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Accidents caused by trucks.

Although over the past few years safety advances have been made in automobiles, the size and weight of a tractor trailer or large truck may as well render them useless. Trucking accidents tend to be catastrophic. Fatalities or severe injuries are common.

Tractor Trailers are enormous vehicles. An accident with a truck can cause significant damage to both vehicles and their drivers.

With an automobile accident involving two cars, sifting through insurance issues is typically straightforward. When a tractor trailer/trucking company is involved in a wreck sifting through insurance issues is another matter. There are many liability, underinsurance and separate insurance policies involved in any trucking business. It can become very difficult to track down the insurance sources or proper trucking company with a trucking accident because the tractor, the trailer, and the truck operator may all have separate available insurance policies. In addition, it is often necessary to analyze our own client’s insurance sources. This is difficult to sort through when caring for a critically injured loved one.

Trucks are not able to maneuver the same as cars. Trucks have limited visibility and need an array of mirrors. Because trucks are large vehicles, stopping or slowing down quickly is impossible.

Frequently trucking companies will not provide the operator's name, or will not provide what company has the primary insurance. To minimize their liability, established trucking companies often send an investigator to the scene of the accident immediately to gather evidence, interview witnesses, and ensure that the trucking company drivers file a claim as soon as possible. If you are involved in an accident with a commercial trucking company driver, you will be dealing with a profit-minded business that wants to minimize any loss of revenue.

The legal counsel at Phillips & Lyon understands the difference between car accidents and wrecks that involve commercial trucks. It is in your best interested to retain a good lawyer and analyze all evidence early on in the process because this will make a difference for you between a fair and just settlement.

The legal counsel at Phillips & Lyon has a thorough and complete understanding of state and federal regulations that apply to trucking companies. Tractor trailers can be considered moving, mobile businesses, and there are commercial regulations outlining they be operated responsibly and safely. We can determine whether or not these regulations were being followed.

The legal counsel at Phillips & Lyon understands your rights as a truck accident victim and will secure a settlement that you deserve and that you will need to pay for your lost property, medical bills and loss of income. With a truck accident, you may also suffer from emotional distress, lifestyle limitation, and pain and suffering.

The legal counsel at Phillips & Lyon has a team of experienced attorneys and investigators knowledgeable with the complexities of a truck accident case.

Construction accidents.

Accidents on construction sites cause people injury, harm and even death. Most construction sites follow strict health and safety rules to ensure the safety of workers on the site. Accidents still result from a variety of causes. Construction site accidents could be caused by:

Other construction site workers’ negligence

Machinery that is defective

Drinking or drugs

Often times, construction site accidents are not the fault of the injured party. If you are victim to a construction site accident, you could be eligible to claim compensation for medical expenses, loss of income, pain, suffering, and any long term injuries that occurred as a result of the construction site accident. You may suffer an injury on a construction site due to the following problems:

improperly constructed scaffolding

defective scaffolding

Defective forklifts

irresponsibly operated forklifts

Improper loading or unloading

Material not put away causing trips or falls

Structures which fall

Welding rods, electrical devices

We at Phillips & Lyon deal with claims on behalf of construction site workers that have been injured in construction site accidents. In addition to worker’s compensation, you may be able to file a claim for harm or injury caused by a construction site accident if it was not the injured party’s fault.