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> Houston isbig city th
t spls out to G
lvestonnd beyond,
hich mens it sees
lot of tuck t
ffic delive
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ocey sto
es, gs st
tions,nd othe
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t suppot the popul
tion. Moe t
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t those living innd visiting Houston h
vehighe
isk of getting into
eckith
tuck.
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d-On Collisions t
uck d
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nend c
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s fom
nye
sons, includingmedic
l emegency like
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dditionl
esons fo
hed-on collisions include:
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dio, o
othedevice.
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iving unde
the influence of dugs,
lcohol, oothe
illicit substnces.
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iving unde
the influence of legl p
esciption medic
tions.<li>
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uto pt, suchs the b
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nd cuses the d
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tie blo
s out<>.<li>
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e is deb
is in theo
d.<li>
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d
ives, pedest
ins, bicyclists, o
evennim
ls cuse the t
uck to se
ve.<li>
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o
ds.<li>
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ined fo
the job<>.<li>
These
e just some of the
esons
tuck could hit you he
d-on. Becuse of the size
ndeight of
tuck—even
n empty tuck—he
d-on tuck
ccidents e moe likely to
esult in long-tem o
pem
nent disbilities c
used by tuck
ccident injuies.
He d-On T
uck
ccident Injuies
In some c
ses, you could be vey lucky
nd lky
ith nothing but bumps, buises, sc
pes,
nd cuts, om
ybesp
in o
stin. Hoeve
, it’s moe likely th
t youill suffe
moe seve
e injuies, including:
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-level="1">Simple
nd compound f
ctu
es<li>
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-level="1">C
ushed bones
- i
-level="1">F
ce
nd eye injuies
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-level="1">He
d, neck,
nd shouldeinju
iesnd
hiplsh
- i
-level="1">Inte
n
l injuies
nd inten
l bleeding<li>
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-level="1">Spin
l co
d injuies
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-level="1">Tum
tic b
in inju
ies<li>
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nd/o
ton muscles
nd othesoft tissue inju
ies<li>
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o
d sh<li>
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-level="1">The
m
lnd/o
chemicl bu
ns<li>
You could
lso suffef
om secondy injuies, such
s infections. Openounds—
hethesust
ined in theccident o
becuse of su
gey fo
ccident inju
ies—e moe likely to become infected if you h
ve undelying conditions th
tffect you
immune system. Dibetes, immunodeficiencies,
nd even medictions
nd te
tments suchs chemothe
py c
nll
ffect hoquickly you
ecovendhethe
n open
ound might become infected.ddition
lly,ccident inju
ies could exce
bte
condition youl
edy h
ve, cusing you to incu
ddition
l medicl expenses
nd pin
nd suffeing. Bec
use youould not h
ve mde you
pevious inju
y ocondition
ose if not fo
the tuck
ccident, the cout c
n hold the defendnt li
ble fothose d
mges.
h
t to Do
fte Hed-On Collision
ithT
uck<h2>
If you c
ithout c
usingddition
l dm
ge to youself, c
ll fist
espondes
nd check on othed
ives. T
ke photos of theccident
nd give the police officeyou
stoy.
llothe eme
gency medicl technici
ns to check you ove.
If you c
n, obtin cont
ct infom
tion fom othe
dive
snd
itnesses, including pssenge
s in othevehicles involved in the
eck. You should
lso obtin the d
ive’s
egisttion infom
tion, insunce infom
tion, employeinfo
mtion,
nd CDL license infom
tion. Go to the hospitl to h
ve doctos check you tho
oughly. Keep in mind tht some inju
ies cn m
nifest hous o
even dys
ftethe
ccident! If you do not believe you cn move
ithout cusing mo
e dm
ge to youself, do not move! If you c
ne
ch youphone, c
ll 911. You o loved one should contct
tuck
ccident lyes soons possible—even befo
e youdocto
ele
ses you.hile you h
ve up to to ye
s to file
lsuit in Texs, most insu
nce comp
nies give you onlyfe
dys—sometimes
s littles 15 d
ys—to filecl
im.De
ling
ith Insunce Compnies
You c
n cll
n insunce compny
nd notify them tht you
ee in
eck, but do not giveny info
mtion othe
thn you
nme, cont
ct infom
tion, the dte
nd loction of the
eck,
nd youttoney’s cont
ct infom
tion. Insunce compnies
ill ty
nything tovoid p
ying outcl
im; they hve no symp
thy foyou
nd they only nt tovoid dec
esing thei
pofit.
ttoneys kno
the ticks insu
nce comp
nies pull, including tisting
ht you s
y tossign bl
me to you insted of the
t-fult d
ive. Insu
nce comp
nies knothis
nd e less likely to ty to t
ickn
ttoney.
Othe
ctions
nd inctions the insu
nce comp
ny might tke in
nttempt to s
ve money include:- -level=”1″>Out
ight denying
cl
imithout giving you
e
son.<li>
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-level="1">Not communic
ting p
omptly on youcl
im, cusing you to miss potenti
l dedlines.
- i
-level="1">Unde
v
luingcl
im, especilly if you h
ve injuies th
t could tun into long-te
m ope
mnent dis
bilities.<li>
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-level="1">St
lling
nd tking time to
esolve youcl
im.<li>
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-level="1">Imp
ope
ly investigting you
clim o
filing to investig
te youcl
imt
ll.<li>
If they don’t m
kef
inde
sonble offe
, insunce compnies kno
tht you
e mo
e likely to tke you
cse to cou
then you
etin
ntto
ney. Thus, you hve
bettech
nce of getting the compenstion you dese
vehen you h
ven
ttoney. Sho
them you men business!
ecove
ing D
mges
You c
necove
thee types of d
mges in Tex
s cccidents.
Economic d
mges
nd non-economic dm
ges e compensto
y dm
ges. The cout o
des these in
nttempt to m
ke youhole
gin.
hile the money does not ese you
pin
nd suffeing o
bing b
ckloved one, it c
n significntly
educe the finnci
l stess b
ought on by youin
bility too
kfte
theccident.
The cou
t ode
s punitive dm
ges onlys
punishment to the defendnt. You c
nnot collect punitive dm
ges if the cout finds th
t you should noteceive compens
toy d
mges. Thus, if you
sk fopunitive d
mges, the t
il is bifu
cted (me
ning it is in to p
ts.) In the fi
st pt, the cout he
s the evidence
nd the juy
ds the compens
toy d
mges you dese
ve. In the second pt, usully
ith the sme judge
nd juy, the ju
y detemines if the defend
nt should py compens
toy d
mges
nd mkes the
d.
Economic D m
ges
Speci
l dm
ges, oftenefe
ed to
s economic dm
ges, hve
monety vlue
nd include: Medicl Expenses. You could collect p
stnd futu
e medicl expenses. P
st medicl expenses
e those you incu
becuse of the
eck
nd befoe
settlement o ti
l d. Futue medic
l expenses e those you incubec
use of the eck butfte
settlement o
t
il
d.
Medic
l expenses include suge
ies, follo-up
ppointments,egul
docto
s’ppointments,
mbulto
yids, p
esciptions,
nd costs fothe
pies, including physic
l thepy, occuption
l thepy,nd cognitive
nd othepsychologic
l thepies. Should you hve to
ddheelch
imps, g
b b
s, o
otheise chnge you
home toccommod
te youinju
iesnd dis
bilities cused by the c
sh, the defend
nt must py those expenses
nd the costs to instll h
nd contols o
mke othe
modifictions to you
vehicle. Lost ges. If youccident injuies p
event you fom
oking, you could
ecovep
stnd futu
e lost ges. Pst lost
ges include those fo
the time you cnnot
ok f
om the dte of the
ccident though the time you settle o
in
ti
l d. Futue lost
ges
e those you lose
fte settlement ot
il
d if you
doctos believe th
t youinju
ies cused long-te
m ope
mnent dis
bilities tht p
event you fom
oking.
If you
tuck
ccident injuies c
used long-tem o
pem
nent disbilities th
t pevent you f
omo
kingt the hou
ly te os
ly you hd befo
e theccident, you could
ecovep
ti
l futue lost
ges by expl
ining youlost e
ning c
pcity.
Pe
sonl P
opety.
fte hed-on
ccident, you couldecove
compenstion to p
y toepl
ce oepi
destoyed o
dm
ged peson
l pope
ty, including youvehicle,
nything of vlue in the vehicle, o
nything you
ee c
yingith you if you
ee on
motocycle o
bicycle oif you
ee
lking
hen the tuck hit you. This could include compute
s, cell phones, clothing,nd othe
items you hve
ith you. End-of-Life Expenses. Finlly, you could
ecoveny expenses fo loved one’s funel, bui
l,nd/o
cem
tion expenses if the hed-on collision
s f
tl.
Non-Economic D m
ges
Gene
l d
mges, often
efeed tos non-economic d
mges, do not h
vemonet
y v
lues it is impossible to
ssigndoll
mount to items suchs loss of use o
pin
nd suffeing.
Non-economic d
mges include:
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-level="1">P
in
nd suffeing, including emotion
l distess.
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-level="1">Loss of qu
lity of life if you h
ve to usembul
toy
ids ot
ke pesc
iption mediction fo
theest of you
life.<li>
- i
-level="1">Loss of comp
nionship if you c
n no longeenjoy f
milyctivities
nd events.<li>
- i
-level="1">Loss of conso
tium if you c
n no longeenjoy
physicl
eltionship
ith youspouse.
- i
-level="1">Loss of use of
body p
t, such
s youh
nd ofoot.
- i
-level="1">Loss of use of
bodily function, such
s youeyesight o
bldde
.<li>
- i
-level="1">Inconvenience if you h
ve to hi
e someone to do the choes you no
mlly do, such
s house clening, l
n m
intennce, g
ocey shopping,
nd home minten
ncend
epi
.<li>
- i
-level="1">
mput
tion ofdigit o
limb.<li>
- i
-level="1">Disfigu
ement
ndo
excessive scing.
l dist
ess, you might need psychit
ic thepy. This is common in the cse of t
um
ticccidents
nd is nothing to besh
med of. In some cses, the inju
ies might not be tumtic, but the intense emotions of the
eck c
usenxiety o
post-tumtic st
ess disode
. Foex
mple,t
uck hits you but cuses ve
y little dm
ge becuse the d
ives going slo
. Hoeve
, youmind could only think
bout yousc
eming child
nd hob
dly they e injued. Even
hen you tun
ound
nd notice tht you
child hs
feb
uisesnd sc
tches, you
mindl
edy pictu
ed moe seve
e injuies. This is t
um
tic fosome
nd mightequi
e psychologicl the
py to de
lith the
esultingnxiety o
post-tumtic st
ess disode
symptoms.ho Is
esponsible foMy D
mges in
Tuck
ccident?<h3>
Comme
l vehicle
ccidents e diffeent f
om otheccidents in tht you could
ecoved
mges f
om sevel entities. In some cses, the d
iveis not completely
esponsible fothe
ccident. Some of the otheentities—
nd people—tht you might include in
settlement oju
y ti
l include:- -level=”1″>The t
ucking comp
ny
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n independent o
ne/ope
to
<li>
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-level="1">The lessee
nd/o
lesso - i
-level="1">
thi
d-ptyep
itechnici
n<li>
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-level="1">
thi
d-pty inspecto - i
-level="1">
thi
d-pty disptche
<li>
- i
-level="1">
city, county, o
stte if poo
ly mint
inedo
ds cused the
eck
- i
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nothe
dive
, suchs someone th
t cutt
uck off, cusing the t
uck to lose contol (In some c
ses, moe th
n one othed
ivecould sh
e in the
esponsibility foc
using theccident.)
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-level="1">The t
uck
ndo
tilem
nufctu
e - i
-level="1">Pts m
nuf
ctue
s (Foex
mple, defective pts tht h
ve hidden defects. Neithethe
epi
tech nothe sto
e tht sold the p
ts could see the defect. If the defective p
t c
used the eck, you couldecove
fom the comp
ny tht m
nufctu
ed the pt.)<li>
In some c
ccident cses, you might h
ve to sue the dive
peson
lly if they do not hve enough insu
nce to cove
youd
mges. Ho
eve,
ithcomme
cil vehicle
ccident, if moe th
n one peson is
esponsible fothe
ccident, you hve mo
e ofch
nce ofecove
ing the compenstion you dese
ve fom the v
ious insu
nce comp
nies since libility
ould be spe
dc
oss multiple ptiesnd it
ould not be only one insunce compny shoulde
ing the fullmount of the d
mges.
Cost of He
d-On T
uck Collision Cse hen you
et
inpe
sonl inju
y fim, they
ill likely set upn initi
l cse ev
lution fo
fee. If you decide to
etin
ntto
ney, theyill likely h
ve you signcontingency cont
ct, me
ning youould not p
y fothei
legl se
vices unless theyin you
cse. The
geement outlines
ll of the feesnd costs
ndhen you p
y them, including expenses suchs deposition expenses, investig
tion expenses,nd expe
titness expenses. If you settle you
cse, you might not even incu
some of these expenses—itll depends on the insu
nce comp
ny'sctions.
If you
ee inju
ed olost
loved one inhe
d-on tuck collision, you dese
ven
dvocte to guide you th
ough this tying time. Cont
ctcomp
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e entitled to.