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Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) tells us that fatal crashes involving large trucks have increased by nearly 50% over the last 10 years.
It is very important to contact a lawyer immediately after a serious truck accident. The trucking company will have its private investigators on the scene looking for evidence to prove that the truck driver was not at fault and to blame the innocent victim for the crash. These investigators are often more experienced and knowledgeable than the police officers. You will need your own investigation to prove and win your case.
It is very important to photograph the vehicles, measure the skid marks, inspect the roadway, and interview eyewitnesses. It is also importaNT to download the truck’s black box and get information about the speed of the truck and other data to prove that the truck driver caused the accident. These are the small details that will help us prove and win big cases. To get these information you must a lawyer.
In Case Of Major Injuries
Injuries from truck accidents can be very severe even some injuries are permanent. If you are involved in any serious injury and you need an extended medical care. It is best time to consult a lawyer because a lawyer can help you to calculate medical bills, lost wages and total medical cost compensation in a legal way to avoid any future loss.
Fault Is Being Disputed
There may be chances even what the evidence are clear the ensusers of trucking companies argue comparative fault to reduce the compensation. It means that you may not get full benefits. To avoid it is very important to consult a lawyer as soon as possible.
When Insures Contact You Quickly For A Settlement
If an Insure form trucking company contacts you immediately after the accident. That means they want you to settle things outside of the courtroom. If you are contacted by a trucking company’s insurers for a statement with an offer that is giving you compensation, do not stay with them if you don’t have a lawyer on your side. They can use anything against you what you say to them. A quick settlement will not give you time to think.
Multiples Parties Involved
Sometimes truck accidents also happen because of employer negligence, cargo loadings are not proper, vehicle is not maintaned fully, or parts are defective. It is very important to identify all parties that are responsible for truck accidents. Identifying all involved parties can make your case stronger. You are missing these extra sources of compensation if you don’t involve any lawyer.
Your Injuries Affect Your Ability to Work
Because of serious truck accident if you lose your ability to return to work or you are not able to work properly with full capacity you need a lawyer. Because a lawyer helps you to calculate lost wages and lost earning capacity. This is a very important part because this will decide your future and your family’s future. If you lose your ability to work and a lawyer helps you to get compensation, it means your family’s future is safe.
Why Timing Matters In Truck Accident Cases?
If you’re involved in a serious truck accident it’s important that you minimize the time between the actual crash and when you reach out to an attorney. Here’s the reason why every time that a truck is involved in a serious crash the trucking company one of their first calls sometimes even before they call 9-1-1 they call their insurance company. These insurance companies have these rapid response teams that will go out to the scene and will start collecting evidence immediately. So a lot of times what happens with accident victims is maybe they’re in surgery or they’re in the emergency room. So they might not get to call an attorney right away so there’s already a lag between when the insurance company starts investigating your case. They will quickly get involved and start investigating case collecting evidence and making sure that nobody’s destroying evidence the better it’s going to be for your case.
In the last 10 or 15 years than before is every truck that’s produced now is equipped with what is called an electronic control module(ECM). It is similar to like a black box in an airplane and it records a ton of data. You can see how fast the car was going whether there was braking before a crash. What the angle of the steering wheel was it’s always recording as the vehicle’s in motion and then when there’s an event such as an impact or an airbag goes off or a hard break then all that data for 5 10 15 seconds depending on the model before that event is recorded. So it’s important that lawyers get involved early so they can say to the trucking company hey this is important we need you to preserve this.
