News & opinion Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Houston Truck Accidents

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Houston Truck Accidents

Houston Truck Accidents

Semi-t

ucks, 18-

heele

s, Tcto

t

ile

s

nd othe

lge comme

ci

l vehicles e

egul

ly involved in

ccidents th

oughout the st

te of Tex

s. In m

ny c

ses, people

ho e inju

ed in these kinds of

ccidents e sced, confused,

nd unce

t

in

s to

h

t to do next. Fo

this

e

son,

e h

ve p

ovided some

ns

e

s to questions f

equently

sked by ou

clients

eg

ding t

uck

ccidents

nd the leg

l p

ocess of

ecove

ing compens

tion. Fo

specific info

m

tion

eg

ding you

c

se, c

ll

Houston t

uck

ccident l

ye

tod

y.

ill I be

ble to

ecove

fo

my losses? One of the fi

st questions th

t t

uck

ccident victims

sk is

hethe

they

ill be

ble to

ecove

o

thei

losses.

s is the c

se

ith othe

types of pe

son

l inju

y cl

ims, t

uck

ccident victims

e gene

lly entitled to compens

tion if they c

n est

blish th

t thei

ccident

s the

esult of someone else’s negligence. Ex

mples of the kinds of negligence1 th

t often c

use t

uck

ccidents include speeding, imp

ope

c

go lo

ding o

secu

ement, f

iling to

ccount fodve

se

e

the

conditions, o

f

iling to comply

ith st

te o

fede

l t

ucking

egul

tions. Bec

use it is so impo

t

nt to est

blish th

t the d

ive

of the comme

ci

l t

uck is

t f

ult, it is

l

ys ve

y impo

t

nt to c

ll 911

nd it fo

the police to investig

te

ny

ccident

ith

comme

ci

l vehicle.

h

t kinds of inju

ies

e often sust

ined in t

uck

ccidents? T

uck

ccidents e c

p

ble of c

using

viety of se

ious inju

ies, including b

oken bones, bu

ns, l

ce

tions, t

um

tic bin inju

ies,2

nd m

ny othe

s. In some c

ses, these inju

ies m

y be ext

emely seve

e

nd c

n le

ve victims

ith long-te

m dis

bilities

equi

ing medic

l

ttention

nd ce.

ho c

n be held li

ble fo

t

ucking

ccidents? The

ns

e

to this question depends on the p

ty th

t s

esponsible fo

the

ccident. In c

ses

he

e

t

uck d

ive

s

esponsible fo

n

ccident, his o

he

employe

c

n often be held li

ble. In othe

s, ho

eve

,

t

uck

ccident m

y h

ve been c

used by

defect

ith the vehicle itself.

hen this occu

s, the vehicle’s m

nuf

ctu

e

m

y be held

esponsible..

ill I be

ble to

ffo

d

n

tto

ney?
M

ny people

ho come to ou

office

fte

t

uck

ccident

e conce

ned

bout

hethe

they

ill be

ble to

ffo

d the leg

l fees

ssoci

ted

ith

et

ining

lye

. Fo

tun

tely fo

victims,

e t

ke

ll of ou

c

ses on

contingent fee b

sis,

hich me

ns th

t

ny leg

l fees th

t

e collect come out of

ny settlement o

d

e secu

e on ou

clients’ beh

lf. By using this ngement,

e c

n ensu

e th

t eve

yone

ho needs

l

ye

h

s

ccess to qu

lity leg

l

ep

esent

tion

nd th

t ou

clients neve

h

ve to p

y out of thei

o

n pocket fo

leg

l fees. Ou

clients p

y nothing up f

ont to h

ve

lyeith ove

20 ye

s expe

ience

ep

esenting them,

nd if

e don’t

in –

e don’t get p

id.
C

ll the Ste

t J. Guss tod

y to schedule

f

ee consult

tion

ith

Houston t

uck

ccident l

ye

nyone th

t h

s been inju

ed in

n

ccident

ith

semi-t

uck should c

ll

t

uck

ccident

tto

ney in Houston

s soon

s possible. To schedule

f

ee c

se ev

lu

tion

ith Tex

s lye

Ste

t J. Guss, c

ll ou

office tod

y

t 713-766-5883 o

send us

n em

il th

ough ou

online cont

ct fo

m.

1 https://

.l.co

nell.edu/

ex

negligence
2 http://

.ninds.nih.gov

diso

de

s/tbi/tbi.htm

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