After an 18-wheeler crash, one question comes up quickly: who actually pays? The answer can involve the driver, the trucking company, or both, and it depends on the wreck and why it happened.
It’s probably going to be the insurance company for either or both. Depends on the wreck and why it happened. If it’s a simple case where the driver did something dumb and unsafe while out on the road, you go after the driver.
Now, if it’s the company and perhaps they’re like, “Hey, I need you to take this extra load.” And the driver’s like, “I would just work 15 hours straight.” And they make him go anyway because he needs his paycheck. But now you got the company being negligent as well, right? Perhaps they put faulty equipment out on the road.
There’s trucks that are not safe. Perhaps they’ve got policies in place that makes them a dangerous company.
It depends on the case, depends on the facts, depends on the damages, depends on why there was the wreck, but it could be either one of them. It could be both.
We handle personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis, which means you don’t pay anything until we recover a favorable settlement or verdict on your behalf. Our fee is a percentage of your award, which means you never have to pay us out of pocket. Learning about your legal rights means nothing to lose and potentially much to gain.
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