When you are injured by a vehicle being used for business, your case is not just against the driver — it is against the company behind them. Delivery vans, box trucks, buses, company cars, and fleet vehicles are everywhere on South Florida roads, and when one causes a crash, you are immediately up against a corporation and the insurers and lawyers it pays to protect it. As a commercial vehicle accident lawyer, Tyson Kutner makes sure you are not facing that alone.
Was a semi-truck or 18-wheeler involved? Our Truck Accidents page focuses specifically on heavy trucking crashes and the federal rules that govern them.
What makes a commercial vehicle case different
A “commercial vehicle” is any vehicle owned or operated by a business rather than a private individual. That distinction matters enormously, because it changes both who can be held responsible and how much insurance coverage is available.
When a business puts a vehicle on the road, the law can hold that business accountable in ways an individual driver never would be — and the commercial insurance policies behind these vehicles are typically far larger than a personal auto policy. For someone facing serious medical bills and lost income, that difference can be the difference between a settlement that falls short and one that actually covers the harm done.
Commercial vehicle accidents we handle
- Delivery vans and trucks — Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and their contractors
- Box trucks and cargo vans
- Buses, shuttles, and passenger vans
- Company cars, work pickups, and fleet vehicles
- Rideshare and taxi vehicles operating commercially
- Dump trucks, garbage trucks, and utility vehicles
- Government and municipal vehicles
Delivery truck accidents: Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and the contractor shell game
The explosion of same-day delivery has put thousands of vans and box trucks on local streets — and the biggest delivery companies have built their operations specifically to limit their own liability when those vehicles cause crashes. Amazon, for example, routes most deliveries through independent “delivery service partners” (DSPs); FedEx Ground relies on contracted route operators; and many fleets add staffing agencies on top of that. The result is a tangle of companies all pointing at each other after a crash.
That structure is exactly why you need a delivery truck accident lawyer who knows where to look. We work to identify every entity in the chain — the brand on the van, the DSP or route contractor, the staffing agency, and the vehicle’s owner — and the insurance policy behind each one, so the right parties are held accountable instead of hiding behind a contractor.
Why a business behind the wheel changes your claim
Three legal realities work in your favor when a commercial vehicle is involved:
- Vicarious liability. An employer is generally responsible for the negligence of an employee who was doing their job at the time of the crash — putting the company’s full resources, and its insurance, on the hook.
- Direct corporate negligence. Beyond the driver, a company can be directly at fault for negligent hiring, inadequate training, poor supervision, or failing to maintain its vehicles.
- Higher policy limits. Commercial auto policies carry much higher coverage than personal policies, which often means more compensation is genuinely available — if your lawyer knows how to find and pursue it.
How we hold companies accountable
We move quickly to preserve the evidence these cases turn on: dash-cam and GPS data, delivery and dispatch records, vehicle maintenance logs, employment and contractor agreements, and the company’s own safety policies. Where federal motor-carrier regulations apply to larger commercial vehicles, we use those rules to establish what the company should have done — and what it failed to do. For crashes involving heavier commercial trucks, our work as a commercial truck accident attorney follows the same playbook we use in trucking cases: preserve the data fast, then build the case for full value.
What your commercial vehicle accident claim may be worth
There is no one-size-fits-all number, but commercial vehicle claims often carry more value than an ordinary car-accident claim — because the policies are larger and more than one party may be responsible. What drives the value of your case includes:
- The severity and permanence of your injuries
- Past and future medical expenses
- Lost wages and reduced earning capacity
- Pain, suffering, and emotional distress
- The number of liable parties and available insurance policies
Company insurers often move fast to settle cheaply before you know the full extent of your injuries. We handle those negotiations for you and are prepared to file suit when that is what it takes. The recoveries below show what that approach can mean for an injured client.
Hit by a government or municipal vehicle?
Crashes involving a city bus, county truck, or other government vehicle follow a different set of rules. Florida’s sovereign-immunity law imposes shorter notice deadlines and caps on damages, and missing an early pre-suit notice requirement can bar your claim entirely. If a government vehicle was involved, it is especially important to talk to an attorney right away.
What you may be owed
- Past and future medical expenses
- Lost wages and reduced earning capacity
- Pain, suffering, and emotional distress
- Long-term care, rehabilitation, and in-home support
- In the most tragic cases, wrongful death damages for surviving family
Serving South Florida
From our office in Palmetto Bay, we represent people injured by commercial vehicles across Coral Gables, South Miami, Pinecrest, Kendall, and Cutler Bay, down through Homestead and Key Biscayne to the Florida Keys, and throughout Miami-Dade County. Many of these crashes happen right where delivery and fleet traffic is heaviest — US-1, the Palmetto Expressway, the Florida Turnpike, and the neighborhood streets of South Miami-Dade.
If you were hurt by a delivery truck, bus, or company vehicle, contact Kutner Personal Injury for a free, no-obligation consultation. You pay nothing unless we win.
