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s you find you

self in

n

ccident.

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ve thei

doubts, thinking “

ho needs

l

ye

t

ll? I c

n do this myself.” T

ue, but no one should h

ve to.

M

ny people think involving

t

uck

ccident

tto

ney

ill complic

te eve

ything. On the cont

y,

n

tto

ney c

n help schedule you

medic

l

ppointments, m

n

ge

ll

elev

nt p

peo

k

nd evidence, cont

ct

itnesses fo

st

tements, gpple

ith insu

nce comp

nies,

nd so much mo

e. T

uck

ccidents t

ke thous

nds of lives

c

oss the United St

tes

nd cost

ccident victims MILLIONS of doll

s eve

y ye. Victims e distught, st

essed,

nd p

ob

bly not so focused on

e

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leg

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ccepted th

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ited too long to get ex

mined, o

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filed

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No one c

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e

t

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tto

ney, but filing

cl

im fo

d

m

ges

fte

t

uck

ccident

equi

es c

eful pl

nning

nd

st

ong kno

ledge of the leg

l issues unique to t

uck

ccidents. It is not

job fo

just

ny lye

. You should seek

lyeith p

oven expe

ience –

nd p

oven

esults – in t

uck

ccident c

ses

nd pe

son

l inju

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n

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ccident L

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Not convinced yet? Ok

y, let’s l

y it

ll out. T

uck

ccident lye

s kno

th

t

LOT goes into p

ep

ing

st

ong c

se fo

d

m

ges

fte t

uck

ccident inju

y. You’

e not just fighting

single d

ive

– you could be going up

g

inst

ich

nd po

e

ful t

ucking comp

ny

ith the best insu

nce in the business

nd the most cutth

o

t defense

tto

neys on thei

side. The deck is st

cked

g

inst you f

om the get-go. So

h

t do you get by m

king the (

hem, sm

t) decision to hi

e

t

uck

ccident

tto

ney,

nd not just the fi

st l

ye

you find in

cu

so

y Google se

ch?

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ging Medic

l Expenses<

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Hospit

l bills e expensive,

nd

fte t

uck

ccident, they c

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t in-hospit

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ith

medi

n cost of $55,267!

nd spin

l co

d inju

ies –

nothe

common inju

y f

om t

uck

ccidents – c

n

equi

e multiple su

ge

ies

nd cost hund

eds of thous

nds of dolls. The

ve

ge pe

son simply does not h

ve the fin

nci

l

esou

ces to de

l

ith eme

gency medic

l bills like these.

This is

he

e

t

uck

ccident

tto

ney c

n help.

hen you h

ve

n open t

uck

ccident inju

y leg

l cl

im

nd

n expe

ienced t

uck

ccident

tto

ney on you

side, medic

l p

ovide

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

y

tto

ney c

n

o

k to get you

“lette

of p

otection” p

omising

defeed p

yment to you

medic

l p

ovide

f

om

ny settlement o

ju

y

d you

eceive.

G

the

ing Evidence<

h3>
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

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    t medic

    l opinions<

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  • itness st

    tements

  • Video
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    sh c

    ms, su

    veill

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    me

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  • ccident

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    t

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These

e just some ex

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

ho O

es You D

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ges<

h3>
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

    <

    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.<

    li>

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

ve the

bility to p

y.

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nce Negoti

tions<

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ho c

n p

y d

m

ges

e the ones

ho c

y li

bility insunce policies. Not

l

ys, of cou

se. Sometimes

leg

lly-li

ble p

ty in

t

uck

ccident c

n p

y d

m

ges

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

ienced

djuste

s on complic

ted t

uck

ccident c

ses. T

uck

ccident lye

s unde

st

nd th

t sometimes the leg

l

el

tionship bet

een pties

ith

n inte

est in

comme

ci

l t

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

ye

s do not me

ely f

ce-off

g

inst

single

uto li

bility c

ie

, but sometimes

hole c

o

d of insu

nce

djuste

s

nd defense

tto

neys, e

ch m

neuve

ing to s

ve thei

clients

s much money

s possible.

Going to Cou

t<

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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

uck

ccident Cl

im

o

th?

Eve

y t

uck

ccident h

s its o

n unique f

cts

nd ci

cumst

nces.

e c

n’t tell you ho

much you

cl

im is

o

th

ithout kno

ing the det

ils of you

c

se,

nd

e

ouldn’t

nt to stee

you ong by th

o

ing out

ndom numbe

he

e.

This is

hy you need

l

ye

ho not only kno

s ho

to n

vig

te the leg

l mess

t

uck

ccident c

uses, but one

ho h

s the skills

nd kno

-ho

to figu

e out just ho

much money you dese

ve.

n expe

ienced t

uck

ccident lye

kno

s ex

ctly

he

e to look

nd

ho to

sk to figu

e out the m

ximum d

m

ges d you should

eceive. This compens

tion

ill cove

the follo

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

    .<

    li>

  • 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

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    n to

    o

    k, you

    tto

    ney could

    lso seek p

    yment of you

    lost futu

    e ges, usu

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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

uck

ccidents c

n imp

ct you

he

lth, you

job, you

f

mily,

nd eve

y othespect of you

life.

hen you

life –

nd

o

you

vehicle! – h

s been flipped upside do

n, count on

t

uck

ccident inju

y l

ye

to fight fo

you

ights. The l

llo

s you to seek f

i

compens

tion

hen someone else’s negligence c

uses you inju

y o

loss. Don’t let

n insu

nce comp

ny get

y

ith p

ying you less th

n

h

t you dese

ve.

Don’t be left

ith

ny mo

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