The difficulties of truck accident cases as compared to conventinal car accidents

The Difficulties of 18-Wheeler Accident Cases

Accidents involving 18-wheelers can be extremely damaging.  The sheer size of the vehicle generally ensures that damages will be much higher than in an accident involving only passenger cars.  But there are some legal difficulties as well that can make receiving compensation for your accident much more difficult than it would seem.  Here are a few of the factors that come into play with truck accident cases.

Commercial Insurance Policies: 18-wheelers and their drivers are insured by commercial insurance policies that are typically valued 50 times higher than policies covering passenger cars.  There is a lot of money involved in these cases and the insurance carriers will do everything they can to keep from paying up.

Ruthless Insurance Adjusters: Commercial insurance carriers employ the most aggressive insurance adjusters in the business.  These adjusters have proven their ability time and time again to deny claims just like yours.  They will be working around the clock to make sure their company doesn't pay you.

A Team of Defense Experts Working Against You: Before the 18-wheeler driver has even left the scene, a team of defense attorneys and accident recreation specialists are working to build a case against you.  They will be taking witness testimonies, looking for physical evidence, and doing whatever else they can think of to make sure the blame for this accident is pinned on you.

Legal Gray Areas: 18-wheelers are regulated by the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration.  These regulations overlap with state laws and provide a legal gray area for defense attorneys to get their clients off the hook using technicalities you may have never even heard of.

Unscrupulous Truck Drivers: While most truck drivers are good people who work hard for their living, there are still many of them that cause accidents and do not own up to the responsibility. For the driver of the 18-wheeler, everything is at stake.  His or her entire career likely rests on this case.  He or she might be highly motivated to do or say whatever it takes to place the blame on you.

As you can see, the odds are against you.  Against such an orchestrated effort, you need a team of experts of your own to fight back.  The Texas truck accident attorneys of Grossman Law Offices have had twenty years of experience going after truck drivers and their merciless insurance carriers. 

Posted by: Dallas trucking accident attorney Michael Grossman | Posted on: 9/28/2009 | Comments (0)

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