Losing a Limb in a Truck Crash Changes Everything. We Help You Fight Back.

Truck Accident Amputation & Limb Loss Lawyer in Florida

Did a truck crash cost you an arm, leg, hand, or foot? You probably have three questions right now: Can I recover anything? Who actually pays for this? And what is a claim like mine worth?

This page answers those questions in plain language. We do that before we say a word about our firm. You deserve information, not a sales pitch.

Losing a limb is not a single event. It means surgeries, prosthetics, home changes, and years of adjustment. A legal claim, when one exists, shifts those lifetime costs onto the people whose carelessness caused them. It keeps those costs off you and your family.

We are a Florida-based firm. We focus only on catastrophic, permanent injuries. We take these cases nationwide. We work with clients in English and Spanish.

Request a free, confidential case evaluation. There is no fee to talk.

First, Your Real Questions — Answered Plainly

Can I recover? If someone else’s carelessness helped cause the crash, you may have a claim. This is true even if you were partly at fault. (More on Florida’s shared-fault rule below.)

Who pays? Almost never the driver’s personal savings. Payment comes from layers of commercial insurance. Often more than one company’s policy is involved.

What is it worth? That depends on your medical, prosthetic, and income losses over your lifetime. Any lawyer who names a number before reviewing your records is guessing. And no lawyer may promise a result.

Two Paths to Limb Loss — Why It Doesn’t Have to Happen at the Scene

Most competitor pages describe amputation as if it always happens in the wreck. It often does not. There are two paths, and both belong in a claim:

• Traumatic amputation (at the scene). The crash itself severs or destroys the limb. This often happens when a car slides under a trailer, or a limb is trapped and crushed.
• Surgical amputation (delayed). The limb survives the impact. But doctors must remove it hours, days, or even weeks later. This happens with crush injuries, compartment syndrome (dangerous pressure that cuts off blood flow inside the limb — a surgical emergency), fractures with torn arteries, or infection that will not heal.

If your amputation was surgical, the crash still caused it. Insurers sometimes argue the surgery “broke the chain” of causation. It did not. A well-built case documents the medical record that links the trauma to the operation.

Who This Service Is For

This service is for people in Florida — and beyond — who lost a limb after a crash with a semi, 18-wheeler, tractor-trailer, box truck, dump truck, or other commercial vehicle. It is also for families who lost a loved one to these injuries.

You are in the right place if you face:

• Leg amputation — above or below the knee
• Arm amputation — above or below the elbow
• Loss of a hand, foot, fingers, or toes
• Partial amputation of any limb

Our work is limited to serious, permanent injuries. If your injury is minor or short-term, we are not the right fit. We will tell you so honestly.

How Truck Crashes Cause Limb Loss

A loaded tractor-trailer can weigh up to 80,000 pounds. That is the federal weight limit for interstate highways under 23 U.S.C. §127. A typical passenger car weighs around 4,000 pounds. That huge difference is why these crashes take limbs.

Common crash types include:

• Underride collisions — a car slides beneath a trailer
• Jackknife and rollover crashes — violent, twisting forces
• Override crashes — a truck rides up over the front of a car
• Cargo spills — unsecured loads that crush or pin people

Fault often traces back to driver fatigue, distraction, speeding, drunk driving, or skipped truck maintenance.

Who May Be Responsible — Usually More Than the Driver

This part changes everything about who pays. In truck cases, several parties may share the blame. Each may bring its own insurance policy toward your lifetime costs:

• The truck driver
• The trucking company (motor carrier) — for careless hiring, training, or scheduling
• A separate company that loaded or secured the cargo
• A maintenance provider that serviced the truck or trailer
• A parts maker if a defective part failed

Interstate trucking companies must follow the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Two rules matter often.

First are hours-of-service limits (49 CFR Part 395). These cap how long a driver may drive — generally an 11-hour driving limit within a 14-hour window.

Second is driver drug and alcohol testing (49 CFR Part 382). When a carrier breaks these rules, the violation can help prove negligence. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration publishes the full framework.

Let us find every party who may owe you. Start with a free case evaluation.

What a Strong Claim Requires — and What We Do

We build your case from the evidence up. Here is what that involves:

• Fast evidence preservation. We send spoliation letters. These demand the truck’s electronic control module (“black box”) data, driver logs, dashcam video, dispatch records, and maintenance files before anyone overwrites them.
• Full investigation. We work with crash-reconstruction experts. We inspect the vehicles and pull hiring records and testing results.
• Medical and financial documentation. We coordinate with your doctors, prosthetists (specialists who build artificial limbs), a certified life-care planner, and economists to establish your true lifetime cost.
• All insurer communication. We deal with the trucking company’s adjusters and defense team so you do not have to.
• Lifetime-cost analysis. Prosthetic devices usually need replacement every 3 to 5 years, according to the Amputee Coalition. Most first offers ignore this recurring cost. We document every replacement, plus home and vehicle changes and ongoing care.
• Negotiation and, when necessary, trial.

Compensation a Claim May Cover

An amputation is not a one-time expense. It lasts a lifetime. A claim may include:

• Medical care — surgeries, hospital stays, and rehab, past and future
• Prosthetic limbs — plus a lifetime of replacements, fittings, and maintenance
• Lost income and lost earning power
• Home, vehicle, and workplace changes for accessibility
• Pain, suffering, disfigurement, and loss of enjoyment of life
• Wrongful-death damages for families who lost a loved one

Every case is different. The value depends on the facts and evidence. No lawyer can promise a specific result.

How It Works: Step by Step

1. Free case evaluation. Tell us what happened — confidential, no fee to talk, in English or Spanish.
2. Investigation begins. We move fast to preserve trucking records before they disappear.
3. Damages documentation. We build a life-care plan. It maps your future medical and living needs.
4. Claim and negotiation. We present your case to the insurers and push for full value.
5. Litigation and trial. If the offer is not fair, we file suit and take the case to court.

A note on timing: we move fast on evidence but patiently on value. Rushing to settle before we understand your lifetime needs can leave you paying for this injury yourself.

Why Acting Quickly Protects You — Deadlines and Evidence

Florida generally gives you two years to file a personal-injury lawsuit. This applies to claims arising on or after March 24, 2023, under Fla. Stat. §95.11. Some situations shorten or change that window. So confirm your exact deadline early. Miss it, and you may lose the right to recover anything.

Trucking evidence has a shorter clock. Under federal rules, motor carriers must keep most driver logs for only six months (49 CFR §395.8). Black-box data can be overwritten far sooner. Early legal action helps preserve it. Before you speak at length with any insurer or sign anything, talk to a lawyer.

Contact us now for your free evaluation.

Why Choose CHG Personal Injury Lawyers

• Catastrophic-injury focus — spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, severe burns, and limb loss. This is our core work, not a side practice.
• Licensed Florida Bar attorneys, Florida-based, handling cases nationwide.
• Trucking-specific experience with commercial crash evidence and lifetime-cost claims.
• Bilingual service — full communication in English and Spanish.
• Contingency fee — no attorney’s fee unless we recover for you.

You can learn more about choosing a lawyer through The Florida Bar’s consumer resources.

Frequently Asked Questions

Talk to a Florida Truck Accident Amputation Lawyer Today

Losing a limb is one of the hardest things a person can face. You do not have to figure out the legal side alone. We can explain your options in plain language, in English or Spanish, with no pressure.

Your case evaluation is free, confidential, and comes with no obligation. And there is no fee unless we recover for you.

Request your free case evaluation now.

Related reading: Catastrophic truck accident injuries, truck accident burn injury lawyer, and our amputation injury lawyer overview.