You can seek to recover a wide range of economic and non-economic damages after a truck accident. These damages generally include money for your medical bills, lost income, property repairs, pain and suffering, and more. You will need evidence of your damages and their value to support your insurance claim or lawsuit.
Working with a Baltimore truck accident lawyer to identify and document your damages is the best way to ensure you fight for a fair settlement in your truck crash case. You do not have to settle for less than you deserve. Let an attorney handle your claim and negotiate your payout.
What Damages Can I Recover Based on My Truck Accident Injuries?
The recoverable damages in a truck accident case generally include two categories of expenses and losses. Money is available from each category in any successful personal injury accident case. These categories include:
Economic Damages
Economic damages are the current and future financial costs and losses experienced because of the accident. Examples include:
- Current medical bills
- Estimated future medical care and support needs
- Lost income
- Reduced earning capacity due to lasting injuries
- Property damage
- Other out-of-pocket expenses
Non-Economic Damages
Non-economic damages are intangible losses experienced due to your accident and injuries. These may include:
- Physical pain and suffering
- Mental anguish
- Emotional trauma
- Scarring and disfigurement
- Disability
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Lost quality of life
- Other non-financial losses
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How Much Is My Truck Accident Case Worth?
To determine the possible settlement range of your truck accident insurance claim, you must identify and document your recoverable damages. This requires understanding the types of damages you can recover and how to document them. Working with a truck accident attorney is the most efficient, stress-free, and accurate option.
Your Baltimore personal injury lawyer will gather evidence of your expenses and losses, including medical bills, receipts, income statements, repair estimates, and expert witness testimony. This allows them to have a complete picture of how the accident and your injuries have affected your daily life and the price you paid because of your injuries.
Having a solid understanding of your damages is vital in ensuring you seek a fair settlement from the insurance company. Insurance adjusters often make lowball settlement offers that initially sound like a lot of money. However, you may later find that they will not cover your ongoing and future care costs, income losses, and other truck accident-related expenses.
Who Is Liable for My Truck Accident Injuries and Losses?
Determining liability in a tractor-trailer crash can be complex. While car accident liability depends on fault, additional considerations apply when the at-fault party is a commercial truck driver.
Typically, victims can file a claim based on the at-fault driver’s auto liability insurance policy, which is required for all motorists under state law. However, this is frequently not the best option for those hit by big rig drivers.
Instead, truck accident victims generally pursue a case against the driver’s employer to recover financial compensation. Trucking companies must carry insurance coverage for their drivers, and many also have large corporate liability policies for their businesses.
Pursuing a case against the trucking company is possible because they have vicarious liability in cases when their workers:
- Acted negligently, causing a crash
- Were performing job-related duties, such as driving a truck, when they caused an accident
- Were employed by the trucking company when the accident occurred
Most truck collisions that occur because of driver error meet this criteria. In other cases, these accidents could happen because the trucking company was negligent. This could occur due to violations of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations or other negligence.
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How Will a Personal Injury Attorney Help Me Manage My Truck Accident Case?
Going up against a trucking company and its corporate insurance carrier takes experience, knowledge, skill, and resources. You will not want to approach the trucking company’s insurance carrier alone to demand fair compensation. They are unlikely to make a fair offer, even if you feel confident that you understand the value of your damages.
When you hire an attorney to manage the case, you can dedicate your time and energy to your treatment, physical therapy, and healing. Your truck accident lawyer will build your case, develop an effective strategy, and communicate with the liable party and their insurer.
Your lawyer will provide regular case updates and be available to answer any questions you have. They will also guide you through any settlement offers in the case. However, your primary focus can be on your health and recovery.
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When Should I Start Gathering Evidence to Support My Truck Accident Case?
You should begin thinking about your insurance claim or legal case as soon as your injuries allow. Hiring a motor vehicle collision lawyer to handle your case can make this process much easier, especially if your injuries, treatment, or time constraints prevent you from dedicating the necessary time to your claim.
The sooner you get started, the sooner your attorney can begin their investigation. This could lead to uncovering evidence that might not be available later.
Under Maryland law, you generally have up to three years to file a personal injury lawsuit per Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 5-101. However, many steps must occur before filing a lawsuit. Acting quickly after your accident allows your lawyer ample time to prepare your case before the deadline expires.
Talk to Our Truck Accident Team About Your Injuries and Damages
Jenner Law offers free consultations for victims hurt in Maryland truck accidents. We can answer your questions and explain how our truck accident lawyers approach these cases. We represent all injury victims based on contingency. You will not pay anything upfront for our representation.
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