The trucking industry is crucial to California, due to its coastal access to multiple major shipping ports. Unfortunately, this also places enormous trucks on the road with vulnerable motorists in much smaller, lighter vehicles. A commercial truck accident in Glendale requires careful handling to obtain the crucial compensation an injury victim deserves from large trucking companies and their powerful insurers, who are not on the injury victim’s side. Call our Glendale personal injury lawyers to learn about your rights as a truck accident victim in Glendale, CA.
Why Choose the Truck Accident Attorneys at Onyx Law Firm?
Onyx Law Firm is dedicated to professional excellence and compassionate legal advocacy, including in devastating truck accident cases. With legal representation from Onyx Law Firm, your case has the following advantages:
- A legal team with two decades of combined experience, skills, and knowledge as a tireless advocate at your side throughout every step of the process
- Access to investigators, accident reconstruction specialists, and renowned medical experts to provide critical supporting evidence in your case
- An open-communication policy so you are never in the dark about your case, and your attorney takes the time to get to know you and understand the full impact of the truck accident on your life
Onyx Law Firm does not charge upfront fees. Instead, you can expect a free evaluation of your Glendale truck accident case, and we only get paid after you do.
How Are Glendale Truck Accident Claims More Complex Than Car Accidents?
In most car accidents, one driver is responsible for the accident and liable for damages under California’s pure comparative negligence laws outlined in California Code, CIV 1714. Truck accidents are more challenging due to the potential for multiple liable parties. It requires an in-depth investigation by a California truck accident attorney to identify the liable party or parties and compile evidence to make a compelling case. Possible liable parties in truck accident claims include the following:
- The driver, if they caused the accident, operates as an independent contractor
- A negligent trucking company
- A negligent truck maintenance company
- A negligent freight loading company
- A third-party driver
- The manufacturer of a defective truck part, tire, or equipment
In some cases, other entities may be at fault or partly at fault for a Glendale truck accident, such as a negligent road planning or road maintenance agency, or a negligent road construction contractor.
Recovering Damages In a Glendale Truck Accident Claim
Trucking companies and drivers must follow crucial safety regulations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Unfortunately, profit-protecting companies may cut corners or fail to adhere to regulations. In other cases, a distracted, drowsy, inexperienced, or impaired driver could cause a devastating truck accident. Damages recovered in truck accident claims against one or more at-fault parties include the following:
- Past and future medical expenses
- Out-of-pocket costs
- Past and future income loss
- Diminished earning capacity (in disability cases)
- Fair compensation for pain and suffering
- Catastrophic injury damages, if any apply in an individual’s case, such as loss of limb, permanent scarring, the loss of an organ or one of the senses, chronic pain, or diminished quality of life
- Wrongful death compensation to the family of a truck accident fatality in Glendale
According to the National Safety Council (NSC), over 70% of truck accident injuries and fatalities occur to those in smaller vehicles. Even an injury victim with a single ER bill and a few days of lost earnings deserves compensation when a truck caused their accident, but some truck accident victims face an uncertain future due to severe, life-altering injuries.
Contact Our Glendale Truck Accident Attorneys Today
You deserve time to focus on maximizing your physical recovery and emotional well-being after a serious accident in Glendale or Crescenta Highlands. Contact Onyx Law Firm to learn how a Glendale truck accident lawyer can give you the time and focus you need by navigating the legal complexities of recovering the fair compensation you deserve at (844) 669-9529.