Louisville Personal Injury Attorney
Causes and Types of Serious Personal Injury:
Truck Accidents
If you or a loved one has suffered a personal injury or even death in a truck accident where a truck driver was negligent or otherwise at fault, the caring attorneys at Shelton Law Group will work hard to help you and your family on the healing path to recovery. The Shelton Law Group is devoted to protecting our injured clients? rights and pursuing the compensation they deserve.
If we accept your case, we will fight for you every step of the way.
In addition to our proven track record in personal injury law, we have extensive experience representing insurance companies, so we thoroughly understand the process of auto accident claims and litigation. We use this understanding to negotiate settlements aggressively, and to vigorously pursue litigation when necessary.
As in any motor vehicle collision, the potential for personal injury or death in a truck accident is great. However, because commercial trucks are much larger than cars and other motor vehicles, a truck crash is much more likely to result in serious and potentially permanent personal injury, such as a traumatic brain injury or death for the car driver and passengers. This means that medical bills are likely to be higher, loss of income may be greater due to more work time missed, and pain and suffering may be greater and/or more likely from a motorcycle accident.
Special Considerations
Trucks' large size makes them very dangerous to other vehicles in a collision. Because of this fact, there are many state and federal laws regulating the safe operation of commercial trucks. However, because of tight schedules and the pressure to make deliveries more quickly, safety measures such as required sleep time and vehicle maintenance, are sometimes neglected. The effects of this neglect include sleepy drivers who swerve, fail to stop or otherwise lose control of the vehicle, brake failure and blowouts, among others. These can cause accidents, which can be catastrophic for other vehicles.
In addition to the hazards of collisions involving commercial trucks, there are other issues that must be taken into consideration. Liability may not lie with the driver alone - the trucking company is often liable for its drivers. However, there may be jurisdictional issues, as the trucking company may reside in one state, the truck driver in another, and the collision in yet another. It is very important to find an attorney skilled in dealing with commercial trucking accidents, and to start gathering information immediately, to preserve evidence (which could be lost or destroyed, such as a company or driver tampering with the truck's log, for example).
In trucking accidents, responsibility for injuries to a car's driver, passenger or pedestrian is determined by carefully examining every detail involved in the accident, including the truck's log. Kentucky state laws provide rights to those injured in a commercial trucking accident that occurs due the fault or negligence of the truck driver or trucking company. The attorneys at Shelton Law group will work hard to protect your rights and will fight to help you and your loved ones receive the just compensation that you deserve to help compensate for medical bills, lost wages, as well as physical and emotional pain and suffering.
