Truck and Semi Accident Attorney

Serious Injury and Litigation

Once emergency services are on their way to your location, and you have assessed whether or not you have sustained serious injuries and the injuries of any passengers, safely remove yourself and any passengers out of your vehicle. Assist if you can. Give first aid if possible. Then begin noting all evidence of the crash site. Take notes, photos and log all information concerning the crash. Then record all visits you take to medical facilities, any care you receive, keep all records and receipts. Everything you can hold onto from these hard times will be helpful in your case.

Commercial truck accidents are a bigger deal than a normal car accident because semi-trucks are much larger and can carry tens of thousands of pounds of cargo or freight. Due to the weight and severity of the situation, it is more likely that insurance companies and trucking companies will act swiftly to do what they can to limit the amount of compensation they give in a claim. That is why, any evidence you are able to acquire and hold onto is valuable for you and for Merkle Law Firm’s team. We will work our hardest to ensure that you and your loved one are fully covered after this devastating situation.

Trucking Company Lawsuits

Apart from truck accidents being a big deal, they are also important because numerous parties might be involved. The semi-truck driver is responsible, and they can be tied to the company under which the driver was hired as well as their insurance company, the manufacturer or designer of any part that was found to be defective, any truck leasing company the trucking company leased a vehicle from, anyone involved in the loading and unloading process of the semi-truck, as well as anyone at the Federal level in regards to the failure to properly maintain roadways or construction projects. Again, with many steps and parties involved, it is very important that you get in contact with the personal injury lawyer at Merkle Law Firm.

Truck Accident Compensation

With every case (18-wheeler accident, car crash and other personal injuries) there are always different variables, circumstances and dependent factors that shape the overall compensation of a personal injury case, especially an accident lawsuit or settlement involving a commercial truck and a personal vehicle. Due to the seriousness and, oftentimes, catastrophic aftermath of a semi-truck accident with a car, financial compensation for the victim can sum up to a bigger amount. Serious factors that would allow for greater compensation can include:

• Severity of injuries sustained: Truck accidents can leave victims with life-altering or life-threatening injuries. They can be the cause of disfigurement, amputation, broken bones, whiplash, traumatic damage to the spinal cord and/or brain, post-traumatic stress disorder, death etc.
• Cost of medical treatments and services: Ambulance rides to the hospital or emergency room or I.C.U., surgery, physical and/or mental therapy, prescribed medication and other medical services and treatments can be expensive, but all of which are absolutely necessary.
• Loss of income: Losing the ability to work at one’s current place of employment, and thus losing out on earnings and wages, due to the injuries sustained by a truck accident can be difficult to bear, especially as the primary wage-earner or breadwinner.
• Emotional and personal diminution: Injuries sustained in a serious semi accident can cause paralysis, broken or loss of limb and other debilitating effects. Because of these damages, they might disrupt the normalcy of daily life, affecting how they would have enjoyed or gone about their day, as well as the enjoyment and normalcy of loved ones. This disruption of normalcy can take their toll on the mental and personal capacities of a victim – they may feel useless or like a burden in many ways.
• Enduring physical pain: Accidents of a serious degree can inflict victims with prolonged physical pain. Harder, though it is, to prove in a court setting, due to the internal nature of where pain is located and felt in the body, pain is still real and can also take its toll and be extremely debilitating. The expertise and skill of a trained personal injury lawyer can help to protect and preserve the evidence necessary to prove these damages.
• Severity of damage to property: Merkle Law Firm can help to maximize your property damage compensation when trained insurance adjusters try to minimize the amount they want to pay for your damaged vehicle or property.

A truck accident can often result in concussions, back injuries, traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injuries and neck injuries. For other motor vehicle litigation and cases involving wrongful death, worker’s compensation, read more about how we help with claims for semi-truck and 18-wheeler accidents, motorcycle accidents, hit and run accidents, ATV accidents, bus accidents, car accidents and drunk driving accidents.