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Truck Accidents | St. Paul Attorneys

Each year, over 4,800 people are killed, and over 100,000 people injured in crashes involving large trucks. Injuries caused by a large truck can be catastrophic.

Often, it is found that the truck company or driver created a danger to the public and ultimately the victim. For example, the trucking companies:

• Hired a poorly trained or inexperienced driver.
• Trained a driver in a manner that violates safety laws.
• Kept the truck and trailer in an unsafe condition.
• Allowed drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs to stay on the road.
• Allowed drivers to violate the safety law limiting the hours of driving. (A fatigued driver is as dangerous as a drunk driver.)

You Need an Attorney in a Truck Crash Case

As soon as it learns about the crash, the trucking company or its insurer sends a rapid response team to the crash scene. Truck drivers are often trained to call the trucking company before calling the police or checking on the victims. Within an hour after a crash occurs, the company usually has a claims investigator at the scene seeking evidence favorable to the defense. Too often, evidence that was present at the scene vanishes.

Much crucial information can be lost if the victim doesn’t have an attorney who can act promptly to preserve it. Truck companies have driver’s logs, on-board computers, satellite communication systems, electronic control modules and event data recorders. All of these might have essential information to protect the victim’s rights. However, much of this data is purged after six moths, and other information is automatically destroyed within days after the crash. Therefore, it is imperative that you have an attorney that demands this information be preserved.

Often, the insurance company for the trucking company tries to talk the victim and her family into inaction by promising that they will take care of things. The insurance company might make an unreasonably low offer of settlement while the victim or their family is still in shock or grieving. Remember that the insurance company already has a defense attorney at that point, and their interests are not to truly care for the victim or their family.

Someone on Your Side

Call the lawyers at the Paige Donnelly law firm. You need experienced legal help from someone who is only on your side. It’s important to contact us as soon as possible after the crash. The experienced lawyers and staff at the Paige Donnelly law firm have the manpower to obtain the records from the trucking company, and help you get a fair and just compensation. We’re here to explain what your rights are, and to help people injured by truck accidents. When you contact us, we will promptly respond to your questions and are willing to visit you at the hospital or in your home.