How Can a Truck Accident Lawyer Help Me? - Stewart J. Guss, Attorney At Law

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ce you to hi
e
t
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tto
ney, but filing
cl
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d
m
ges
fte

t
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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
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lyeith p
oven expe
ience –
nd p
oven
esults – in t
uck
ccident c
ses
nd pe
son
l inju
y 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
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ging Medic
l Expenses<
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l bills e expensive,
nd
fte t
uck
ccident, they c
n pile up f
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in inju
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om $2,130 to $401,808
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<
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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
ds
nd expe
t medic
l opinions<
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itness st
tements

Video
nd photogphic evidence (d
sh c
ms, su
veill
nce c
me

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l medieco
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ptu
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ccident
econst
uction expe
t
epo
ts

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.

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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:

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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.

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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
ve the
bility to p
y.

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e> Often, the pties
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.

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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

im is

ithout kno

ing the det

ils of you

se,

ouldn’t

nt to stee

you ong by th

ing out

ndom numbe

This is

hy you need

ho not only kno

s ho

to n

vig

te the leg

l mess

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

e to look

ho to

sk to figu

e out the m

ximum d

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
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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.<
li>

Top P
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ccidents c

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job, you

mily,

nd eve

y othespect of you

life.

hen you

life –

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s been flipped upside do

n, count on

uck

ccident inju

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to fight fo

you

ights. The l

llo

s you to seek f

compens

tion

hen someone else’s negligence c

uses you inju

y o

loss. Don’t let

n insu

nce comp

ny get

ith p

ying you less th

t you dese

ve.

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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.

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Much Is
T
uck
ccident Cl
im
o
th?

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