In a Houston truck accident, multiple people may have contributed to causing the wreck. You may be entitled to claim financial compensation for your injuries or losses from the collision from some or from all of them. You should have an experienced Houston truck accident attorney examine the facts and circumstances of your case to help you identify all the parties at fault for causing the truck wreck. Your truck accident attorney can help you determine whether you have valid claims for compensation against these parties.
Some of the parties whose negligence might help cause a truck accident are:
The truck driver: Sometimes a driver experiences fatigue, and dozes off behind the wheel. Sometimes he stalls out and fails to place proper signals to warn approaching motorists of the hazard. Sometimes he just makes the same driving errors that any other driver might make. In other cases, he might be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The trucking company: Trucking companies often place unrealistic demands upon their drivers. Drivers might be forced to work excessive hours to meet goals and keep their jobs. In other cases, companies might fail to service and maintain trucks adequately, sending unsafe vehicles out upon the road.
Cargo loaders: Those who load the truck’s cargo may neglect to properly distribute and balance the weight of the load, which can cause a truck to topple over on the road. Or they may fail to securely fasten the cargo in place, which could cause the cargo to spill out onto the road in front of oncoming vehicles.
Route planners: Those who plan the route the trucker is supposed to follow to his delivery point may overlook low clearance overpasses, roadway weight limits or scheduled detours. The truck might then slam into a looming overpass, end up going the wrong way down a road, or get pulled off at a weigh station for being over the allowed weight limit.
Other drivers: Other drivers, heedless of safety, may play chicken with trucks, try to cut them off, or simply use poor judgment in passing, stopping or changing lanes near an 18-wheeler. Their miscalculations might take their toll on other drivers in the vicinity.
The success of your Houston truck accident claim depends upon:
An accurate identification of all the parties involved in causing the crash.
An accurate assessment of the relative shares of fault of all of these accident participants.
Assembling sufficient proof of the guilty parties’ liability.
An adequate valuation and proof of your monetary damages from the accident.
These tasks all present highly technical legal challenges. You’ll need to enlist the experience of an able Houston truck accident attorney to get your case on a winning track. If you have questions about your truck accident, and you need help to win the compensation you deserve, call us anytime at (877) 307-9500 for your free legal consultation. Don’t let well funded opposition get you down. Even the odds: put a Texas Board Certified attorney on your side.