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If you or a loved one is injured in an accident caused by a driver of a company vehicle, the situation may be challenging in Florida. You may have a lot of questions including, who is responsible for paying your medical bills, lost wages, and/or other damages. Also, multiple individuals and businesses can be liable for your injuries and damages.

Randall Spivey of Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A. has the experience to work with clients to obtain the compensation to which they are entitled from a company-owned vehicle accident.

• For example, in 2020, Attorney Spivey and his team settled a case for an accident victim of a negligent driver who was driving a work van and ran a red light.
• A Fort Myers accident victim received a settlement for fractures and a below-the-knee leg amputation when he was a passenger in a company truck that was in a multi-truck accident.

All vehicles on Florida’s roads must follow essentially the same liability and insurance coverage rules whether they are owned by a private individual or a company. Companies that allow employees to drive their cars, trucks, or other vehicles, take responsibility for the actions of their employees when they drive a company vehicle for company business.

The company may be legally responsible if its driver was at fault in an accident. There are questions that need to be answered if one is injured in a vehicle accident with a company-owned vehicle. These include, but may not be limited to:

• Who was driving the company vehicle?
• Who was at fault in the accident?
• Was the vehicle being used for business purposes at the time of the accident?

If a company-owned vehicle driver is involved in an accident while commuting to or from work, then the company may not have liability for an accident caused by its at-fault driver. However, if the employee was a traveling employee, who was acting in the scope of his or her employment, the company may be liable.

An employee driver of a company vehicle may also be personally liable should he or she be deemed at fault for an accident.

Company-vehicle accident victims may be entitled to compensation for such items as:

• Medical Expenses – Current and future expenses incurred because of the accident, including treatment, diagnoses, surgeries, procedures, rehabilitation, and therapy.
• Non-Medical Expenses – Expenses that include prescription costs, transportation costs to appointments, prescriptions, and costs of hiring someone to assist the accident victim do the things they are not able to do because of the accident.
• Loss of Income and Earning Capacity – Accident victims may be entitled to lost wages and future losses due to raises they may not receive because they are out of work.
• Pain & Suffering/Mental Anguish/Disfigurement/Loss of the Enjoyment of Life – These are the benefits to which accident victims injured because of the negligence of a company-owned vehicle driver may be entitled.

Contact Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A.

After seeking medical attention, it is important to contact our firm for a free consultation at 239.337.7483, toll-free at 1.888.477.4839, or online at SpiveyLaw.com. We are available 24/7, and there are no costs or attorney fees until we receive a monetary recovery for you.