How Can a Truck Accident Lawyer Help Me?

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nning

nd

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l issues unique to t

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ccidents. It is not

job fo

just

ny lye

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oven expe

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nd p

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fte t

uck

ccident inju

y. You’

e not just fighting

single d

ive

– you could be going up

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ful t

ucking comp

ny

ith the best insu

nce in the business

nd the most cutth

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t defense

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side. The deck is st

cked

g

inst you f

om the get-go. So

h

t do you get by m

king the (

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t) decision to hi

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t

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medi

n cost of $55,267!

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ccidents – c

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nd cost hund

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nds of dolls. The

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son simply does not h

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nci

l

esou

ces to de

l

ith eme

gency medic

l bills like these.

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ccident

tto

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n help.

hen you h

ve

n open t

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ccident inju

y leg

l cl

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nd

n expe

ienced t

uck

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ney on you

side, medic

l p

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s c

n t

ke some comfo

t th

t you

ill p

ob

bly h

ve

c

sh settlement coming you

y.

n expe

ienced t

uck

ccident inju

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tto

ney c

n

o

k to get you

“lette

of p

otection” p

omising

defeed p

yment to you

medic

l p

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ny settlement o

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G

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ing Evidence<

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The outcome of you

t

uck

ccident inju

y c

se

ill

ely he

vily on the qu

lity of the evidence you h

ve to suppo

t it. Expe

ienced t

uck

ccident

tto

neys kno

h

t kind of evidence

ill p

ove most useful in p

oving you

cl

im,

nd they unde

st

nd

he

e

nd ho

to obt

in it. They

ill investig

te evidence such

s:

• Medic

  l

  eco

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• itness st

  tements

• Video
  nd photogphic evidence (d

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• ccident

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  t

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mples of the types of evidence th

t c

n help obt

in

m

ximum settlement f

om

n insu

nce comp

ny o

convince

ju

y to delive

m

ximum d

m

ges d in

t

uck

ccident l

suit. Eve

y t

uck

ccident h

s its o

n unique f

cts

nd ci

cumst

nces.

t

uck

ccident l

ye

h

s the kno

-ho

to so

t th

ough them to find the evidence th

t

ill p

ove someone o

es you money,

nd ho

much they o

e you.

Identifying

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es You D

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The only thing you c

n kno

fo

su

e

bout

ll t

uck

ccidents is this: they’

e complic

ted.

M

ny t

ucks

e comme

ci

l vehicles. Multiple individu

ls

nd businesses typic

lly h

ve inte

ests in them

nd the c

go they c

y. Did you kno

eve

y one of those pties could f

ce li

bility in

t

uck

ccident?

Expe

ienced t

uck

ccident lye

s kno

ho

to t

get the ones

ho m

tte

.

ho might be li

ble? He

e

e

fe

of the usu

l suspects:

• ong>The t
  uck d

  ive

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  st

  ong>: In

  ny moto

  vehicle

  ccident, the d

  ive

  of one of the vehicles

  lys h

  s potenti

  l li

  bility. T

  uck

  ccidents

  e no diffe

  ent.

  t

  uckeho m

  kes poo

  decisions o

  d

  ives

  ecklessly could f

  ce li

  bility fo

  d

  m

  ges.<

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• ong>The d

  ive

  ’s employe

  ong>: Employe

  s gene

  lly h

  ve leg

  l

  esponsibility fo

  the

  ctions of thei

  employees. They

  lso f

  ce potenti

  l li

  bility if they took

  ctions th

  t cont

  ibuted to the d

  ive

  ’s d

  nge

  ous beh

  vio

  , like fo

  cing the t

  ucke

  to

  o

  k long hou

  s o

  f

  iling to p

  ovide p

  ope

  t

  ining.

• ong>

  p

  ts m

  nuf

  ctu

  e

  ong>: It’s scy to think

  bout p

  ts f

  iling

  n 80,000-pound vehicle, but it’s mo

  e common th

  n you think. In f

  ct, m

  ny t

  uck

  ccidents

  esult f

  om mech

  nic

  l f

  ilu

  es like f

  ulty bkes o

  blo

  n ti

  es.

  hen

  poo

  ly-designed o

  defective p

  t c

  uses

  n

  ccident, the m

  nuf

  ctu

  e

  c

  n f

  ce leg

  l li

  bility.<

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These

e just

fe

ex

mples. The point is,

n expe

ienced t

uck

ccident lye

unde

st

nds the b

o

d scope of p

ties

ho could o

e

n

ccident victim money.

hy is it so impo

t

nt to identify those pties? Bec

use

lyelso kno

s ho

impo

t

nt it is to tget

s m

ny pties

s possible

ho h

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bility to p

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e the ones

ho c

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bility insunce policies. Not

l

ys, of cou

se. Sometimes

leg

lly-li

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ccident c

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y d

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ight out of its o

n pocket. Usu

lly, ho

eve

, getting

t

uck

ccident victim compens

ted

equi

es negoti

ting

ith insu

nce c

ie

s

ho

ill t

y eve

ything they c

n to

e

sel thei

y out of

ccount

bility.

Th

t is

he

e the expe

ience

nd skill of

se

soned t

uck

ccident inju

y

tto

ney c

n m

ke

ll the diffe

ence. They h

ve the kno

ledge to go toe-to-toe

ith the big insunce comp

nies,

ho often put thei

most expe

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djuste

s on complic

ted t

uck

ccident c

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t sometimes the leg

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el

tionship bet

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n inte

est in

comme

ci

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uck c

n

ffect

hose insunce p

ys fi

st,

hose steps up next,

nd so on. In otheo

ds, t

uck

ccidents diffe

f

om o

diny c

ccidents. L

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s do not me

ely f

ce-off

g

inst

single

uto li

bility c

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, but sometimes

hole c

o

d of insu

nce

djuste

s

nd defense

tto

neys, e

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neuve

ing to s

ve thei

clients

s much money

s possible.

Going to Cou

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L

suit settlements

e not

lys s

ift

nd e

sy – you could get t

ngled up in

leg

l tug-of-

ove

you

money. If you

c

se goes to cou

t, you need

skilled t

uck

ccident

tto

ney on you

side

ho c

n expl

in you

complex situ

tion simply

nd clely to

ju

y.

Ho

Much Is

T

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ccident Cl

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o

th?

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uck

s its o

cts

cumst

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much you

im is

th

ing the det

c

nd

ouldn’t

nt to stee

o

ndom numbe

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This is

l

ye

ho not only kno

to n

te the leg

t

ccident c

ho h

nd kno

to figu

much money you dese

n expe

uck

kno

ctly

e to look

ho to

e out the m

m

eceive. This compens

ill cove

ing:

• ong>Medic

  l bills ong>: You shouldn’t h

  ve to p

  y

  dime

  hen someone else c

  uses you

  inju

  ies. Medic

  l bills c

  n b

  nk

  upt f

  milies

  ho l

  ck the fin

  nci

  l

  esou

  ces to cove

  deductibles

  nd expenses insunce f

  ils to cove

  . The pties

  t f

  ult fo

  the t

  uck

  ccident should p

  y fo

  the costs of medic

  l ce you needed to he

  l f

  om the inju

  ies they c

  used. It’s only f

  i

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• ong>Lost ges<

  st

  ong>: Most people c

  n’t

  ffo

  d to t

  ke extended time off of

  o

  k to

  ecove

  f

  om

  t

  uck

  ccident inju

  y. But if you

  etu

  n to

  o

  k too soon, you c

  n m

  ke you

  inju

  ies

  o

  se. If you miss time f

  om

  o

  k

  s

  esult of

  n

  ccident, you should be

  eimbu

  sed fo

  those lost ges. Lost ges typic

  lly begin the fi

  st d

  y you miss

  o

  k

  nd end only

  hen you c

  n

  etu

  n to

  o

  k. If you c

  nnot

  etu

  n to

  o

  k, you

  tto

  ney could

  lso seek p

  yment of you

  lost futu

  e ges, usu

  lly in

  lump sum.<

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• ong>

  eh

  bilit

  tive tools

  nd se

  vices ong>: Se

  ious inju

  ies c

  n

  ffect youbility to move ound you

  house, go to

  o

  k, o

  even lk. Unde

  these ci

  cumst

  nces, you m

  y need mobility

  ids, occup

  tion

  l the

  py, o

  even home

  enov

  tions if you

  house is not

  ccessible. You should not h

  ve to p

  y fo

  those expenses out of you

  o

  n pocket.

• ong>P

  in

  nd suffe

  ing ong>: This cost is the hdest to me

  su

  e,

  nd often

  h

  t the insu

  nce comp

  nies fight the most. P

  in

  nd suffe

  ing is

  so-c

  lled “non-economic” cost. The

  e’s no

  eceipt o

  invoice to

  eco

  d you

  physic

  l discomfo

  t

  nd emotion

  l

  nguish, yet you dese

  ve to be compens

  ted.

  n expe

  ienced t

  uck

  ccident lye

  kno

  s ho

  to investig

  te the imp

  ct of

  t

  uck

  ccident on you

  life,

  nd ho

  to convince insu

  nce comp

  nies to p

  y you the m

  ximum

  mount you dese

  ve.<

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Top P

io

ity: You

T

ccidents c

ct you

lth, you

f

nd eve

life.

life –

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vehicle! – h

n, count on

uck

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ights. The l

s you to seek f

compens

hen someone else’s negligence c

y o

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