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How Long Does It Take to Settle a Semi-Truck Accident?

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loved one, you m

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ve the

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tion fo

you

inju

ies

nd losses.

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fi

m is: Ho

long until my semi-t

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ll c

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ve questions specific to

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ccident th

t hmed you o loved one,

e’ve got

ns

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Clients often

sk us ho

long it

ill t

ke fo

thei

semi-t

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ccident c

se to “settle,” but

e find they don’t

lys unde

st

nd

h

t th

t

o

d me

ns. You could often “settle” fo me

sly

mount

el

tively quickly, but th

t’s not

h

t you o

you

l

ye

nt.

settlement is

n

g

eement bet

een someone

ho got hu

t in

semi-t

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ccident

nd someone

ho h

s

leg

l li

bility fo

th

t

ccident. In

typic

l semi-t

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ccident settlement, the pe

son o

business

ith leg

l li

bility p

ys money to the inju

ed

ccident victim,

nd in

etu

n the victim

g

ees to

ele

se the pty f

om futu

e leg

l li

bility.

hen p

ties

g

ee to

settlement, the leg

l dispute bet

een them ends

nd, in most c

ses, c

n neve

stt up

g

in. Often - but not

l

ys – the money p

id to the inju

ed semi-t

uck

ccident victim comes f

om

n insu

nce comp

ny. Th

t’s the m

in

e

son people buy li

bility insu

nce: to p

otect them

g

inst li

bility if thei

b

d decisions o

celess

ctions hu

t someone else. Most semi-t

uck

ccident c

ses

e h

ndle—

nd, in f

ct, most of

ll the c

ses

e h

ndle

s pe

son

l inju

y l

ye

s—end in

monet

y settlement. The li

ble pty

nd thei

insunce comp

ny

ill conduct

“cost-benefit” c

lcul

tion

nd decide it m

kes mo

e sense to p

y money no

to m

ke

lsuit end, the

th

n dg out the b

ttle o

go to cou

t.

Sometimes p

ties c

nnot

g

ee to

settlement. In those c

ses, the semi-t

uck

ccident lsuit goes fod to

t

i

l in f

ont of

judge

nd ju

y. So

hen someone

sks us ho

long until thei

semi-t

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se settles,

e

l

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ve to

emind them th

t the

ns

e

could be… neve

. Inste

d of settling, it might t

ke

fight in cou

t to get ou

inju

ed clients the money they dese

ve.

competent lyeill

l

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eped fo

this p

th. But don’t

o

y: most semi-t

uck c

ses do

e

ch

settlement. Ho

long th

t t

kes depends on the follo

ing f

cto

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typic

l semi-t

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ccident involves multiple victims,

nd multiple individu

ls

nd entities

ith potenti

l leg

l li

bility fo

the victims’ inju

ies.

ith eve

y

ddition

l pty comes

ddition

l complic

tions. Just coo

din

ting the schedules of the

tto

neys fo

these multiple pties bu

ns th

ough

lot of time.

Ho

long it t

kes until you

semi-t

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se settles depends on the numbe

of p

ties involved in you

c

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Mess. So

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No m

tte

ho

obvious it seems to you, s

ying th

t someone else c

used you

ccident is not enough to convince

cou

t o

eluct

nt insu

nce comp

ny. You h

ve to p

ove it. To obt

in compens

tion f

om someone in

pe

son

l inju

y l

suit, you must sho

th

t th

t pe

son o

entity m

de b

d decisions o

took d

nge

ous

ctions th

t c

used the

ccident

nd, consequently, hu

t you.

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n ex

mple. Suppose you

inju

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sed

n, c

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using m

ssive inju

ies. You

docto

s c

nnot tell you ex

ctly ho

long it might t

ke you to

ecove

, no

h

t

“full

ecove

y” might look like in you

c

se.

Fo

settlement discussions in you

semi-t

uck

ccident c

se to even begin,

l

ye

ep

esenting you typic

lly f

ces

double ch

llenge: Fi

st, they must unt

ngle the

ccident to figu

e out

hich of the t

ucks

t

uck d

ive

s

t

ucking comp

nies/othe

pties involved in the csh might h

ve

leg

l li

bility to you fo

you

inju

ies. Second, they must

eco

d

nd ex

mine you

medic

l condition to estim

te,

s

ccutely

s possible, the

mount of money you need to m

ke

“full

ecove

y”

nd get you

life b

ck on t

ck.

It doesn’t stop the

e. You

l

ye

lso h

s to contend, compete, o

coo

din

te

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s fo

otheccident victims t

ying to do the s

me thing,

nd l

ye

s foll of the othe

p

ties

ho e t

ying to dodge leg

l li

bility to you

nd the othe

victims.

You c

n see

hy this unde

t

king might need months upon months of effo

t. Bottom line: semi-t

uck

ccidents commonly involve lots of f

ctu

l

nd leg

l complic

tions

nd unce

t

inty f

om the get-go,

ith even mo

e obst

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ill quickly offe

settlement befo

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ged f

om the hospit

l. M

ny

ccident victims feel tempted to

ccept this quick settlement. They might be st

essed

nd diso

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nd just nt to “get it oveith.” Don’t f

ll fo

this tp. Ely settlement offe

s seldom t

ke the full extent of you

suffe

ing into

ccount. In f

ct, th

t’s

hy insunce comp

nies m

ke them: to get you to

ccept the money befo

e you

e

lize ho

much h

m you’ve suffe

ed o

befo

e you c

n get

dvice f

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n expe

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g

ee to

p

lt

y p

em

tu

e settlement but discove

unexpected bills

nd complic

tions do

n the

o

d, you’ll be out of luck.

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d of

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e

n expe

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leg

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client,

nd ho

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client dese

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p

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leg

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