1. Para evaluar el impacto real de sus lesiones en su vida, hoy y en el futuro:
Las víctimas de accidentes de camión a menudo sufren fracturas de huesos, cicatrices/desfiguraciones significativas, lesiones medulares, pérdida de una extremidad, daños en órganos internos y/o lesiones en la cabeza.
As such, treatment is both expensive and extensive and even if maximum recovery is achieved, victims are left grappling with lifelong disabilities. Calculating the immediate cost of an injury and the losses that will result from it in the near future is not so hard. But, understanding the value of its impact on your life 2, 3 or even 10 years from the time of the accident is a very complicated process.
An experienced truck accident attorney will calculate the loss of income based on wages that could not be earned today as well as the higher wages that you would have received in the future had you not been injured in the accident.
2. Para desentrañar las capas de responsabilidad:
When an accident involves two passenger vehicles, things are fairly straight forward. Either both parties share some percentage of the responsibility, or one party is completely responsible. Rarely is a third party involved! But, when you are talking about a truck accident there may be a third, fourth or even fifth party involved.
For example, the truck driver may only be partially responsible if a mechanical failure led to the accident. The same reasoning applies if the payload came undone and that is what led to the mishap. Along the same lines, if the crash resulted from the driver’s inattentiveness this would put the blame on the driver. However, if the trucking company disregarded the “maximum number of hours” rule they would be just as much or more to blame.
In a nutshell, there are multiple regulations that govern the operation of big rigs. Only a lawyer who has ample experience of handling truck accident claims will know these rules and how they can be used to establish liability.
3. Para obtener pruebas vitales que inclinarán la balanza a su favor:
While accident site photographs, witness testimony and police reports hold weight even in the case of truck accidents, there are other pieces of evidence that are just as crucial and sometime even more so. For example:
- Registros de formación, empleo, médicos, pruebas de drogas y alcohol y antecedentes de accidentes anteriores del conductor del camión.
- Registros de mantenimiento del semirremolque.
- Operational log with details such as the number of hours of truck operation, stops and breaks taken, etc.
- Grabaciones de la cámara de la cabina del camión.
- Registros de teléfono móvil del conductor del camión.
- Black box recorder of the truck that will contain information such as the speed and direction of the truck and engine, brakes, and general vehicle performance.
Unfortunately, the trucking company holds all this crucial data. Now, they may/may not heed to your request to be allowed access to this data. But, once they get a lawyer’s notice to this effect, they will have no choice; not to mention that an experienced attorney will easily spot foul play if any attempts have already been made to tamper with/destroy this evidence.
4. Para tratar con los representantes de las compañías de seguros:
Antes de que se dé cuenta, los peritos de seguros se encargarán de su caso. De hecho, algunos clientes han informado haber recibido llamadas de las aseguradoras de la empresa de transporte mientras aún estaban en el lugar del accidente o en el hospital.
Make no mistake, these calls are certainly not made out of concern. They want to catch you at your weakest, so they can get you to agree to a low-ball settlement or an attempt at getting you to say something that they can use against you in court.
The best thing about getting an attorney involved is that you will no longer have to field calls from insurance adjusters. In fact, the minute a lawyer starts working on your claim, he/she will notify the other side that they should only contact your attorney going forward.
5. Para eliminar las emociones de la ecuación:
Although this is the last on the list, it is by no means the least. As if the shock and trauma of the accident is not enough, the pain that accompanies the injuries, worries over mounting medical bills, the grief of a gravely injured or deceased loved one and the fear of an uncertain financial/professional future, can snuff the rationality out of even the most mentally strong individuals.
Con un abogado manejando las negociaciones, no tendrá que preocuparse de que sus emociones afecten su capacidad para tomar las decisiones correctas. Y eso nos lleva a la pregunta más importante que debe hacerse…
¿Va a dejar que la empresa de transporte tome la delantera?
The minute you get legal representation, the trucking company, other parties of interest and their insurers all know that they can no longer bully you. They can no longer push you into a corner and wait for you to finally give in.
Porque con un abogado en la ecuación, siempre existe la posibilidad muy real de que el asunto termine en los tribunales. ¡Y en un tribunal no es donde las compañías de seguros quieren estar!
Cuando tenga a DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers de su lado, estará representado por abogados experimentados que conocen las tácticas de las compañías de seguros y podrá concentrarse en su recuperación mientras nosotros defendemos sus derechos.
No hay coste ni obligación para que revisemos su caso, así que contáctenos hoy mismo y permítanos luchar para conseguirle el tratamiento médico y la compensación que se merece.
