Practice Areas

• Car and Motorcycle Accidents
• DUI and Criminal Defense
• Big Truck Accidents
• Medical Malpractice
• Serious Injuries:
  Slip and Fall | Dog Bites

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: My child is 16 and has his driver's license. Is it legal for a 16 year old to decide to ride in the bed of a truck in Alachua County? How about if I give my teen my permission?

A:

This appears to be a near-deadly mistake similar to that made by two Clay County teenagers, both 16, who were involved in a devastating single-vehicle rollover accident, causing one teen to be violently ejected from the bed of a truck.

As an Gainesville injury attorney, I can say that it is still illegal for a 16 year old to ride in the bed of a truck in Alachua County, even if the teen has a driver's license.  A parent cannot give a child permission to legally ride in a truck's cargo area-no matter the minor's age.  A trucks' cargo area is intended to carry freight, not children. Keep your teen safe, know the law for teen pick-up drivers, who often drive in dangerous rural areas.

Accident attorney, Jeffrey Meldon, strongly believes that public education is the first step in the prevention of and/or recovery from a serious accident. 

He and his Office take pride in their work, and in results they get for their clients.  

The Law Office of Jeffrey Meldon and Associates is a regional law firm that is located in Gainesville, Florida. They are personal injury lawyers, litigators and trial lawyers that have been working to get accident victims the justice they deserve for over 37 years throughout North Florida and all over Florida. Accidents involving a car crash, truck wreck, and motorcycle, bicycle, or pedestrian accidents, dog bites, slip and falls and medical malpractice are all included in their practice as accident attorneys.

They have been proudly representing injured victims in Gainesville, Ocala, Lake City, Inverness, Daytona Beach, Dunnellon, Palatka, The Villages, and the counties of Alachua, Marion, Columbia, Citrus, Volusia, Sumter, Putnam  and the entire North and Central Florida since 1971.

For more information on how they can help you, or any other question you may have, feel free to contact their office at 1 800 373 8000

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