How An Attorney Can Help After A Truck Accident

Truck accidents are an unfortunate occurrence that can cause serious and in some cases fatal damage to individuals in smaller vehicles. The passage of consumer goods (a staggering 70%) is carried out by licensing transport to trucking companies so the chances of a collision or damage to smaller vehicles and their passengers can be considered high, especially during the nighttime. 

More than 70% of large-scale collisions and fatalities on highways were found in research to have involved a large goods transport truck. If you have been on the other side of a truck accident, exemplary legal counsel can help you greatly in determining liability in court and winning damages. 

Driver-Oriented Accident Types

A key part of determining the liability of the truck driver is to ascertain the type of accident that has occurred and how their actions or negligence has contributed to the occurrence. 

• Non-performance actions relate to a physical reaction or issue taking place in the case of the driver. This could be having a heart attack, stroke, loss of consciousness, or falling asleep while driving. 
• Recognition actions in the legal sense relate to willful or unwilful distraction on the part of the driver such as being absent-minded, too involved with listening to music, being on the phone, and so forth. Distraction as well as not paying attention to the road come under this type of accident-causing action. 
• ‘Decision’ incurs heavy liability usually as it concerns an action on the part of the driver such as overspeeding, taking a wrong turn, or not following instructions on any road or highway. 
• Lastly, ‘performance’ indicates panic or poor driving skills that result in a collision or accident. An attorney will help you determine the extent of liability and how that will look in court proceedings or arbitration for damages.

Proving Driver Negligence 

Proving driver negligence is the crux of what your attorney can do to help after you’ve been in any kind of truck accident. In some cases, your attorney may take the stance that the truck driver did not do everything in their power to prevent an accident. Drivers have a responsibility on the road to be careful and to practice caution which the truck driver in your case may not have done. That also makes them a prime candidate for litigation to be practiced in the event of an accident. 

Any good Tampa truck accident attorney or attorney of any other state would seek to gather evidence and prove beyond a doubt that there was a definite linkage or correlation between the unfortunate accident and the actions of the driver involved. The harm done to your person such as injuries or trauma of any sort will also serve as evidence along with emotional distress and damage or destruction of your vehicle and other belongings such as a purse or mobile phone present in the car. 

The sum of your medical bills will be sought as damages in many cases along with the cost of repairs. The court may also order an amount larger than the former and the latter, especially if other individuals were also present in the car and affected by the accident.