Florida Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

This Florida truck accident case took place early one morning as this young mother and her five year old son were in their Jeep heading down a street in West Palm Beach when suddenly, a delivery truck pulled out in front of her and she had no way of avoiding the collision. The front end of her Jeep impacted the driver’s side of the delivery truck and her Jeep was deemed a total loss.

This mother and son were transported via fire rescue to a local hospital. The mother was suffering from injuries to her left shoulder, neck and back as a result of this heavy impact crash. Since that time, she has had cervical and lumbar surgeries and continues to have pain and headaches on a daily basis. Sadly, at the time of the accident, she was pregnant and lost her baby shortly after this crash occurred.

The five year old son suffered a severely fractured jaw as a rear seat passenger. He was seated in the center seat with his lap belt on. His face still flew forward and hit the center console in between the two seats after this sudden stop. He was also transported to the local hospital after the crash, but had to be transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami due to the severity of his fractures. The medical records detail the hardware that had to be used to correct his mandibular fracture. One of the significant side effects of the injuries suffered by this young boy is that his smile is now crooked, and while this may not be a big deal to a five year old, it certainly will be important to him in years to come.

At the time of this accident, the mother in this case was working two jobs and lost both of them due to the amount of time she had to miss from work for her injuries and surgeries and caring for the injuries of her son.

Attorney Steven W. Halvorson and Attorney Richard D. Schuler were asked to represent this young mother and son regarding this accident and were successful in obtaining a very substantial settlement for both mother and son without the necessity of a trial.