There Are No Small Big Rig Accidents Or Injuries.

Every day Ohio drivers must share the interstates, highways, and roadways with truck drivers. But because our passenger vehicles are only designed to protect us from accidents caused by similar sized vehicles, we are left practically helpless against the dangers posed by these gigantic vehicles.

As your truck accident injury law firm, we know that accidents caused by commercial trucks, such as an eighteen-wheelers or other big rig carriers, are more catastrophic than an ordinary car accident. Typically, fully loaded large commercial trucks weigh an average of 80,000 pounds, while an average passenger automobile weighs only approximately 3,000 pounds. By the basic laws of physics, any collision between a commercial truck and another vehicle is likely to result in serious life-altering injuries and/or death. Indeed, commercial big rig carrier trucks like eighteen-wheelers, semi tractor-trailers, tankers, and construction trucks are a leading cause of highway deaths in the United States each year. Indeed, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, in two-vehicle accidents involving an automobile and a large truck, 98 percent of the fatalities were occupants of the passenger vehicle. Additional common injuries from commercial truck accidents include paraplegia, quadriplegia, permanent brain damage, amputation, spinal cord injury and significant disfigurement.

As there are now over two million more registered trucks in the United States than there were just a decade ago, the risk of truck accidents continues to climb. In fact, recent statistics show that trucks are involved in one out of every nine automobile accidents; and that every 16 minutes a person is killed or injured in a truck accident. This increase of trucks on our roads and the danger they present is not expected to stop. Trucking revenues, which totaled $610 billion last year, are forecasted to nearly double by 2015.

Right after truck accidents happen and before you can hire a big rig accident attorney, the trucking companies involved often send agents to the accident scene. The primary job of these agents is to reduce their company's liability and financial exposure. Many times, trucking, hauling and leasing companies try to place the victim in the middle by disputing whose insurance will provide for victim compensation. These companies know that the ideal time to confront an accident victims and/or the victim's family is immediately following the crash when they are traumatized, anxious and grieving, and had no real opportunity to consider their real future needs or the value of their claim. Again, all before you can hire the right truck accident lawyer to help you through the process.

Many truck accident victims do not realize that the truck driver may not be the only person or business entity legally responsible for the accident. At The Spitz Law Firm, your truck accident injury attorney will investigate the potential liability of trucking companies, contractors, employers, and insurance companies, all of whom may be liable for your injuries. In order to maximize your legal recovery caused by a truck accident, it is important that you the right truck accident injury attorney as soon as possible.

If, following legal discovery procedures, your truck accident injury attorney can establish an employment relationship between the truck driver and a trucking or shipping company, then that company can be held legally liable for the driver's negligence under a legal theory known as "respondeat superior." Under this liability doctrine, among other things your attorney will need to show that the company exercised some degree of control over the driver, and that the accident occurred while the driver was acting in the course of the employment relationship.

In some rare cases, the manufacturer or shipper of hazardous materials carried by the truck may also be legally responsible for any injuries that were caused or made worse by the type of cargo on board. For example, if a shipper fails to advise a truck driver or trucking company of hazardous material contained in a load of freight, the shipper may be liable for injuries that result if that material catches fire or is released.

These are only a very small percentage of the many considerations that need to be considered. It is important that you call the right truck accident attorney to guide you through this difficult and complex process. Once you call The Spitz Law Firm, we will put all our resources to work for you. Call now.

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