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

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equi

ed to come to

complete stop,

nd mo

e sp

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of g

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hich m

kes them mo

e p

one to

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s. They

lso sit highe

off the g

ound,

hich le

ves enough sp

ce fo

lle

vehicle to slide bene

th the t

uck du

ing

ccident

nd become pinned.

ll these ing

edients m

ke one d

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il. T

uck

ccidents

isk c

using se

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nd even f

l inju

ies fo

occup

nts of sm

lle

ssenge

vehicles. If

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ccident c

used by someone else’s celessness h

s hu

t you o

ken the life of you

loved one, you m

y h

ve the

ight to seek compens

tion fo

you

inju

ies

nd losses.

One of the most common questions

e he f

om clients

t ou

m is: Ho

long until my semi-t

uck

ccident c

se settles?

ith

ll c

ses, the

is: it depends on you

unique ci

cumst

nces.

d on to unde

hy.

If you still h

ve questions specific to

semi-t

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ccident th

t hmed you o loved one,

e’ve got

s. Cont

n expe

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ccident inju

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son

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Settlement Is
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Clients often
sk us ho
long it
ill t
ke fo
thei
semi-t
uck
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
uck
ccident
nd someone
ho h
s
leg
l li
bility fo
th
t
ccident. In
typic
l semi-t
uck
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
uck c
se settles,
e
l

ys h
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

ys be p
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
s.

Too M
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void the initi
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ccident. The fo
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sh pushed one of the vehicles into
fifth t
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ee d
ive
s suffe
ed inju
ies,
nd the
o
d st
yed closed fo
hou
s. Th
t sounds like
ton of t
ucks, but believe it o
not, semi-t
uck
ccidents involving multiple vehicle pile-ups h
ppen quite often. M
ny p
ssenge
vehicles c
n be d
m
ged in the

ke of
n 18-
heele
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ous individu
ls
nd entities c
n h
ve
leg
l inte
est in
semi-t
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ive
, the t
uck o
ne
, the o
ne
of the c

go in the t

ile
, the t
ucking comp
ny, insunce comp
nies,
nd so on. This me
ns you
typic
l semi-t
uck
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
uck c
se settles depends on the numbe
of p

ties involved in you
c
se.

T
uck
ccidents M
ke
Mess. So
ting It out T
kes Time.

No m

tte

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

son

l inju

y l

suit, you must sho

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.

This is e

sie

id th

n done. T

ke th

t ch

ction t

uck

ccident

e desc

ibed

bove

n ex

mple. Suppose you

inju

y h

ppened

hen the fifth t

uck to get hit plo

ed into you

sed

n, c

ushing it

nd c

using m

ssive inju

ies. You

docto

s c

nnot tell you ex

ctly ho

long it might t

ke you to

ecove

, no

“full

ecove

y” might look like in you

se.

settlement discussions in you

semi-t

uck

ccident c

se to even begin,

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

uck d

ive

ucking comp

nies/othe

pties involved in the csh might h

leg

l li

bility to you fo

you

inju

ies. Second, they must

eco

nd ex

mine you

medic

l condition to estim

te,

ccutely

s possible, the

mount of money you need to m

“full

ecove

y”

nd get you

life b

ck on t

ck.

It doesn’t stop the

e. You

lso h

s to contend, compete, o

coo

din

ith lye

s fo

otheccident victims t

ying to do the s

me thing,

nd l

s foll of the othe

ties

ho e t

ying to dodge leg

l li

bility to you

nd the othe

victims.

You c

n see

hy this unde

king might need months upon months of effo

t. Bottom line: semi-t

uck

ccidents commonly involve lots of f

ctu

nd leg

l complic

tions

nd unce

inty f

om the get-go,

ith even mo

e obst

cles

eve

led

s the l

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bout c

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nd ho

much you

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th. Obviously,

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e use those te

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lue of life itself. You simply c

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eflecting the p

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son’s life by

semi-t

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ccident.

gene

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e money

n inju

ed semi-t

uck

ccident victim dese

ves to

eceive, the longe

it c

n t

ke fo

t c

se to

settlement. Semi-t

uck

ccidents e c

ble of inflicting m

ssive c

lties

nd d

ge, b

inging

ith them eno

mous expenses. P

ties

ith leg

l li

bility m

y t

y to decle b

uptcy to

void losing thei

ssets.

uptcy filing c

n h

lt pe

son

l inju

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suits in thei

tcks,

dding

ddition

l time to

settlement. You dese

n expe

ienced t

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ccident l

by you

side. The

ight

tto

ney kno

s ho

essively pu

sue li

ble pties

nd st

nd up fo

you

hen you’ve been knocked do

n. Don’t f

ll p

ey to the leg

l t

icks those

ho hu

t you

ill t

y to employ to del

y ovoid p

ying you

t you dese

ve.

void Tempt
tion - P
tience P
ys!<
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Even in c
ses
ith cle

li
bility
nd signific
nt inju
ies, the
t-f
ult p

ty’s insu

nce comp
ny
ill t
y to t
ke
dv
nt
ge of you. They
ill quickly offe

settlement befo
e you’
e even disch

ged f
om the hospit
l. M
ny
ccident victims feel tempted to
ccept this quick settlement. They might be st
essed
nd diso
iented,
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
om
n expe
ienced
tto
ney. If you
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.

Inste
d of
cting on impulse, hi
e
n expe
ienced semi-t
uck
ccident lyeho c
n p
otect you
leg
l
ights
nd hold
esponsible p

ties
ccount
ble. Pe
son
l inju
y lye
s de
l
ith insu

nce comp
nies eve
y d
y. They kno
the t
icks
nd t
ctics to
void,
nd kno
the most oppo
tune time to st
ike.

Don’t get pl
yed - get
f
i
settlement th
t p
ys you
h
t you dese
ve.

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the f

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s th

ffect the length of time it t

kes to get to

settlement in

semi-t

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ccident c

se, let’s t

look

t ho

typic

l settlement p

ocess c

n pl

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client

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e get p

cent

ge of

ecove

client. If

e c

n’t help you

ecove

compens

tion,

e don’t get p

id. Simple

s th

Typic

lly,

e begin by investig

ting the f

cts.

e look

t photog

phs of the

ccident scene

nd the c

epo

e identify

ll of the p

ties

ho might h

leg

l li

bility to ou

client,

nd then dete

mine

hich of those pties h

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nci

esou

ces (insu

nce o

ssets)

ith

hich to p

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ges in full.

lso collect evidence to p

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ch pty’s li

bility to ou

client,

nd ho

much money ou

client dese

ves to

eceive

s compens

tion.

Next,

ch out to the pty o

ties

ith

leg

l li

bility (typic

lly th

ough thei

tto

neys o

insu

nce

esent

tives) to dem

nd money on ou

client’s beh

lf.

e m

lso file

suit on ou

client’s beh

lf n

ming those s

me p

ties

s defend

nts

nd seeking monety d

ges f

om them.

s fo

the leg

lly li

ble p

ties

ill

espond

nd eng

ge in settlement negoti

tions.

neut

l medi

y be involved in these negoti

tions.

hile, if

e h

dy filed

suit on ou

client’s beh

lf, the c

se p

oceeds.

Ultim

tely, lye

s fo

the pties often find middle g

ound on settling

se. The fin

l decision

hethe

ee to

settlement, ho

eve

lys belongs to ou

client.

hile

e c

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omise ho

long th

ill t

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e c

n p

omise to move you th

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nd efficiently

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