Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers represents those injured in truck accidents in Tulare, CA, helping truck accident victims and their loved ones recover financial compensation for their medical bills, lost wages, pain, suffering, wrongful death and more.
If you have been injured in an accident involving a truck driver, you need an experienced truck accident attorney by your side if you want to be able to recover the most money possible via your truck accident claim. Our Tulare truck accident lawyers have been handling truck accident claims since 1990 and have recovered in excess of 0,000,000 for clients. Our vast experience allows us to recover the most compensation possible for our clients when we handle their truck accident cases.
We’ll handle your trucking accident case on a contingency fee basis, which means that if you were injured in an accident involving a truck driver or trucking company, we won’t charge you any fee until and unless we win your case. You won’t be charged any upfront fee or out-of-pocket fee – our only fee will be a percentage of any compensation we recover for you.
We help those injured in commercial truck accidents who can’t afford treatment for their injuries, getting them to doctors who will treat their injuries on a lien, meaning no medical expenses will be charged until the case is over. When our clients are injured in trucking accidents, doctors do this for our clients because they know we get fantastic results for our clients.
If you’ve been injured in a car accident involving a large truck, call us today for a free consultation, text us from this page or fill out the free case evaluation form on this page.
Compensation a Tulare Truck Accident Lawyer Can Help You Recover
Trucking accidents are an unfortunate reality of the road. They occur due to many reasons, such as truck driver fatigue or overloaded trucks. When they occur due to negligence, California law allows the injury victims to recover compensation from the negligent party (or their insurance company).
Those injured in accidents involving truck drivers or trucking companies may be eligible for financial compensation for:
Medical Bills
If you’ve been injured in a truck accident, an experienced truck accident lawyer at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers can help you recover compensation for your medical expenses. You could already be facing medical bills and you might face more bills in the future if you need future medical treatments for your injuries. We can help you recover compensation for your past and future medical bills when we handle your truck accident injury claim.
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Lost Wages
If you’ve been injured in a truck accident in Tulare, CA, you might be unable to work due to your injuries, and you might have to take time off from work in the future to get your serious injuries treated. When we handle your truck accident case, we’ll help you recover any wages you were unable to earn due to your accident.
Loss of Earning Capacity
If you’ve been in a serious truck accident, you may have been left disabled by it, and this represents a reduction or loss of your earning capacity – something we can help you recover financial compensation for.
Property Damage
Large truck accidents involve tremendous forces which often leave vehicles badly damaged or even totaled. Our Tulare truck accident attorneys can help you recover financial compensation for the cost to repair or replace your vehicle after your truck accident, as well as any property inside your vehicle at the time of the accident.
Pain and Suffering
If you’ve suffered common truck accident injuries, or even not so common ones, you’ve probably experienced physical pain and mental suffering as a result. Most truck accidents do lead to some pain and suffering. When we handle your commercial truck accident case, we can place an accurate value on your pain and suffering and make sure you’re fairly compensated for it.
Wrongful Death
Unfortunately, truck accidents are sometimes fatal. If you’ve lost a loved one to a truck accident, we can file truck accident litigation on your behalf in the form of a wrongful death claim. A wrongful death claim involving a semi truck accident can involve compensation for:
- Your grieving and your suffering
- The loss of your loved one’s income, consortium, household services, companionship and love
- Your loved one’s suffering, pain, medical bills, funeral costs and burial costs
Punitive Damages
While punitive damages aren’t involved in most truck accident cases, many truck accident victims end up being able to recover punitive damages because their cases involved reckless or intentional conduct such as drunk driving. Our law firm will seek punitive damages on your behalf if appropriate in order to maximize your recovery and punish the wrongdoer.
What Can Our Lawyers Do for Those Injured in Truck Accidents?
We help those injured in Tulare truck accidents in many ways, including:
Providing Those Injured By Truck Drivers With Legal Representation
While most truck accident victims end up settling out of court, some victims will need to be represented at trial by a truck accident lawyer. Our lawyers can provide you with knowledge that can guarantee your rights are protected, and can assist you in recovering fair, just compensation.
Providing Truck Accident Expertise
We’ve been handling cases involving the trucking industry for over three decades, so our lawyers possess experience and in-depth knowledge when it comes to handling truck accident cases, experience and knowledge which is specific to California’s regulations and laws. In addition, we work with a network of the finest truck accident experts in the state who can testify on your behalf if need be.
Handling Numerous Types of Truck Accidents
Whether the cases be catastrophic truck accident cases, recent fatal truck accidents, collisions leading to medical bills, emotional distress, vehicle damage, lost wages or even wrongful death, our lawyers are equipped to handle numerous scenarios.
Helping Victims Recover Fair Compensation
Fighting for fair settlements for clients is a primary responsibility for a truck accident lawyer. For a truck accident lawyer to do this, every aspect of the losses suffered by the victim needs to be put into consideration, such as lost wages, medical bills, mental anguish, pain, suffering and additional damages.
Performing Negotiations and Dealing with Unfair Settlement Offers
Most truck accident victims will end up recovering financial compensation from an insurance company. The thing is, insurance companies don’t want to pay truck accident victims what they deserve for their injuries. They’d rather pay them as little as possible to preserve their profit margin.
If you don’t have a lawyer by your side, the at fault party’s insurance company is going to simply refuse to offer you what you’re entitled to for your injuries. They’re going to offer you a tiny settlement offer and tell you to take it or leave it. The reason they’ll do this is they know you can’t make them offer you any more money if you can’t sue them and win over the tiny offer, and they know you can’t sue them and win if you don’t have a lawyer.
The one thing every insurance company dreads is receiving a letter of representation from an experienced injury lawyer like the lawyers at our firm, a lawyer with a reputation for success in court. When insurance companies see letters of representation from law firms like us, they know that the injury victim can now sue them and win. They know that it’s suddenly in their best interest to pay the injury victim what they deserve out of court to avoid having to pay expensive legal fees during a court battle. This is why almost every single one of our truck accident cases settles out of court.
We perform tough negotiations with insurance companies on behalf of our clients, making sure our clients aren’t shortchanged by the insurance companies.
Making Sure Victims Don’t Incriminate Themselves
The worst thing truck accident victims can do is talk to the at-fault party’s insurance company. The insurance company is going to want to get you to give a recorded statement. Don’t do it. Let a lawyer talk to the insurance company for you instead.
The reason why is that insurance adjusters are specifically trained to manipulate injury victims into saying things which imply they’re not hurt as badly as they claim or imply that they were partially or completely at fault for their accident.
It’s extremely easy to fall for their tricks even if you’re aware they’re trying to trick you. For example, an insurance adjuster may sound very friendly on the phone when asking you how you’re doing today, but their question is anything but friendly. If you reply with “fine,” they’re going to use that as evidence that you’re not actually hurt as badly as you’re claiming – they’re going to use that simple one-word response as an excuse to pay you less money.
Our lawyers will handle all communications with insurance companies for you to ensure your legal rights are protected and ensure you recover the compensation you deserve.
Assisting Truck Accident Victims with Their Injuries
We prioritize the well-being of our clients and assist our clients in receiving medical care. We can even help relocate victims who have neck or back injuries.
Every Truck Driver Needs to Obey Federal Regulations
Commercial trucks like big rigs, semi-trucks, tractor-trailers and 18-wheelers might weigh as much as 20 times the amount of an average vehicle. Because of this, there’s an extra level of liability and responsibility for truck drivers. Every truck driver needs to obey by regulations which are set by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Every commercial truck driver needs to observe numerous federal regulations, including:
- Commercial truck drivers aren’t allowed to drink alcohol within four hours of driving
- Truck drivers aren’t allowed to drive if their blood alcohol content is 0.04 percent or more
- Truck drivers need to inspect the loads on their vehicles regularly
- Truck drivers have to be over the age of 21 and demonstrate they can drive safely
- Truck drivers have to regularly rest at times which are scheduled
- Truck drivers have to either stop driving or drive with extreme caution when in dangerous weather
- Truck drivers aren’t allowed to log too many hours
- Trucking companies need to schedule unloading times which are reasonable
Way too many drivers of trucks unfortunately make the choice to ignore regulations such as these in order to be as efficient as possible. Way too many truck companies pressure drivers to ignore regulations like these so their profits are maximized. When actions such as these lead to serious truck crashes, injury victims deserve to be able to file claims or lawsuits seeking compensation for their injuries.
At Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers, we understand what’s necessary to recover the most compensation possible. Allow us to assist you with navigation through the legal process.
Is There a Time Limit to File a Truck Accident Claim in Tulare?
In California, there is a statute of limitations regarding truck accident injuries. A statute of limitations is a time limit within which a lawsuit needs to be filed. This time limit is, in most cases, two years from the date of the accident. Failure to file a lawsuit before this time limit expires can forever bar an injury victim from eligibility for compensation for their injuries.
There are exceptions to this time limit, some of which extend the time limit and some of which can shorten the time limit. One important exception involves truck accidents for which government entities are partially or completely at fault. An example would be a truck accident caused by a dangerous roadway condition like a pothole or poorly-placed sign. When government entities are liable in truck accidents, the time limit is reduced to six months from the date of the accident.
The best way to find out if you’re still eligible to file a truck accident claim is to call us today for a free consultation. Calling us today also gives us the most time possible to investigate your case, gather evidence, build a strong case on your behalf and make sure any and all paperwork is filed in time.
Remember, we don’t charge truck accident victims a fee until we win their case. Call us today for a free case evaluation.
