Truck crashes
A truck crash has more than one party to answer.
The driver, the company that dispatched the load and the company that insures it all have a stake. They have lawyers on call before you have left the hospital.
Trucks are heavy and so are the records behind them: driver logs, inspection history, maintenance files and, often, camera footage that is overwritten within weeks.
We take
Semi-trailers and box trucks
Delivery vans and company vehicles
Crashes on I-71, I-77, I-76, the Turnpike and Route 8
First weeks
What we do before the evidence is gone
Truck companies keep some records for a short time only. A letter asking them to keep everything goes out first.
A preservation letter
We ask the carrier in writing to keep logs, camera footage, dispatch records and the truck itself.
The driver’s record
Hours, inspections and training files, to see whether safety rules were followed.
Every insurer in the picture
Carrier, driver and sometimes a broker or shipper, each with its own policy.
Sample matters
What a truck claim can end in
$84,000
Box truck backing into traffic
Fractured pelvis and four months off work for a delivery driver
$47,500
Semi merging on the interstate
Back injury treated with injections and therapy
Sample matters, for illustration only. Past results do not promise a similar outcome; every case turns on its own facts. Amounts shown are before fees and costs.
About truck claims
Why not just deal with the insurer myself?
Commercial insurers run these claims every day. A lawyer evens that out, and makes sure the carrier’s records are kept rather than lost.
What if the driver was working for a delivery app?
It still may be a claim, but whose insurance applies can be complicated. Send us what you have and we will untangle it.
How long do these claims take?
Longer than car claims, because there is more to collect and more parties to hear from. We give you an honest estimate and update it as things move.
Hit by a truck?
The sooner we write to the carrier, the more of the evidence survives.
No attorney’s fee unless we recover money for you. Case costs are separate; your written agreement says how they are handled, including whether you would owe them if there is no recovery.