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Commercial trucks weigh up to 80,000 pounds—40 times heavier than passenger vehicles. The resulting injuries are often life-altering, requiring extensive medical care and rehabilitation.
Unlike car accidents, truck crashes may involve the driver, trucking company, cargo loaders, maintenance contractors, and parts manufacturers—each with separate insurance coverage.
Trucking companies must comply with hundreds of FMCSA safety regulations. Violations of hours-of-service rules, maintenance requirements, or weight limits can dramatically increase your settlement.
Commercial trucks carry $1-5 million in insurance coverage, enabling substantial settlements for serious injuries—but insurers fight aggressively to minimize payouts.
Being involved in a collision with an 18-wheeler, semi-truck, or commercial vehicle can be one of the most devastating experiences of your life. The sheer size and weight disparity between commercial trucks and passenger vehicles means that occupants of smaller vehicles bear the brunt of these catastrophic collisions.
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), large trucks cause approximately 510,000 accidents annually in the United States, with over 119,000 resulting in injuries or fatalities. Victims of these accidents often face mounting medical bills, lost income, and long-term disability while trucking companies and their insurers work to minimize their liability.
Critical: Trucking companies deploy investigation teams to accident scenes immediately. Evidence like electronic logs, maintenance records, and driver qualification files can be destroyed quickly unless preserved through legal action. Time is not on your side.
Truck accident victims may be entitled to recover compensation for both economic and non-economic damages. Economic damages include medical expenses (hospitalization, surgeries, medications, rehabilitation, and future medical care), lost wages, diminished earning capacity, and property damage. Non-economic damages cover pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of consortium for family members.
In cases where the truck driver or trucking company displayed egregious negligence—such as falsifying driver logs, ignoring known safety issues, or pressuring drivers to violate federal regulations—courts may award punitive damages designed to punish the wrongdoer and deter similar conduct.
While every case is unique, truck accident settlements typically far exceed those from standard car accidents due to the severity of injuries and the substantial insurance policies commercial carriers must maintain. Minor injury cases may settle for $50,000-$100,000, while severe injuries involving hospitalization typically range from $500,000 to $4.5 million. Catastrophic injuries or wrongful death cases can result in settlements exceeding $10 million.
The average settlement across all truck accident cases is approximately $100,000-$150,000, though this figure includes minor property damage claims. Cases involving serious injuries that require an experienced truck accident attorney's involvement typically settle for significantly higher amounts.
If you've been injured in a truck accident, the steps you take immediately afterward can significantly impact your ability to recover fair compensation. First, ensure your safety and seek medical attention—even if injuries seem minor initially, symptoms of serious conditions like traumatic brain injuries or internal bleeding may not appear for hours or days.
Document everything possible: photograph the accident scene, collect witness contact information, and obtain the truck driver's commercial driver's license (CDL) number and insurance information. Most importantly, do not give recorded statements to insurance adjusters or accept any settlement offers before consulting with an attorney. Insurance companies routinely make quick, lowball offers hoping victims will accept before understanding the true value of their claims.
Our network includes attorneys with decades of experience specifically handling truck accident cases against major trucking companies and insurers.
We understand FMCSA regulations, electronic logging requirements, and the complex liability issues unique to commercial trucking accidents.
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