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Commercial trucking accidents typically take longer than regular car accident lawsuits because the injuries are usually more severe as well as the damages, and the insurance considerations are more complex. There are many moving parts to truck accident cases that have to be considered and each accident claim is different but you can expect your 18 wheeler accident lawsuit to take anywhere from 3 months to over a year. Most of these claims are settled outside of court instead of going to trial but there are a substantial number of things that can drastically affect the timeline to reach a settlement. Here, our experienced truck accident attorneys will go over all of the factors that can affect your time to settle.
Most of the time, trucking accidents are very severe in nature. The large vehicles typically cause major injuries, lots of property damage and can take a significant amount of time to determine fault.
The severity of the injuries sustained in the accident are one of the biggest factors that can extend the timeline of your settlement. If you sustain catastrophic injuries, they may take many months or even years to fully heal. This can ultimately delay your settlement for a long time because you need to be able to reach maximum medical improvement (MMI) before you will know the full extent of the economic damages you could receive. Until you are fully healed, there is no way to know exactly how much your medical bills will cost, as well as whether your injuries will last beyond the treatment timeline.
In some cases, determining fault of the accident is straightforward, but many times there are a lot of factors involved and the parties may have different stories as to what actually happened. There will need to be a thorough truck accident investigation which can mean bringing in accident reconstruction experts, engineers and other experts to recreate the accident and figure out exactly what happened and who was at fault. Sometimes both drivers are at fault which can complicate things. The time it takes to determine liability in your case could end up taking a day or up to a few months, depending on how hard it is to determine who was really at fault for the truck accident.
There are a few ways that you can speed up the process when dealing with an 18-wheeler accident claim. The first is to onboard a professional truck accident lawyer right away. Having a lawyer on the case from the start will help you understand exactly what needs to be done and documented throughout your healing process to ensure you have the evidence required to get your claims approved when you send over your demand letter. This also gives your attorney plenty of time to start investigating the accident and determine fault while you are healing from your injuries.
Truck drivers have a lot of responsibility when they get on the roads, but sometimes they overlook their duties to operate their vehicle in a safe manner which can lead to a major semi-truck accident and even cause fatal truck accidents in some cases. Let’s look at some of the major factors that commonly cause trucking accidents.
All of these factors are very common causes of truck crashes involving passenger vehicles. So make sure you use caution when driving next to semi-trucks because you never know if they are playing it safe or just trying to make it to their next stop as fast as possible.
Due to how heavy semi-trucks are, they usually cause a lot of damage as well as severe injuries to the parties involved. If a truck were to tip over onto your car or rear end you, it is going to cause major injuries compared to a passenger vehicle running into you. Below are some of the most common injuries suffered from trucking accidents.
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