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For the most part, truck drivers are trained to be diligent, patient, and safe drivers, however, there are times when they can become distracted and this can contribute to a semi-trailer accident.

Due to the many thousands of miles truck drivers are required to drive in order to fulfill on their delivery obligations, often with very little sleep, they may end up in a semi-trailer accident.

Many semi-trailer accident cases end up settling out of court, and can settle for millions of dollars.

While trucking companies may originally try to wiggle out of taking responsibility for their truck driver being at fault, if you’ve been involved in an accident with a truck, a good lawyer knows how to get you the compensation you deserve.

There are many circumstances that can contribute to an accident.

Some causes for semi-trailer accidents:

  • Tired drivers
  • Improper vehicle maintenance
  • Distracted drivers
  • Inexperienced drivers
  • Improper loading of cargo
  • Playing with the radio
  • Punching an address into a GPS
  • Eating or drinking
  • Talking on the phone

As you can see, there are a large number of potential causes for a semi-trailer accident. And, because trucks are large and carry a substantial amount of weight, semi-trailer accidents can and often do result in very serious injuries and even fatalities.

While the Federal government does regulate the number of hours a truck driver can drive in one day, requiring breaks of a certain length, as well as providing standards for truck maintenance, it’s up to the truck drivers to comply. And, it’s up to the trucking companies to ensure all vehicles receive the proper inspections and maintenance.

All too often truck drivers push themselves to drive longer than they should without taking breaks because of the extra compensation they are offered for meeting and exceeding nearly impossible deadlines.

What to do if you’re involved in a semi-trailer accident

If you’ve been involved in a semi-trailer accident, contact a lawyer to discuss the circumstances of your case. Don’t deal with insurance companies alone, they are not on your side if you are trying to collect a settlement from them.

Insurance companies do not want to pay out any more money in a settlement than they have to, and they will do everything they can to give you as little as possible, including lying about what your policy covers.

Having a lawyer representing you while dealing with insurance companies in a semi-trailer accident will ensure that the insurance company will be as straightforward as possible, because they know they can’t get away with lying to a lawyer.

Get the compensation you deserve by calling a lawyer to discuss your case today.

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A subdivision is city, county, villages, schools, certain administrative agencies. All those are treated under the act differently. Now, if you do sustain an injury or an accident with one of those individuals that I’ve named, then you have one year from the date of your injury to file a written notice, written claim to that subdivision. If you don’t, then your claim is forever barred. Read More

That depends on you, specifically in regards to the length of time it takes for your injuries to improve, how long it takes to get to a point where we can reasonably determine what your future looks like, what additional medical care you require, the cost of such medical care and what permanent restrictions or impairments you have. Read More

The answer to that is almost universally no. The reason for that is the insurance companies like to get in early and offer you a lowball offer in the hopes that they can get you to sign a release of liability waiver. Once that happens, you’re out of luck.

The reason that they send these lowball offers is because you haven’t had a chance yet to properly evaluate your claim. You might still be treating, you might need future medical. There’s also the possibility that you’ve been permanently damaged and you need a doctor to assess that. Read More

Maximum medical improvement or MMI is the point in your injury where you’re about as good as you’re going to get which means you’re not likely to get much better and you’re not likely to get much worse.

It doesn’t mean that you’re all the way better and so for that reason, maximum medical improvement is the point at which your permanent disability benefits are determined. Read More

In order to answer that question, we have to know the specific facts of your case. A lot of factors go into the value of a workers’ compensation case.

First of all, money benefits that are paid to you are based on your wages before the accident. That amount is used then to determine both your temporary disability benefits and your permanent disability benefits. Read More

Yes, it can. In order to modify a child custody order, you have to show what’s called a material change in circumstances.

Now, simply stated what that means is something has to happen. An unanticipated change that if the judge or the parties knew about it when they made the original order, they would have decided differently. Read More

Well, it depends on two things.

First of all, who are you suing and second of all, what are you suing them for? If it’s just general negligence and you’re suing a private person or corporation, it’s four years from the date of accrual of the claim or the date of the accident. Read More

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