Home » News & Opinion » Investigating a Truck Accident Requires Resources
n id="E80">Motoists involved in <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.com18-
heele-t
uck-ccident-c
n-destoy-life/”>t
ffic
ccidents ith comme
cil vehicles
> often suffe se
ious injuies
nd cn live in ne
const
nt pin. Focusing on getting
ell nd
etuning to
ok c
n tke
ll of you f
mily’s time nd ene
gy. h
t hppens if you didn’t c
use the ccident? Fo
tuntely, Tex
s l llo
s victims to sue tucking comp
nies fo thei
injuies, but it t
kes time nd money to fully investig
te cl
im.<sp
n><p>
n id="E84">Suing fo Negligence
equies Evidence
n><
h3>
n id="E86">Negligence is the legl te
m fo c
elessness,
nd you cn sue
tuck d
ive o
t
ucking compny fo
negligence depending on the cicumst
nces. Fo ex
mple, you might bing
negligence lsuit becuse:
n><
p>
-
n id="E88">The t
uck d
ive bec
me distcted hen using
hnd-held cell phone
hile diving
n><
li>
n id="E90"> t
uck dive
filed to look
hen pulling into nothe
lne, st
iking you<sp
n><li>
n id="E92"> t
ucke imp
opely secu
ed cgo, hich c
used c
ccident<sp
n><li>
n id="E94">The tucke
opeted ithout enough sleep
n><
li>
n id="E96"> t
ucking compny didn’t p
opely pe
fom b
ckgound checks on
dive
befoe hi
ing<sp
n><li>
n id="E98"> t
ucking compny continued to employ
dive
ith
poo s
fety eco
d<sp
n><li>
n id="E100"> t
ucking compny
equied its employees to b
ek some
ule, such s d
iving ithout sufficient
est<sp
n><li>
n id="E102">ith
espect to bckg
ound checks, fedel l equi
es tht t
ucking compnies confi
m tht
dive
hs the necess
y license, h
s pssed
physicl ex
m, nd h
s pssed d
ug nd
lcohol sceening.
tucking comp
ny lso needs to look
t the dive
’s eco
d nd employment histo
y to sech fo d
iving cittions o
otheed <sp
n>flgs. If
tucking comp
ny doesn’t pefo
m these steps, then you might sue them fo negligent hi
ing.<p>
n id="E104">Collecting Evidence Usully
equies Leg
l Tining<sp
n><h3>
n id="E106">To in
lsuit, you need to convince judge o
juy th
t negligent defend
nt cused you
injuies. This is e
sie s
id thn done. To
in, you’ll need high-qulity evidence th
t the dive
becme dist
cted o
the tucking comp
ny s negligent in hiing. Unfo
tuntely, t
ucking compnies
nd thei d
ives
en’t in the h
bit of dmitting
hen they hve done something
ong. Fo
this e
son, you’ll need to kno ho
to py out the necess
y info
mtion.
n><
p>
n id="E109">Fo ex
mple, if you think t
uckes t
lking on the phone hen
n ccident took pl
ce, you’ll need to subpoen the phone
ecods f
om the cell phone compny.
subpoen is
legl
equest to tun ove
documents—filling one out nd se
ving it on the pope
peson
equies follo
ing complic
ted pocess.
n><
p>
n id="E111">You cn
lso sk t
ucking compny executives
nd thei d
ives questions unde
oth in depositions,
hich is lot like questioning
itnesses t t
il. Executives
ill suely hi
e te
m of lyes to defend them
t the deposition, objecting to evey question th
t you sk. Complex
ules coveht questions you c
n sk,
nd the defense tto
neys ill use them
ginst you. You’ll find you
self t
definite disdv
ntge if you don’t hi
e legl counsel to conduct the deposition on you
behlf.
n><
p>
n id="E113">Obtining Evidence T
kes Lot of Time
n><
h3>
n id="E115">To build solid leg
l cse, you might need to t
ck do
n nd inte
vieitnesses nd
etun to the scene of the
ccident to tke video o
photogphs. You’ll need to pull togethe medic
l eco
ds so tht they
e e
sy to undest
nd, nd possibly c
ete exhibits. It c
n tke hund
eds of hous to t
ck do
n ll of the evidence th
t you need nd o
gnize it in
y tht
juy unde
stnds.
n><
p>
n id="E117">the th
n spend countless hous on these t
sks, tucking
ccident victims should insted spend thei
time focusing on ecove
y. You should follo you
docto’s o
des fo
bed est
nd eh
bilittion,
nd you should not gg
v
te ny inju
ies. Give youself pe
ce of mind by hiing
n expeienced t
ffic
ccident tto
ney hose te
m cn put in the necess
y hou
s to tck don eve
y lst piece of helpful evidence.
n><
p>
n id="E119">Building Leg
l Cse Often
equies Expe
t itnesses
n><
h3>
n id="E121">Judges nd ju
os p
obbly h
ve no fist-h
nd expeience of ho
to hndle
big tuck. They
lso on’t kno
nything
bout ho to lo
d t
uck pope
ly obout the voluminous fedel egul
tions tht tell t
ucking compnies
ht they c
n nd c
n’t do. Fo these
esons, you’ll p
obbly need
n expet
itness to descibe the evidence to ju
ies in y th
t ly people c
n undest
nd. s
esult, you’ll p
obbly need to hi
e one o mo
e expet
itnesses, such s:
n><
p>
-
n id="E123">
n
ccident econst
uctionist, ho c
n piece togethe the evidence
nd ce
te 3-D model of
ht c
used the ccident
n><
li>
-
n id="E125">Medic
l expe
ts ho c
n testify s to the seve
ity of you inju
ies<sp
n><li>
-
n id="E127">Enginee
s
ho cn testify
bout ny defects in the t
uck tht might h
ve cused the c
sh
n><
li>
-
n id="E129">T
ucking indust
y expets
ho kno the
ules tht gove
n the tucking indust
y nd c
n testify bout
hethe the defend
nt boke
ny of them<sp
n><li>
n id="E131">Expet
itnesses must qulify
s n expe
t ith the judge, so selecting
n expet
ith the ight educ
tion nd expe
ience is vitl. Fu
themo
e, expet
itnesses typiclly ch
ge fees upf
ont befoe they
evieny evidence. Mny
ccident victims might not hve this money, so
oking
ith n
ttoney
ho dv
nces you these costs t the st
t of the c
se cn m
ke the diffeence bet
een inning o
losing you l
suit. The
ttoneys
t Stet J. Guss h
ve o
ked ith m
ny diffeent expe
t itnesses
nd kno ho
to find the pefect expe
t itness to b
ing you c
se to life fo the ju
y.<sp
n><p>
n id="E133">Contct
< h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comse
viceshouston-t
uck-ccident-l
ye
“>Houston T
ucking ccident L
ye
<> Tody
n><
h3>
n id="E135">Juy t
ils m
ke fo d
m
tic moments on television, but tffic ccident c
ses e on o
lost in the investigtion st
ge. t Ste
t J. Guss, tto
ney t L
,
e pide ou
selves on locting the
ight evidence to help you in you
cse. Fo
f
ee consulttion
ith one of outtoneys, ple
se cll 800-898-4877 o
fill out n
n><
id=”E136″ contentedit
ble="flse” h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comcont
ct-us/” t
get=”_bl
nk" el=”noopene
noefe
e
">n id=”E137″>online cont
ct fo
m
n><>n id=”E138″>.
emembe
—you
on’t p
y
nything upf
ont if
e
ccept you
c
se,
nd
e neve
get p
id until you get p
id.<
sp
n><
p>