If you’ve been injured on the side of a roadway anyplace in the State of Florida (including Miami, Miami-Dade County, West Palm Beach, and Palm Beach County), turn to this Fort Lauderdale, Florida Road Shoulder Car Accident Lawyer. Road shoulder accidents unfortunately occur all of the time in the State of Florida. People may be located on the side of the road for various reasons. For example, their vehicles may be broken down and they may be waiting for a ride. On the other hand, they may be walking down the side of the road.
For whatever reason, passing vehicles may drive off of the roadway and into the shoulder of the roadway and hit people in that area. When that happens, the results can be catastrophic injuries or even death. This can occur on highways, freeways or thruways – or on smaller roadways.
People located in broken-down vehicles may also sit in road shoulders. When passing vehicles leave the roadway and drive into the shoulder, they may contact a broken-down vehicle and cause catastrophic consequences.
Call 954-448-7288 for a free, no obligation consultation. Mr. Quackenbush will talk to you about all aspects of your case at no charge to you if you’ve been hurt anyplace in the State of Florida (including Miami, Miami-Dade County, West Palm Beach and Palm Beach County).
After beginning work on your case, Mr. Quackenbush will work on contingency. This indicates that there will be no risk to you as Mr. Quackenbush will not get paid for his work until a recovery has been made in your case.
Pedestrians also frequently walk on sidewalks. Vehicles who drive off of roadways and hit pedestrians on sidewalks will clearly be responsible for any injuries or death caused.
Vehicles may leave their lanes of traffic and onto road shoulders for various reasons. These include drunk/drinking and driving (DUI). It may also involve phone usage/texting and driving/distracted driving.
Finally, over-tired drivers driving off of roadways may drive into road shoulders, hitting vehicles and pedestrians and cause injuries. Frequently, truck drivers will drive overtired, fall asleep and drive off of roadways. Most trucking companies require that truck drivers sleep a certain number of hours for certain distances travelled. However, this doesn’t always happen, and truck drivers can become over-tired, drive off of roadways and impact pedestrians and other vehicles as a result.
Vehicles may also leave roadways and drive into “swales” – causing injuries to people located there.
Road shoulder crashes can also be caused by faulty roadway construction. That is, oftentimes roadways are designed with inadequate/dangerously small shoulders or road shoulders that aren’t properly divided from the roadways. These faulty set-ups could potentially cause a passing vehicle to strike a pedestrian or vehicle located in the road shoulder.
Because of the nature of road shoulder wrecks, injuries caused by these accidents can be catastrophic. In fact, death often tragically results from road shoulder collisions. When somebody dies in a road shoulder accident, an estate will be set up on their behalf. A loved one will typically be appointed to represent the estate as the Personal Representative. The deceased person/decedent’s survivors will be the beneficiaries of the estate and receive any money recovered in a lawsuit.
If you’ve been injured in a road shoulder car collision, call Mr. Quackenbush at 954-448-7288. He will give you a free, no obligation consultation.
Upon beginning work on your case, Mr. Quackenbush will operate on contingency. This means that you will not be charged by Mr. Quackenbush until you receive compensation from your case – so there is no risk to you.