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Obtain Help from this Miami Rental Car Accident Attorney

If you or someone you know has been injured by a driver operating a rental car anywhere in the State of Florida, this Miami Rental Car Accident Lawyer can assist you. For tourism, Florida is one of the best states in the country. Every year, millions of business travelers and tourists visit Florida. When they arrive, the most popular form of transportation they use is rental cars. But, drivers operating rental cars might not know the roads like local drivers, and so they can more easily cause accidents. When this takes place and you are injured as a result, you might be able to pursue a case against the rental car driver.

You will not be able to take legal action against the rental car company if you are injured in a rental car accident simply because it owned the rental car. This is due to 49 U.S.C. 30106 (otherwise known as the “Graves Amendment”). This Federal law states that, for rental car accidents caused by operators of vehicles, rental car companies will not be vicariously liable.

Vicarious liability is a legal term which indicates that the owner of a vehicle will typically be accountable for any accidents caused by their vehicles (even if it was not the owner him or herself that was driving the vehicle). This is because the vehicle is considered to be a “dangerous instrumentality” capable of causing serious injuries. Since this is the case, the law normally holds a vehicle owner liable for lending his or her vehicle to someone who carelessly causes injuries to someone else.

If you or somebody you love has been injured in a rental car crash happening anywhere in the State of Florida (including Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County or South Florida), you might have a case. For that, call this Miami Rental Car Accident Law Firm at 954-448-7288 for a free, no-obligation consultation.

Let Mr. Quackenbush get you the compensation you deserve. He works on a contingency basis which means you do not need to pay any lawyer fees until he wins compensation for you.

Assistance for Victims of Crashes Provided by this Miami Rental Car Accident Lawyer

Because of the Graves Amendment discussion above, the law about vicarious liability does not apply to rental car companies. A rental car company is not typically held liable for accidents caused by an operator of its vehicle just because the rental car company owned the vehicle.

There are, however, some scenarios in which rental car companies might be liable for the crashes caused by operators of their vehicles. For instance, a rental car company will be liable for accidents caused by its vehicle if there is actual carelessness on the part of the rental car company. If the rental car company did not correctly maintain one of its vehicles and that vehicle malfunctioned and caused a car wreck as a result, for example, then the rental car company can be held liable for injuries caused in the wreck.

Another example would be if the rental car company failed to do a correct background check and rented a vehicle to a fugitive or someone with no driver’s license.

This Miami-Dade County Rental Car Crash/Wreck Attorney Answers Questions Regarding Accidents

If you are harmed by a driver operating a rental car, that driver might have bought automobile insurance through the rental car company. If that is the case, then you might be able to recover compensation from the rental car insurance company. On the other hand, if the rental car operator did not buy insurance through the rental car company, then his or her own personal insurance might cover you for your injuries.

This Miami Rental Car Accident attorney can assist you to figure out what kind of insurance the driver of the rental car carried.

Alternatively, if you were in a rental car at the time of the accident and you bought insurance from the rental car company at the time you rented the car (or you were a passenger in a rental car and the driver had bought insurance from the rental car company at the time the car was rented), then you might be able to recover compensation from the rental car insurance company. If you did not buy insurance from the rental car company at the time the vehicle was rented, then you might be able to recover compensation from your own personal car insurance. This will, obviously, depend on the kind of vehicle insurance you have.

Call this South Florida Rental Car Collision Law Firm Today

If you or someone you know has been involved in a rental car collision occurring anyplace in Miami-Dade County (including Aventura, Coral Gables, Cutler Bay, Doral, Florida City, Hialeah, Hialeah Gardens, Homestead, Key Biscayne, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, North Miami, North Miami Beach, Opa-Locka, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, South Miami, and Sunny Isles Beach), contact Mr. Quackenbush at 954-448-7288.

Mr. Quackenbush works on a contingency basis which means that you do not pay him until he either wins your case or settles out of court. He offers a free, no-obligation consultation to discuss your legal options