at Pike & Lustig Today
Victims who sustain serious injuries in rollover truck accidents, as well as the family of those who are killed in such crashes, have the right under Florida law to seek financial compensation for their losses. Our Miami rollover truck accident lawyers can advise and represent you in such matters. Contact Pike & Lustig, LLP, today at 561-291-8298 to schedule a consultation.
