Key Takeaways

  • Speeding for Conditions: The at-fault semi-truck driver was traveling too fast on a rural two-lane highway to safely stop for a car turning left.
  • Dangerous Evasive Maneuver: To avoid rear-ending the stopped car, the speeding truck driver swerved into the opposing lane, causing a devastating head-on collision with another commercial truck.
  • Severe Client Injuries: The innocent driver of the oncoming tractor-trailer suffered a traumatic head injury and significant orthopedic trauma as a direct result of the negligent swerve.

Head-On Commercial Tractor-Trailer Collision

In this case a semi tractor trailer was traveling on a rural, two lane highway when a car slowed to a stop to make a left hand turn. The semi truck was traveling too fast for conditions and was unable to stop. Rather than crushing the car, the truck driver swerved into an oncoming tractor trailer. The driver of the oncoming tractor trailer sustained a head injury and significant orthopedic injuries.

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Debbie Warner

Debbie Warner is a managing partner at Warner & Warner, specializing in complex personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and nursing home negligence/neglect cases. She is a top-rated trial lawyer known for ethical and aggressive representation and compassionate approach to clients. Debbie received her law degree from Florida State University College of Law in 1998 and has since obtained numerous verdicts and settlements of over a million dollars. Debbie is a member of the American Justice Association, Florida Justice Association, Central Florida Trial Lawyers Association, Orange County Bar Association, Seminole County Bar Association, and the Seminole County Inns of Court, and Seminole County Florida Association for Women Lawyers.

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