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The force involved in truck accidents can lead to multiple injured or killed parties and significant property damage. If you have experienced one and have been injured, Holland Injury Law would like to review your case and discuss what we can do for you. Call for a free consultation today.
At Holland Injury Law, our team will thoroughly investigate every aspect of your case to identify and pursue the forms of compensation available to you.
Over the past 30 years, our team has recovered over $300 Million for 7,000+ clients. We’ve also gained more than 1000 5-star reviews along the way.
If a truck accident has turned your life upside down, you deserve robust representation to recover proper compensation. Like so many before you, you can confidently put your case in our hands. Call today.
Truck accident laws in Missouri require truckers and associated parties to implement and uphold numerous safety measures to keep the public safe, whether they’re driving on the I-435 or on a city street. Their immense sizes and heavy cargo mean that semi-trucks can cause significant destruction in a crash.
Some of the many safety rules and regulations in the trucking industry deal with issues that directly affect the safety of others, including:
Failure to comply with these and other regulations exponentially increases the risk of a truck accident.
Truck accidents are typically more complex than standard car accidents. While a truck driver is often liable in these accidents, other parties are frequently responsible as well. In some cases, the truck driver is not liable at all.
Generally speaking, the following parties may potentially be held liable in a truck accident:
If the truck driver is negligent and is an employee of a trucking company, the trucking company can also be held liable through the doctrine of vicarious liability.
Victims face serious and catastrophic injuries in truck accidents, and many die. Their losses are the responsibility of negligent and unlawful parties, including:
At Holland Injury Law, we understand the extensive losses truck accident victims face and put our every resource into recovering the full extent of damages owed. If an accident comes about due to reckless or intentional actions, we may pursue punitive damages on top of full compensatory damages.
If you were injured in a truck crash in Missouri, your right to compensation expires five years after the accident due to the statute of limitations for personal injury cases. Minor victims, however, may have until five years after they reach the age of majority, 18, in Missouri.
Negligent victims of truck accidents are not barred from seeking compensation unless they are 100% at fault for their accident. Other states are not so lenient. Most other states have a cut-off of 50 or 51% for a victim’s negligence, and still others bar victims completely from seeking compensation if they are even 1% at fault.
In Missouri, if you are at fault, your compensation payout will be reduced based on how liable you are. For example, if you are owed damages of $500,000 for a truck crash on the dangerous I-70 and are 50% at fault, your compensation will be reduced to $250,000.
Everyone may know who is at fault in a truck accident. However, if there is no evidence of it, there is no liability. In the law, it’s not what you know but what you can prove. Simple allegations are not enough to compel insurance companies to release compensation funds.
Victims must use hard evidence to point to specific actions of negligence or lawlessness as the cause of their accidents and injuries, such as:
Once on the case, our truck accident attorneys at Holland Injury Law aggressively pursue evidence of fault, even when parties seek to bury it or downplay its importance.
The ultimate goal of any truck accident lawyer is to recover as much compensation as possible for their clients. This requires building a formidable case according to the rules of evidence and complying with numerous formal and informal rules of procedure.
Truck accident cases have many moving parts. Mountains of legal and financial documents and forms must be efficiently managed and utilized for success in a case. Holland Injury Law attorneys take care of every aspect of your case, leaving you time for other things.
The biggest challenge lawyers take on in most truck accident cases is insurance companies. These businesses are the first entity from which to seek compensation. They cover the losses people suffer in accidents but don’t do so willingly.
As for-profit businesses, insurance companies rely on regular coverage payments and rare payouts. The more payouts, the lower their profits. Additionally, the more each payout totals, the lower their profits. So they work hard to get victims without lawyers to accept as little as possible, or they work meticulously to find a reason to deny the claim.
When Holland Injury Law is on the case, however, we take point and deal directly with insurance companies. Their tactics and tricks simply do not work on us because we know the law and how to use it to compel these companies to pay up.
In most cases, truck accidents result in settlement. However, a small percentage of cases require litigation and trial. If an insurance company fails to pay, and you deserve more, you have the option of filing a lawsuit.
Our truck accident attorneys are confident and successful litigators who can compel insurance companies to pay proper compensation through skilled legal strategies. If a trial is necessary, you’ll get seasoned representation before judge and jury with Holland Injury Law truck accident attorneys.
At Holland Injury Law, we also care about your peace of mind and work hard to keep you informed and up to speed on all aspects of your case. We address your concerns and questions promptly, 24 hours a day, and guide you to make appropriate decisions that affect your case.
Don’t settle for anything less than robust representation from an experienced injury law firm such as Holland Injury Law. Put your case in our capable hands, and trust in our team as thousands have before us. Call today.
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