How Vicarious Employer Liability could help You after a Truck Injury

After a truck accident, the company that insures the commercial truck could face massive costs form the injuries and ongoing medical care you might require. So the bottom line-conscious insurer will want to do all it can to put the blame for the accident back on you and minimize the value of your claim, or even avoid liability altogether.

The insurance adjuster might badger you relentlessly in order to try and obtain statements from you that could be used against you as admissions of your own fault. Our Galveston truck accident attorneys caution that the insurance adjuster might also offer you a quick cash settlement. Facing the heavy financial burdens caused by the commercial truck wreck, the settlement might look good to you, but it likely only offers a small fraction of the costs you will face over time from your injuries.

The financial expenses from a commercial truck accident injury can be astronomical to the victim. And the average truck driver is not going to have the assets to cover your costs. Our Galveston truck accident attorneys emphasize that you need to rely on the high dollar value of his truck insurance policy. And where the truck driver is the employee of another entity, you could look to the doctrine of “respondeat superior,” or vicarious employer liability, to help you as well.

Vicarious liability just means that an employer is liable for the negligent actions of his employees while they are on the job (like when they are driving trucks on his behalf). The employer’s assets and insurance policy might be far larger than the truck driver’s. And they could help pay the massive costs of the injuries that a collision with a heavy commercial truck has caused.

Contact the Galveston Truck Accident Attorneys at Denena Points, PC for a FREE Legal Consultation to learn More about Your Potential Recovery after a Serious Truck Accident Injury

We always provide you with a free, no obligation initial legal consultation to discuss the specifics of your serious injury and your potential eligibility for a full financial recovery for your harm. Call us today at 281-369-4363 or reach us through our easy online contact form to get your FREE legal consultation. Learn how our 15 years of experience could help you win your complex compensation claim.