Truck Accident

Some accidents, like one car rear ending another at a red light, are relatively easy to navigate. But truck accidents tend to be more legally complex, for several reasons, including:

• More damage - First, trucks are bigger, heavier, and sometimes harder to control. If they get into a collision, they’ll cause much more damage than a traditional vehicle going a comparable speed.
• Number of parties involved - In truck accidents, there are usually more parties involved. You may be dealing with a multi-car pileup instead of a single collision. Even if you aren’t, you may be dealing with external parties like the trucking company that owns the truck, a separate company that owns the trailer, extra insurance agencies, and even governmental regulatory bodies.
• Ownership and liability - Liability can be hard to prove in a normal car accident, and it’s even harder to prove in a truck accident. Any number of factors could have compounded to result in the accident, so it’s hard to pin liability down—especially when all those parties are trying to blame each other.
• Company action - After a truck accident, you may feel pressure from a trucking company, insurance company, or other organization to take a settlement offer. This is because companies like these experience accidents all the time and want to walk away as easily and cheaply as possible.
• Laws and regulations - Laws dictating truck operations are more complex than traditional vehicle laws. These can be tricky to navigate, even for professionals.
  
• Presence or absence of truck data - Some trucks have onboard sensors that collect data such as GPS devices or black boxes, which could complicate a case based on whether these data are present or absent. Moreover, these devices need to be quickly examined or the important evidence and data may be lost forever.