News & opinion Steps to Take after an 18 Wheeler / Tractor Trailer Accident in Texas

Steps to Take after an 18 Wheeler / Tractor Trailer Accident in Texas

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eceive signific

nt compens

tion fo

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se exponenti

lly e

ch ye

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y d

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s oil t

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nd delive

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d out onto Tex

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ul thei

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go in

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ch ye

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ve this numbe

doubling ove

the next 20 ye

s, especi

lly

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s nes becoming the most he

vily popul

ted st

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FedEx.

hen Houston

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de

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nies must fill

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de

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d

m

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m

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ce. These e just the t

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nies th

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t the

e e ove

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ll of these comp

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me s

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d.

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lity numbe

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600 e

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in the count

y. Most people focus on st

tistics involving t

uck

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t

lities, but t

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n c

use se

ious inju

y, even

hen the

ccident victim su

vives the csh. 18-

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mo

e th

n the c

s th

t they csh

ith,

nd the dispity m

gnifies the

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m

ge

nd inju

ies fo

othe

d

ive

s. It is not

n ex

ggetion to s

y th

t t

uck

ccidents e f mo

e se

ious

nd de

dly th

n the

vege c

ccident. In

ddition, the

e

e f

mo

e things th

t could go

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ith

t

uck th

t h

s

full lo

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t m

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tight delive

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inju

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f

milies, the

fte

m

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t

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st, the

e is

likelihood th

t someone suffe

ed inju

ies in the csh. In some c

ses, f

milies could be de

ling

ith the de

th of

loved one

ho did not su

vive the imp

ct. Those

ho su

vive m

y be de

ling

ith se

ious inju

ies. M

ny people

ondebout the fi

st things th

t f

milies should do in the

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ccident. Ch

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b

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evidence on you

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o

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bout investig

tion

nd evidence. You

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t

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c

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ly d

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the

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eco

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inten

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nd d

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ill t

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ction to p

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ve it, especi

lly if they kno

th

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p

t.

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n dest

oy it. T

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equi

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ck box d

t

fo

so long befo

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y to obt

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ted the c

sh

nd dete

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ho s

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it, you c

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diffe

ence bet

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t

uck

nd c

ccident th

t could help you

ecove

y. In

t

uck

ccident, you could file

lsuit

g

inst the t

ucking comp

ny. The t

uck d

ive

is thei

gent,

nd the comp

ny is leg

lly

esponsible fo

the

ctions of thei

d

ive

.

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he

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ce. They

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t theissets could be

t

isk bec

use they

ould be the ones p

ying

nything mo

e th

n the policy limits of thei

cove

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n go

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the comp

ny itself. In Tex

s,

s in the

est of the count

y, the

e h

s been

ise in the “nucle

ve

dicts” th

t h

ve put t

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nies out of business. This is

hy you

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fo

the t

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db

ll in

ny

y th

t they c

n. In the me

ntime, you might f

ce mounting medic

l bills

nd

n in

bility to e

n

living, in

ddition to othe

losses. You need you

o

n leg

l fi

epo

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tch

h

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g

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nd

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i

l.

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ny

s opposed to beginning

ith

lsuit, be p

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some lengthy negoti

tions.

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