Truck Accidents

Serving Chattanooga, Tennessee

Accidents involving semi trucks, or eighteen-wheelers, can be more devastating and more legally complex than automobile accidents.

Injuries

Because of their size and limited maneuverability, semi trucks can easily cause severe damage to other drivers on the road. This tendency to cause injuries is made worse by the policies of trucking companies that have their eye constantly on the bottom line calculus of so many tons of goods shipped in so much time at such a cost. To them, your injury is factored in as an expense to be minimized, meaning they will offer you the lowest settlement possible while attempting to conceal their practices that made the accident more likely and more deadly, including:

• Encouraging drivers to drive when tired
• Overloading of trucks
• Cursory or incomplete maintenance of trucks
• Putting older trucks on the road to avoid updating safety equipment

Victims of Tennessee semi accidents often suffer from serious damages, including:

• Brain injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Neck injury
• Burns
• Wrongful Death

Legal complications

Semi trucks are commercial vehicles, and there are often many factors that must be taken into consideration when trying to determine responsibility for damages. If you or a loved one has been involved in a semi truck accident, responsibility may be shared among the truck driver, the owner of the truck, the insurance carriers, and others involved in the accident.

Commercial semi trucks are more strictly regulated than regular passenger vehicles. Owners and operators are required to carry more insurance, vehicles are subject to regular inspections and maintenance, and drivers are required to abide by and document their driving schedules, but some operators are not above cutting corners on these regulations whenever they can get away with it. Only an experienced Tennessee Truck Accident Attorney knows how to properly subpoena records to see that the truck company was really doing when it claimed to be abiding by its obligations.

Call us for help

The complicated factors involved in accidents involving semi trucks mean that these cases often require more time and effort to resolve. That's one of the reasons it is so important that you retain an experienced Tennessee Semi Accident Attorney as soon as possible, to represent your interests in court.

Contact Herbert Thornbury, an experienced Chattanooga Semi Accident Lawyer, today in Chattanooga, Tennessee to schedule a free initial truck accident consultation.