Atlanta Truck Accident Lawyers
Advocacy in Connection with Trucking Accidents
If you need the support of a personal injury lawyer to get compensation after a truck accident in Atlanta, our lawyers can help you through these complex cases. We will do everything possible to help you recover money lost to medical bills, missed income, and other expenses. We can also help you get compensation for wrongful deaths from truck crashes.
Truck accident cases typically involve far more devastation than most cases personal injury attorneys handle. The crashes may involve property damage, other vehicles and buildings, catastrophic injuries, and fatalities. One of the most important steps in building a successful case is gathering evidence showing that whoever was driving the large truck was at fault for causing the damages and injuries.
Contact us now to start working with an experienced Atlanta truck accident lawyer. We understand the common causes of truck accidents and how negligence from truckers and the trucking industry can result in severe injuries for you and other innocent motorists. Our lawyers have a strong track record of helping clients like you get justice.
While waiting to hear from our lawyers, you may want to know more about these cases. Below, you can learn how a truck accident differs from other accidents, how to navigate these claims, and what exactly a truck accident attorney can do for you. Get started today with a free consultation.
How a Truck Accident Differs from Other Accidents
Trucking accident cases are more complex than the typical motor vehicle wreck. Not only are the drivers themselves responsible for any accidents they cause, but the trucking company may also be responsible if the driver was acting in the course and scope of his employment for the company.
Others may also be responsible, including those responsible for loading the truck with any goods it is carrying, the company receiving the goods, the entity that may have sold a defective truck to the driver/company, or the entity responsible for maintaining the truck in proper operating condition.
Driving a commercial motor vehicle requires more knowledge, experience, skills, and physical abilities than driving a non-commercial vehicle. Applicants must pass skills and knowledge testing geared to these higher standards to obtain a commercial driver's license. Truck drivers and their companies must also maintain driving logs to ensure that they have had sufficient rest during their trips and to establish that the trucks have been properly maintained and inspected.
Commercial trucks are dangerous, as they are harder and take longer to stop and due to the potential for instability due to shifting goods, especially when loaded with a heavy shipment. Managing a commercial truck on the road requires a well-rested and attentive driver.
While regulations require that drivers get sufficient sleep, those regulations are not always obeyed, leading to accidents. If a driver has a deadline, they may drive too fast for the conditions, in inclement weather, or recklessly. Driver fatigue may sometimes be recklessly treated with caffeine or other inadequate solutions.
Due to the size and weight of commercial trucks, trucking accidents are often devastating to the victim, the victim’s family, and, in death cases, to the survivors. Broken bones, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and more are all possible in truck and tractor-trailer accidents.
The needs of seriously injured victims may cost many millions in care, therapy, surgery, and life care costs that no one can afford without assistance. You need an attorney who is knowledgeable and sufficiently skilled to establish both liability and the need for serious compensation.
We have that skill and access to the finest experts in the field to support our claims, whether the issue is liability or the extent of injury and medical and other needs in the future.
Navigating a Truck Accident Claim
When navigating a truck accident claim in Georgia, there are several practices that you should follow. Sticking to these practices can give you the best chance to maximize your claim. A lawyer will be able to give you the next steps, but it helps to complete some of the steps below before you call.
First, you should collect evidence as quickly as possible because it may not be available later. Collect all contact information at the accident scene if you or another person can safely do so. You or another party should also take pictures of the truck collision from as many angles as possible.
Make sure you fully assist with the police report if you don’t need immediate medical attention after the truck wreck. You may have information witnesses from other passenger vehicles don’t have.
Next, you should seek out a complete medical evaluation and medical treatment. A medical evaluation will allow you to document your injuries' extent fully. If you wait too long to receive an evaluation, you may find it difficult to tie your injuries to the accident in court. Early medical evaluations are important evidence in injury cases, especially if the injuries worsen.
What Can an Atlanta Truck Accident Attorney Do for You After a Semi Truck Accident?
Your lawyer can assist you with nearly every part of the process that follows truck-related vehicle accidents. They can help you understand the potential of your claim, gather time-sensitive evidence, meet legal deadlines, and negotiate with insurance companies. They will fight to see you get fair compensation to cover your medical expenses and the limited horizons of your life.
Serious trucking accident cases take time to move through court. However, these cases are very often resolved with settlements, which are agreements between your legal team and the legal team of the trucker who injured you. These agreements don’t require juries or verdicts, just the consent of both parties and the judge.
Truck Accident Victims: Get Help Now
We strive to be Atlanta’s top personal injury firm. You can rely on us to do everything in our power to reach the best possible outcome in your case. Our attorneys will fight to see that your rights are protected and your injuries are compensated. Get started using our truck accident injury case contact form.
