Los Angeles Truck Accident Lawyer
(Tractor Trailer Accidents)
Tractor-Trailer trucks are a major cause of devastating injuries because in a collision, they overpower and outweigh (up to 80,000 lbs.) all other vehicles on the road.
Truck accident scenarios usually involve:
- Truck maintenance failures (bad tires, lights, brakes and lack of safety equipment)
- Truck driver fatigue (lack of sleep causing errors in judgment and loss of control)
- Improper balanced and negligent securing of cargo or excessive loads
- Truck drivers failure to see a vehicle in the “blind spot”
- Truck drivers failure to adjust to weather conditions (rain, snow, fog, wind)
- Overly aggressive truck driving (speeding and dangerous lane changes)
- Jackknifing (when the trailer moves rapidly toward the cab)
- Fishtailing (when the trailer sways back and forth)
- Drivers failure to reduce speed (on curves, downgrades and icy or sandy road surfaces)
- Dangerous cargo (flammable/explosive, poisonous or radioactive, logs, machinery, and construction material)
- Improper off-road parking (during driver’s rest and sleep breaks)
Handling major truck accidents requires special legal expertise. THE VERCHICK LAW FIRM attorneys are experienced and knowledgeable in
- The complexities of truck and highway safety regulations and agencies
- The physics of road collisions
- Dealing with multiple defendants (due to different ownership of the cab and trailer)
- Dealing with multiple insurance companies
- Highway design
- Dealing with accident reconstruction , human factors and trucking industry experts.
If you or a loved one needs superior tractor trailer truck accident legal representation and is seeking aggressive big firm expertise with compassionate personal service, put your faith in THE VERCHICK LAW FIRM. Contact us NOW.
