Hurt in a Crash With a FedEx Truck? Here Is What to Do Next

What to Know If a FedEx Truck Hit You in Hallandale Beach

If a FedEx truck hit you, or you lost someone in a crash with one, you may have options. Injured people and their families may be able to seek compensation from the parties responsible. This page explains the main steps in plain language, from the crash report to the deadlines.

Picture this: you’re heading down Hallandale Beach Boulevard, the light turns green, and a big delivery truck drifts into your lane. Within minutes you’re on the shoulder, shaken and sore, with insurance calls already coming in. Going up against an insurer alone can feel like a long shot at Gulfstream Park.

Many people in this spot don’t know what to do first. A few early steps can protect your options, and this guide walks through them.

This page is general information, not legal advice about your crash. Every case turns on its own facts, and the steps below help you ask the right questions.

How FedEx Truck Crashes Happen on Hallandale Beach Roads

Most large-truck crashes follow a few familiar patterns. A truck may change lanes without seeing a car in its blind spot. It may turn across oncoming traffic, rear-end a car that slows suddenly, or back up at a delivery stop. Merging onto a highway can also cause a collision.

Hallandale Beach sits along busy routes that carry delivery traffic. Hallandale Beach Boulevard, Federal Highway (US-1), and Interstate 95 all move heavy vehicles through South Broward every day. Crowded lanes leave less room for error, and one sudden stop can set off a chain reaction.

Size matters. A loaded delivery truck needs much more distance to stop than a sedan. People in smaller vehicles, motorcyclists, cyclists, and pedestrians have the least protection, so their injuries are often the most serious.

If you were hit on one of these roads, write down the street, your direction of travel, and the time. Small details often matter later.

Who May Be Responsible When a FedEx Truck Is Involved

More than one party may be connected to a delivery truck. The driver may be responsible for careless driving. The company that employs or contracts the driver may share responsibility too. So may the vehicle’s owner or whoever maintained it.

FedEx deliveries are made in more than one way. Some are handled by company employees. Others are handled by independent contractor delivery companies that run their own businesses. Who is responsible depends on the facts of the crash and on the relationships among these parties. Those relationships are not always clear from the outside.

Other claims focus on what a company knew or should have known about a driver before the crash.

Naming the right parties early helps protect your claim against each of them.

Evidence That Can Disappear After a Truck Crash

The most useful evidence is often the evidence that disappears first. Repairs happen, trucks return to the road, and electronic records get overwritten. Gathering what you can early helps protect your claim.

Start with the crash report. Under Fla. Stat. § 316.066, the investigating officer must submit a Florida Traffic Crash Report, Long Form within 10 days after the investigation is completed. That applies to crashes that resulted in death, personal injury, or any indication of complaints of pain or discomfort by any of the parties or passengers, and to other crashes the statute lists, such as those involving a commercial motor vehicle, certain traffic violations, or a vehicle that needed a wrecker. Ask for the report number at the scene.

Save photos of the scene and vehicles. Write down witness names and phone numbers. Keep medical records, bills, and notes about symptoms and missed work.

Trucks generate much more data. Motor carriers must require drivers to record their duty status for each 24-hour period, generally on an electronic logging device (ELD), with paper grid records allowed only in limited exceptions, such as trucks manufactured before model year 2000, under 49 C.F.R. § 395.8. GPS data, dashcam video, and maintenance logs may also exist. Under 49 C.F.R. § 379.7, records may be preserved by any technology that accurately reflects all of the information in the record, provided they remain accessible in a form that can be accurately reproduced later for reference. A prompt written request to preserve this evidence can help keep it from being lost.

Before you give a recorded statement to an insurance adjuster, pause. Adjusters work for insurance companies, and your words can be used later. Accident reconstruction professionals can analyze the crash and vehicle data, and their findings can become part of a claim.

Florida Rules and Deadlines That Apply to Truck Crash Claims

Most Florida negligence claims must be filed within a set time. Florida law generally sets a two-year deadline for lawsuits based on negligence, and deadlines apply, so contact the firm promptly (Fla. Stat. § 95.11(5)(a)). Other deadlines and exceptions can apply, including for wrongful death claims.

Florida uses modified comparative fault. Under Fla. Stat. § 768.81(6), a party found greater than 50 percent at fault for his or her own harm may not recover any damages. Your own share of fault can reduce what you recover, so how the crash happened matters a great deal. Under § 768.81(3), judgment is entered against each liable party based on that party’s percentage of fault.

The two follow different rules. In a negligence action, under Fla. Stat. § 768.81, the court enters judgment against each liable party based on that party’s percentage of fault, not on joint and several liability. The pain-and-suffering limit for motor vehicle cases is in a different statute, discussed next. Under § 627.737(2), those damages are available only if the injury consists in whole or in part of significant and permanent loss of an important bodily function, permanent injury within a reasonable degree of medical probability (other than scarring or disfigurement), significant and permanent scarring or disfigurement, or death.

If a government vehicle or agency is involved, special limits under Florida’s sovereign immunity law can apply.

Don’t wait on deadlines. The earlier you act, the more evidence you can protect.

Serious Injuries That Often Follow a Large-Truck Crash

Large-truck crashes can cause serious injuries. Traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, back and neck injuries, broken bones, amputations, and internal injuries are all possible. The force of a heavy vehicle can injure people in ways that are not obvious at the scene.

Some symptoms appear hours or days later. Headaches, dizziness, numbness, or pain can show up after the adrenaline wears off. Getting a medical evaluation promptly matters for your health. It also creates an accurate record of what happened.

Follow your doctors’ care plans, keep every appointment, and tell them about all your symptoms. This page does not give medical advice.

The full impact of a serious injury often takes time to understand. Ongoing treatment, lost wages, and changes to daily life may not be clear for months. Keep a journal of how the injury affects your work, sleep, and family life. Those details can matter when your losses are calculated.

When a FedEx Truck Crash Causes a Death

Losing someone in a truck crash is one of the hardest things a family can face. Florida law allows certain family members to bring a wrongful death claim. These claims focus on the family left behind and on the support, companionship, and guidance the loved one provided.

Under Florida law, when a person’s death is caused by another’s wrongful act or negligence, the party that would have been liable for damages had the injured person survived can be held liable for those damages. Under § 768.21, a surviving spouse may recover for lost companionship and for mental pain and suffering. Minor children may recover for lost parental companionship, instruction, and guidance. Each parent of a deceased minor child may recover for mental pain and suffering.

Families can take practical steps right away. Keep the crash report and every bill, including funeral costs. Write down your loved one’s daily routines and role in the family. Ask for copies of records as they become available.

Keep the tone of your notes calm and simple. You don’t need every detail at once.

How CHG Personal Injury Lawyers Can Help Hallandale Beach Families

CHG Personal Injury Lawyers is a Florida-based personal injury firm. It focuses on car and truck crashes, catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, and other personal injury matters for people throughout Florida. Our lawyers are admitted to practice in Florida.

Igor Hernandez, one of the firm’s lawyers, is responsible for this page.

We offer a free first consultation. It is confidential and comes with no obligation to continue. CHG charges no attorney’s fees and no case costs unless there is a recovery.

Depending on the case, the firm may handle a matter together with, or refer it to, another law firm.

Next Steps After a FedEx Truck Crash in Hallandale Beach

If a FedEx truck has left you hurt, or has taken someone you love in Hallandale Beach, and you’re weighing an insurer’s call or a release to sign, reach out to CHG Personal Injury Lawyers now. You can contact our team for a free, confidential first consultation with no obligation.