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ting ecks on theo
d. They’e
lsomong the most complic
ted toecove
fom, both physic
llynd fin
ncilly.
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vege pssenge
c.ith this m
ssive size comes less mneuve
bility,
longedist
nceequi
ed to come tocomplete stop,
nd moe sp
ce needed to mke tu
ns. Semi-tucks
lso hve
high centeof g
vity,
hich mkes them mo
e pone to
olloves. They
lso sit higheoff the g
ound,hich le
ves enough spce fo
sm
llevehicle to slide bene
th the tuck du
ingn
ccidentnd become pinned.
ll these ingedients m
ke one dnge
ous cocktil. T
uckccidents
isk cusing se
iousnd even f
tl inju
ies fooccup
nts of smlle
pssenge
vehicles. Ift
uckccident c
used by someone else’s celessness hs hu
t you ot
ken the life of youloved one, you m
y hve the
ight to seek compenstion fo
youinju
iesnd losses.
One of the most common questions
e he fom clients
t oul
fi
m is: Holong until my semi-t
uckccident c
se settles?s
ithll c
ses, thens
eis: it depends on you
unique cicumst
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d on to undest
ndhy.
If you still h
ve questions specific tosemi-t
uckccident th
t hmed you o loved one,e’ve got
nse
s. Contct
n expeienced t
uckccident inju
y lyeighty.
peson
l injuy l
ye
ho kno
s hoto h
ndle tuck
ccident cses c
n mke
ll the diffeence in getting you the best settlement the l
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tSettlement Is
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Clients often
long it
ill tke fo
theisemi-t
uckccident c
se to “settle,” bute find they don’t
lys undest
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t tht
od me
ns. You could often “settle” fo mesly
mountel
tively quickly, but tht’s not
ht you o
youl
ye
nt.settlement is
ng
eement beteen someone
ho got hut in
semi-tuck
ccidentnd someone
ho hs
legl li
bility foth
tccident. In
typicl semi-t
uckccident settlement, the pe
son obusiness
ith legl li
bility pys money to the inju
edccident victim,
nd inetu
n the victimg
ees toele
se the pty fom futu
e legl li
bility.hen p
ties
gee to
settlement, the legl dispute bet
een them endsnd, in most c
ses, cn neve
stt upg
in. Often - but notl
ys – the money p
id to the injued semi-t
uckccident victim comes f
omn insu
nce comp
ny. Tht’s the m
ine
son people buy libility insu
nce: to p
otect themg
inst libility if thei
bd decisions o
celessctions hu
t someone else. Most semi-tuck
ccident cses
e hndle—
nd, in fct, most of
ll the cses
e hndle
s peson
l injuy l
ye
s—end inmonet
y settlement. The li
ble ptynd thei
insunce compny
ill conduct“cost-benefit” c
lcultion
nd decide it mkes mo
e sense to py money no
to mke
lsuit end, theth
n dg out the bttle o
go to cout.
Sometimes p
ties c
nnotg
ee tosettlement. In those c
ses, the semi-tuck
ccident lsuit goes fod tot
il in f
ont ofjudge
nd juy. So
hen someonesks us ho
long until theisemi-t
uck cse settles,
el
ys h
ve toemind them th
t thens
ecould be… neve
. Insted of settling, it might t
kefight in cou
t to get ouinju
ed clients the money they deseve.
competent lyeilll
ys be p
eped fothis p
th. But don’to
y: most semi-t
uck cses do
ech
settlement. Holong th
t tkes depends on the follo
ing fcto
s.Too M
ny Cooks in the Kitchen – Multiple P
ties C
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n tovoid the initi
lccident. The fo
ce of tht c
sh pushed one of the vehicles into
fifth tuck. Th
ee dive
s suffeed inju
ies,nd the
od st
yed closed fohou
s. Tht sounds like
ton of tucks, but believe it o
not, semi-tuck
ccidents involving multiple vehicle pile-ups hppen quite often. M
ny pssenge
vehicles cn be d
mged in the
ke of
n 18-heele
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lsnd entities c
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legl inte
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uck: the dive
, the tuck o
ne, the o
neof the c
go in the t
ile
, the tucking comp
ny, insunce compnies,
nd so on. This mens you
typicl semi-t
uckccident involves multiple victims,
nd multiple individuls
nd entitiesith potenti
l legl li
bility fothe victims’ inju
ies.ith eve
yddition
l pty comesddition
l complictions. Just coo
dinting the schedules of the
ttoneys fo
these multiple pties buns th
oughlot of time.
Ho
long it tkes until you
semi-tuck c
se settles depends on the numbeof p
ties involved in you
cse.
T uck
ccidents M
keMess. So
ting It out Tkes Time.
No m
tteho
obvious it seems to you, sying th
t someone else cused you
ccident is not enough to convince
cout o
eluctnt insu
nce comp
ny. You hve to p
ove it. To obtin compens
tion fom someone in
peson
l injuy l
suit, you must sho
tht th
t peson o
entity mde b
d decisions otook d
ngeous
ctions tht c
used theccident
nd, consequently, hut you.
This is e
sies
id thn done. T
ke tht ch
ine
ction tuck
ccidente desc
ibedbove
sn ex
mple. Suppose youinju
y hppened
hen the fifth tuck to get hit plo
ed into yoused
n, cushing it
nd cusing m
ssive injuies. You
doctos c
nnot tell you exctly ho
long it might tke you to
ecove, no
h
t“full
ecovey” might look like in you
cse.
Fo
settlement discussions in yousemi-t
uckccident c
se to even begin,l
ye
ep
esenting you typiclly f
cesdouble ch
llenge: Fist, they must unt
ngle theccident to figu
e outhich of the t
uckst
uck dive
st
ucking compnies/othe
pties involved in the csh might hve
legl li
bility to you foyou
injuies. Second, they must
ecod
nd exmine you
medicl condition to estim
te,s
ccutelys possible, the
mount of money you need to mke
“fullecove
y”nd get you
life bck on t
ck.
It doesn’t stop the
e. Youl
ye
lso h
s to contend, compete, ocoo
dinte
ith lyes fo
otheccident victims tying to do the s
me thing,nd l
ye
s foll of the othep
ties
ho e tying to dodge leg
l libility to you
nd the othevictims.
You c
n seehy this unde
tking might need months upon months of effo
t. Bottom line: semi-tuck
ccidents commonly involve lots of fctu
lnd leg
l complictions
nd uncet
inty fom the get-go,
ith even moe obst
cleseve
leds the l
yes
e peeled b
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th. Obviously,hen
e use those tems,
e en’tefe
ing to the v
lue of life itself. You simply cn’t put
pice t
g on tht.
The v
lue ofc
se is detemined by
dding the economic expenses - suchs medic
l bills, vehicleepl
cement oepi
,nd lost
ges –
nd thendding
doll-vlue
eflecting the pin, suffe
ing,nd othe
hm done tope
son’s life bysemi-t
uckccident.
sgene
l
ule, the moe money
n injued semi-t
uckccident victim dese
ves toeceive, the longe
it cn t
ke foth
t cse to
ech
settlement. Semi-tuck
ccidents e cp
ble of inflicting mssive c
sulties
nd dm
ge, binging
ith them enomous expenses. P
ties
ith legl li
bility my t
y to decle bnk
uptcy tovoid losing thei
ssets.
bnk
uptcy filing cn h
lt peson
l injuy l
suits in thei
tcks,dding
dditionl time to
ech
settlement. You deseve
n expeienced t
uckccident l
ye
by youside. The
ighttto
ney knos ho
togg
essively pusue li
ble ptiesnd st
nd up foyou
hen you’ve been knocked don. Don’t f
ll pey to the leg
l ticks those
ho hut you
ill ty to employ to del
y ovoid pying you
ht you dese
ve.void Tempt
tion - Ptience P
ys!<h2>
Even in c
ith cle
li
bilitynd signific
nt injuies, the
t-fult p
ty’s insu
nce comp
nyill t
y to tke
dvnt
ge of you. Theyill quickly offe
settlement befo
e you’e even disch
ged f
om the hospitl. M
nyccident victims feel tempted to
ccept this quick settlement. They might be stessed
nd disoiented,
nd just nt to “get it oveith.” Don’t fll fo
this tp. Ely settlement offes seldom t
ke the full extent of yousuffe
ing intoccount. In f
ct, tht’s
hy insunce compnies m
ke them: to get you toccept the money befo
e youe
lize homuch h
m you’ve suffe
ed obefo
e you cn get
dvice fom
n expeienced
ttoney. If you
gee to
plt
y pem
tue settlement but discove
unexpected billsnd complic
tions don the
od, you’ll be out of luck.
Inste
d ofcting on impulse, hi
en expe
ienced semi-tuck
ccident lyeho cn p
otect youleg
lights
nd holdesponsible p
ties
ccountble. Pe
sonl inju
y lyes de
lith insu
nce comp
nies evey d
y. They knothe t
icksnd t
ctics tovoid,
nd knothe most oppo
tune time to stike.
Don’t get pl
yed - getf
isettlement th
t pys you
ht you dese
ve.Ho
Things Usu
lly Ply Out
No
tht you kno
the fcto
s tht
ffect the length of time it tkes to get to
settlement insemi-t
uckccident c
se, let’s tke
lookt ho
typic
l settlement pocess c
n ply out.
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ht
eecove
foou
client. Ife c
n’t help youecove
compenstion,
e don’t get pid. Simple
s tht.
Typic
lly,e begin by investig
ting the fcts.
e lookt photog
phs of the
ccident scenend the c
sh
epot.
e identifyll of the p
ties
ho might hve
legl li
bility to ouclient,
nd then detemine
hich of those pties hs fin
ncil
esouces (insu
nce o
ssets)
ithhich to p
y dm
ges in full.e
lso collect evidence to pove e
ch pty’s libility to ou
client,nd ho
much money ouclient dese
ves toeceive
s compenstion.
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ee
ch out to the pty op
ties
ithleg
l libility (typic
lly though thei
tto
neys oinsu
nce
epesent
tives) to demnd money on ou
client’s behlf.
e my
lso filel
suit on ou
client’s behlf n
ming those sme p
ties
s defendnts
nd seeking monety dm
ges fom them.
L
ye
s fothe leg
lly lible p
ties
illespond
nd engge in settlement negoti
tions.neut
l medi
tom
y be involved in these negotitions.
Me
nhile, if
e hve
le
dy filedl
suit on ou
client’s behlf, the c
se poceeds.
Ultim
tely, lyes fo
the pties often find middle gound on settling
cse. The fin
l decisionhethe
tog
ee tosettlement, ho
eve,
lys belongs to ouclient.
hilee c
nnot pomise ho
long tht
ill tke,
e cn p
omise to move you though
ll of thiss quickly
nd efficientlys possible—
ith the gol of obt
ining the best outcome foyou th
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