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There are many personal injury attorneys who handle truck accident cases when they are able to take on a client. Most of these attorneys have a practice that centers around other areas such as maritime, mass torts, or general personal injury. How many truck accident cases are you currently handling? motor carrier and trucker lawsuits.
Often, you can research by “Googling” a prospective law firm or attorney and find that they have multiple websites in multiple different areas. Some attorneys even handle non-personal injury matters. The truth is that 18-wheeler accidents are unique and require specific expertise to be most effective as an advocate for the victim.
The majority of trucking companies are insured by a handful of insurance companies that tend to write the majority of commercial vehicle policies. Each of these insurance companies maintains databases of the attorneys they have worked with in the past, and the companies are aware of who is knowledgeable and experienced in handling truck accident cases. They also have statistics on the settlements and verdicts obtained by the attorneys they deal with.
If an attorney has not handled numerous multimillion-dollar cases that involve a semi truck accident, they may not be the wisest choice for your case.
Experience matters when it comes to commercial vehicle litigation. Not only is the experience important for dealings with the motor carrier’s insurance company, but also for how quickly and effectively your case moves forward against the truck driver and the trucking company.
Does the law firm maintain databases of the experts favored by the defense? If not, the firm may be at a big disadvantage when it comes to depositions of the defense experts. By maintaining records of defense experts, prior testimony can be effectively used to impeach their experts. You want your attorney to have seen and questioned the defense experts in the past.
This is a key question for any attorney you’re considering who is going to handle a commercial vehicle accident for your or your family’s financial future. Being a personal injury lawyer may not be enough to be effective when litigating cases involving tractor-trailers.
One method of knowing for certain which area of the personal injury practice is central to the attorney you are considering retaining is to go to their results section of their website and see what types of cases are published.
If most of their large verdicts and settlements were not truck accident-related, they may not be the best choice for this type of case.
This question will quickly separate a real truck accident attorney from a general personal injury attorney. If the attorney can answer the question without referring to the Regulations or looking them up, they probably have a fairly good working knowledge of the Federal Regulations and can only have obtained it through experience and practice.
If an attorney does not know the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations inside and out, they probably are not a genuine truck accident lawyer.
Truck accident attorneys will routinely retain expert witnesses who will “reconstruct” an accident and be the one who explains the accident scenario to the jury. Trucking companies and their insurers also retain this type of expert to aid their case. A good method for determining who you may want to hire is to ask an expert who they think is the premier truck accident attorney in your area.
If an attorney can give you references from a recent truck accident case, it demonstrates not only that the attorney handles truck accident cases on an ongoing basis but also gives you an opportunity to find out from a third party how the law firm operates and if they were satisfied with the representation and results.
At the end of the day, who you choose to represent you after a commercial vehicle crash is probably the most important decision you’re going to make relating to the case or the claim.
This is a very critical question that must be asked of any attorney you consider retaining for a semi truck accident. Every day, clients are persuaded to retain an attorney who then delegates the work on the file to an associate or another attorney who lacks the necessary experience to fight for maximum compensation.
In most of these cases, the attorney who was retained is “supervising” the case and gives assurances he will be involved; nevertheless, it is not the person that you hired who is actually handling the case.
This dilemma has proven to be disastrous for many clients and is one of the most misleading aspects of a large firm’s practice. You will want to retain the attorney who was actually working on the file and not delegate your case to another. If you cannot get this assurance from the attorney you’re considering, you may want to look elsewhere.
In commercial vehicle litigation, experience does matter, and the questions above are designed to help you understand the experience and practice of an attorney whom you may retain to look after your financial interests after a serious injury or wrongful death truck accident.
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