Fowkes & Hasanbasic represents people injured in truck, car, motorcycle, premises-liability, and other serious accidents throughout Florida. Our attorneys personally evaluate and handle each case. We investigate how the collision occurred, identify every potentially responsible party, preserve important evidence, document the full extent of the losses, and pursue available insurance coverage and compensation.
Reviewed for legal accuracy by Ryan C. Hasanbasic, Florida Bar No. 44119 | Updated August 28, 2026
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Our Personal Injury Practice Areas
Truck Accidents
Cases involving tractor-trailers, commercial carriers, delivery vehicles, unsafe drivers, federal trucking regulations, and corporate safety failures.
Car Accidents
Claims arising from rear-end, head-on, intersection, hit-and-run, distracted-driving, rideshare, and other passenger-vehicle crashes.
Motorcycle Accidents
Cases involving unsafe lane changes, rear impacts, blind corners, roadway hazards, and other collisions causing serious injuries to motorcyclists.
Other Serious Injury Claims
Premises Liability
Claims involving unsafe property conditions, slip-and-fall or trip-and-fall hazards, falling objects, defective stairs, and negligent security.
Wrongful Death
Claims brought by a personal representative for the estate and eligible survivors after a death caused by negligence or another wrongful act.
Catastrophic Injuries
Cases involving brain injuries, spinal-cord damage, paralysis, amputations, burns, and other injuries requiring long-term care.
Commercial truck accidents are a central focus of our personal injury practice. These cases often involve federal safety rules, multiple companies, substantial insurance policies, and evidence that may disappear unless it is preserved quickly. We also represent people injured in passenger-vehicle and motorcycle crashes and families facing catastrophic or fatal injuries.
Florida Truck Accident Cases
A collision involving a tractor-trailer, delivery truck, dump truck, tanker, box truck, or other commercial vehicle is not simply a larger car accident. A truck case may require an immediate investigation of the driver, motor carrier, vehicle, cargo, maintenance history, dispatch practices, electronic records, and applicable federal and state safety requirements.
Potentially responsible parties may include the truck driver, trucking company, vehicle owner, freight broker, maintenance contractor, cargo-loading company, or a manufacturer of defective equipment. The facts determine which parties and insurance policies may apply.
Evidence That Can Matter After a Commercial Truck Crash
Truck-accident evidence can be controlled by the trucking company or another commercial entity. Depending on the case, important evidence may include electronic logging-device data, engine-control or event-data-recorder information, driver qualification and training records, hours-of-service logs, dispatch communications, inspection and maintenance records, drug and alcohol testing records, cargo documents, photographs, video, witness statements, and data from nearby vehicles or businesses.
A prompt preservation demand can help identify and protect relevant records. Our investigation also considers whether fatigue, distraction, speeding, unsafe hiring, inadequate training, poor maintenance, overloaded cargo, impaired driving, or pressure to meet an unrealistic delivery schedule contributed to the crash.
What Compensation May Be Available?
The damages available depend on the evidence and the individual circumstances. A personal injury claim may include past and future medical expenses, lost income, diminished earning capacity, pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, and other legally recoverable losses. A fatal collision may give rise to a wrongful-death claim by the appropriate estate and survivors.
Insurance companies may dispute fault, argue that treatment was unnecessary, minimize future limitations, or claim that an earlier condition caused the symptoms. Careful documentation helps connect the collision to the injuries and explains how those injuries have affected the person’s work, health, family, and daily life.
What Should You Do After a Serious Accident?
Seek appropriate medical care, preserve photographs and records, obtain the crash-report information, avoid disposing of damaged property when it may be evidence, and be cautious about giving a recorded statement or signing a broad authorization for an insurance company. If a commercial truck was involved, early legal review can be especially important because the carrier may begin its own investigation immediately.
How Long Do You Have to Bring a Florida Injury Claim?
Florida deadlines depend on the type of claim, the date of the incident, the parties involved, and other circumstances. Many negligence claims arising from recent accidents are subject to a two-year limitations period, but shorter notice requirements or different deadlines can apply. Waiting can also make evidence harder to locate. An attorney should review the specific facts rather than relying on a general deadline.
Why Work With Fowkes & Hasanbasic?
Our lawyers personally evaluate and handle cases instead of passing legal responsibility to a call center. We communicate directly with clients, investigate the available evidence, evaluate insurance coverage, prepare claims for negotiation and litigation, and provide advice based on the individual case. We represent injured people throughout Florida and offer a free case review.
Florida Personal Injury Questions
How is a truck accident case different from a car accident case?
A truck case may involve federal motor-carrier regulations, commercial insurance, several corporate defendants, electronic driving and vehicle data, specialized maintenance records, and company-controlled evidence. Those additional issues can make the investigation broader and more time-sensitive.
Can more than one party be responsible for an accident?
Yes. Responsibility may be shared among multiple drivers or businesses. In a commercial-vehicle case, the driver, employer or motor carrier, vehicle owner, maintenance provider, cargo loader, broker, or manufacturer may be relevant depending on the evidence.
What if the insurance company says I was partly at fault?
Florida uses a modified comparative-fault system for many negligence claims. A person’s assigned percentage of responsibility can affect recovery, and recovery may be barred in some circumstances when the claimant is found more than 50 percent at fault. The governing law and evidence should be evaluated for the particular accident.
How much does it cost to discuss a case?
The firm offers a free case review. Personal injury matters are generally handled on a contingency-fee basis, meaning attorneys’ fees are tied to a recovery and governed by the written representation agreement.
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If you or a family member was seriously injured in Florida, contact Fowkes & Hasanbasic to discuss the circumstances and available options.
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