Semi-t
ucks, 18-heele
s, Tctot
ile
snd othe
lge commeci
l vehicles eegul
ly involved in
ccidents thoughout the st
te of Texs. In m
ny cses, people
ho e injued in these kinds of
ccidents e sced, confused,nd unce
tin
s toh
t to do next. Fothis
eson,
e hve p
ovided somens
es to questions f
equentlysked by ou
clientseg
ding t
uckccidents
nd the legl p
ocess ofecove
ing compenstion. Fo
specific infom
tioneg
ding you
cse, c
llHouston t
uckccident l
ye
tody.
ill I beble to
ecovefo
my losses? One of the fist questions th
t tuck
ccident victimssk is
hethethey
ill beble to
ecoveo
theilosses.
s is the cse
ith othetypes of pe
sonl inju
y clims, t
uckccident victims
e gene
lly entitled to compens
tion if they cn est
blish tht thei
ccident
s the
esult of someone else’s negligence. Exmples of the kinds of negligence1 th
t often cuse t
uckccidents include speeding, imp
opec
go lo
ding osecu
ement, filing to
ccount fodvese
ethe
conditions, of
iling to complyith st
te ofede
l t
uckingegul
tions. Becuse it is so impo
tnt to est
blish tht the d
iveof the comme
cil t
uck ist f
ult, it isl
ys ve
y impot
nt to cll 911
nd it fothe police to investig
teny
ccidentith
commeci
l vehicle.h
t kinds of injuies
e often sust
ined in tuck
ccidents? Tuck
ccidents e cp
ble of cusing
viety of seious inju
ies, including boken bones, bu
ns, lce
tions, t
um
tic bin injuies,2
nd mny othe
s. In some cses, these inju
ies my be ext
emely sevee
nd cn le
ve victimsith long-te
m disbilities
equiing medic
lttention
nd ce.ho c
n be held lible fo
tucking
ccidents? Thens
eto this question depends on the p
ty th
t sesponsible fo
theccident. In c
seshe
et
uck dive
sesponsible fo
n
ccident, his ohe
employec
n often be held lible. In othe
s, hoeve
,t
uckccident m
y hve been c
used bydefect
ith the vehicle itself.hen this occu
s, the vehicle’s mnuf
ctue
my be held
esponsible..ill I be
ble toffo
dn
ttoney?
M
ho come to ou
officefte
t
uckccident
e conce
nedbout
hethethey
ill beble to
ffod the leg
l feesssoci
tedith
etining
lye. Fo
tuntely fo
victims,e t
kell of ou
cses on
contingent fee bsis,
hich mens th
tny leg
l fees tht
e collect come out ofny settlement o
de secu
e on ouclients’ beh
lf. By using this ngement,e c
n ensue th
t eveyone
ho needsl
ye
hs
ccess to qulity leg
lep
esenttion
nd tht ou
clients neveh
ve to py out of thei
on pocket fo
legl fees. Ou
clients py nothing up f
ont to hve
lyeith ove20 ye
s expe
ienceep
esenting them,nd if
e don’tin –
e don’t get pid.
C
t J. Guss tod
y to schedulef
ee consulttion
ithHouston t
uckccident l
ye
nyone th
t hs been inju
ed inn
ccidentith
semi-tuck should c
llt
uckccident
ttoney in Houston
s soons possible. To schedule
fee c
se evlu
tionith Tex
s lyeSte
t J. Guss, cll ou
office tody
t 713-766-5883 osend us
n emil th
ough ouonline cont
ct fom.
1 https://
.l.conell.edu/
exnegligence
2 http://
diso
des/tbi/tbi.htm