Steps to Take after an 18 Wheeler Accident in Texas | Stewart J. Guss, Attorney At Law

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blish leg
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cts th
t
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elev
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me of the d
ive
s involved in the
ccident, the comp
ny
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the ope

tion of the t
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e
the
conditions
t the time of the
ccident, the speed you
e
e t

veling,
s
ell
ny othe
conditions th
t you believe m
y h
ve cont
ibuted to the
ccident. T
ke photog

phs of the scene of the
ccident if possible,
nd
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m
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tely if the
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s o
even d
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ledge
ble
tto
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t
o
k hd to limit thei
leg
l li
bility
ften
ccident. In
ddition, insunce comp
nies often
ill
lmost
lys
ttempt to settle
ith victims fo
much less th
n thei
cl
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o
th. Hi
ing
n
tto
ney
ho unde
st
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to h
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ucking
ccidents is the best

y to ensu
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t you get the compens
tion you dese
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Cont
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Houston t
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nd thei
f
milies m
y be eligible to
eceive signific
nt compens
tion fo
thei
inju
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ucking
ccident inju
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tto
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s
ep
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ing,
nd
ll ove
Tex
s
fte t
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The T
ucking Indust
y in Tex
s<
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The t
ucking indust
y in Tex
s h
s t
ken off this centu
y
s the
mount of t

ffic on the
o
d continues to inc
e
se exponenti
lly e
ch ye

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y d
y, vehicles such
s oil t
nke
s, sto
e vehicles,
nd delive
y d
ive
s he
d out onto Tex
s high

ys to h
ul thei
c

go in
nd out of the st
te o
count
y.

Simply st
ted, the t
ucking indust
y is huge in Tex
s. The f
ct th
t the st
te is so lge me
ns th
t goods need to tvel
long

y to
e
ch thei
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1.2 billion tons m
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Tex
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o
ds e
ch ye

. This is h
lf of the f
eight moved in Tex
s e
ch ye

. P
ojections h
ve this numbe
doubling ove
the next 20 ye

s, especi
lly
s Tex
s nes becoming the most he
vily popul
ted st
te in the count
y. So much t
uck t

ffic comes th
ough Tex
s bec
use:

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eight th
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s
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ough t
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de
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st
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t
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etches of high

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d to f
tigued d
ive
s. Fede

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egul
tions exist th
t
im to p
event long d
iving shifts
nd too much d
iving time
ithout est, but t
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k these
ules. Plus, the open
o
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tempt
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get thei
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Online Shopping Inc
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ses T
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The
mount of t
uck t

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s
l
e
dy high in Tex
s befo
e online shopping beg
n to t
ke oveet
il. No
, it seems th
t p

ctic
lly eve
y t
uck th
t you see on the
o
d is f
om
m
zon o
FedEx.
hen Houston
esidents go online
nd o
de
, the comp
nies must fill
nd delive
the o
de
s p
omptly,
nd this le
ds to
d

m
tic spike in t
uck t

ffic.
m
zon
lone spends billions of dolls to double its delive
y c
p
city,
nd othe
l

ge t
ucking comp
nies

e sc

mbling to keep p
ce. These e just the t
ucking comp
nies th
t you kno

bout. The
ise of the o
ne
-opeto
me
ns th
t the
e e ove
66,000 t
ucking comp
nies in Tex
s
lone. Not
ll of these comp
nies h
ve the s
me s
fety st
nd

d.
hen big t
ucking comp
nies cut co
ne
s, you could im
gine
h
t sm
lle
comp
nies m
y do to inc
e
se thei
p
ofits.
ll it t
kes is one poo
ly m
int
ined t
uck
hose o
ne
does not follo
fede

l
nd st
te l

s,
nd you c
n be seve
ely hu
t if you

e in the

ong pl
ce
t the

ong time.

T
uck
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t
lities

e Inc
e
sing in Tex
s<
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T
uck f
t
lity numbe
s in the st
te
ecently inc
e
sed to ove
600 e
ch ye

, the highest numbe
in the count
y. Most people focus on st
tistics involving t
uck
ccident f
t
lities, but t
uck c

shes c
n c
use se
ious inju
y, even
hen the
ccident victim su
vives the csh. 18-
heele
s
nd semi-t
ucks
eigh f

mo
e th
n the c

s th
t they csh
ith,
nd the dispity m
gnifies the
ccident d
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

ong
ith
t
uck th
t h
s
full lo
d of up to 80,000 pounds of cgo th
t m
y be on
tight delive
y schedule.
Tips fo
T
uck
ccident Victims

Fo
inju
ed
ccident victims
nd thei
f
milies, the
fte
m
th of
t
uck
ccident c
n be g
ueling
nd difficult. Fi
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

ke of
t
uck
ccident.
s mentioned, these

e the most impo
t
nt steps to t
ke:

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uck
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o
k on the p
ocess fo

eceiving fin
nci
l compens
tion fo
you
inju
ies.

The leg
l p
ocess begins
t the scene of the
ccident. Ch
nces e th
t you m
y not be in the condition to g
the
b
sic f
cts
t the scene of the
ccident. You could
sk someone else
t the scene to t
ke the pictu
es necessy to shoh
t h
ppened. If you c
n get cont
ct info
m
tion fony
itnesses, it could help
ith you
cl
im o
l

suit.

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uck
ccident

This is
hy p
ompt consult
tion
ith
n
tto
ney is so impo
t
nt. If you c
n’t g
the
evidence on you
o
n (
nd ch
nces

e th
t it
ill be difficult fo
you), youtto
ney c
n get to
o
k immedi
tely. T
uck
ccidents

e
ll
bout investig
tion
nd evidence. You
ill need p
oof to b
ck up you
side of the sto
y.
hen
t
uck is involved, the
e e so m
ny mo
e ys to help p
ove you
c
se.

In the e

ly d
ys
fte
the
ccident, you

tto
ney
ill go to
o
k to
ssemble some of the p
oof th
t you need.
he
e t
uck
ccidents e diffe
ent f
om
st
ndd c csh is th
t the
e is
full body of fede

l
egul
tions th
t the t
ucking comp
ny
nd the t
ucke
must follo
. If youtto
ney c
n uncove
evidence
bout
viol
tion of these ls, it could be evidence th
t the t
uck d
ive
s
esponsible fo
you
c

sh.

These
egul
tions could involve:

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of hou
s th
t
n opeto
c
n d
ive
nd ho
much they must
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In m
ny c
ses, evidence of li
bility exists in the t
ucking comp
ny's
eco
ds. They h
ve m
inten
nce logs
nd d
ive

eco
ds th
t could hold the
ns
e
s. In
ddition, m
ny t
ucks h
ve bl
ck boxes th
t c
n give key info
m
tion
bout
h
t h
ppened in the immedi
te le
d-up to the
ccident.
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uck
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Ho
eve
, you must move quickly to obt
in this evidence. You c
n neve
fully t
ust th
t the t
ucking comp
ny
ill t
ke
ction to p
ese
ve it, especi
lly if they kno
th
t it could hold the key to m
ssive li
bility on thei
p

t.
n
tto
ney
ould begin the leg
l
ction necess

y to p
ese
ve key evidence befo
e the comp
ny c
n dest
oy it. T
ucking comp
nies

e only
equi
ed to keep bl
ck box d
t
fo
so long befo
e they c
n ove
ite it, so you should not it too long to t
y to obt
in it. Once youtto
ney h
s investig
ted the c

sh
nd dete
mined
ho s
esponsible fo
it, you c
n begin the cl
ims p
ocess.

The
e is one m
jo
diffe
ence bet
een
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
.
T
uck
ccidents e High St
kes M
tte
s
he
e this helps you is th
t the t
uck comp
ny likely h
s
lge insunce comp
ny in pl
ce. They
ecognize th
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

ge. If the insu

nce policy is not enough, you c
n go
fte
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
ucking comp
nies out of business. This is
hy you
cl
im is
high-st
kes m
tte
fo
the t
ucking comp
ny
nd its insu
e
s. You c
n
est
ssu
ed th
t they
ill t
y to pl
y h

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
e
to m
tch
h
t they h
ve lined up
g
inst you.
Ho
Long
ill You
T
uck
ccident C
se T
ke?

You

e p
ob
bly
onde
ing ho
long you
Houston t
uck
ccident c
se
ill t
ke
nd
hen you c
n
eceive you
check.
hen it comes to
t
uck
ccident c
se, you do
h
t is in you
cont
ol, n
mely filing
cl
im th
t clely l
ys out the evidence
nd you
d
m
ges. Much of the
est of it depends on the insunce comp
ny
nd
hethe
you h
ve to go to t
i
l.

If you choose to st

t
ith the insunce comp
ny
s opposed to beginning
ith
lsuit, be p
ep

ed fo
some lengthy negoti
tions.
hen you hi
e us
s you
l

ye
s,
e help you by kno
ing the v
lue of you
cl
im. This
ill keep the insunce comp
ny f
om lo
b
lling you
nd p
ying you too little. Nonetheless, you should p
ep

e you
self fo
you
lye
to eng
ge in some ve
y involved negoti
tions.
You
T
uck
ccident D
m
ges
hen you e seeking d
m
ges fo
you
inju
ies, you c
n dem
nd compens
tion fo
:

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ucke
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comp
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ctions
e
e ext
emely b
d, you m
y
eceive punitive d
m
ges.
hile these e
e in
pe
son
l inju
y c
se, you c
n get them mo
e e
sily f
om
comp
ny th
t intention
lly viol
ted l

s o
s ext
emely
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s, you h
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ny c
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settlement negoti
tions fo
eve
.
t some point, you m
y need to decide to file
l

suit in cou
t, but this is not
gu
ntee th
t you
c
se
ill go to t
i
l,
s you
c
se could still settle befo
e you h
ve
heing. You
t
uck
ccident c
se could t
ke time to conclude,
s the
e

e m
ny st
ges to
pe
son
l inju
y t
i
l,
nd e
ch one of them t
kes time. These c
ses

e not
lys e
sy bec
use the defend
nts h
ve eve
y incentive to fight h

d. You need
n expe
ienced
nd
gg
essive
tto
ney to put p
essu
e on the defend
nt
nd thei
insu

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