Personal injury lawyers understand all the details that relate to liability for damages that were caused by a trucking accident. A lawyer’s examination of the same details should help to reveal all of those that might be held responsible for the reported losses and injuries.
Who might be on a listing of those that could be held responsible for such damages?
The truck’s driver and the motorist in the smaller vehicle. The insurance company, if the driver were a contractor, and had his own insured truck, or if a trucking company had invested in the accessible services of an insurance company.
The trucking company: That could be the truck driver’s employer; it should have given the proper amount and type of training to each of the driver-candidates. A leasing company, if the trucking company had leased the trucks that were put in the hands of trained drivers.
The manufacturer of one the involved vehicles, the large truck or the smaller set-of-wheels. The manufacturer of any component that had failed to function properly, following its installation in one of the involved vehicles.
Any government body that had hired an engineer to design the roadway on which the accident had taken place, or any government body that was supposed to oversee the work on the local roadways, or the highways. Any contractor that had been hired to work on building or repairing the roadway or highway where the accident took place
Alternatives to litigation, if the claimant was reluctant to have the disagreement resolved outside of a courtroom
Negotiations between the 2 disputing parties, followed by the delivery of a promised compensation package
Utilization of arbitration practices
Why might an accident victim choose to pursue an alternative to litigation, when a court-ordered judgment could be far larger than an agreed-upon compensation package?
The accident victim might have some personal matter that he or she does not want to have introduced in a setting where members of the public could be present. For instance, maybe that same victim had been caught behind the wheel of his parents’ automobile, before he had earned a license.
Alternatively, it could be that the same victim had once been involved in a collision, and had failed to report that same incident to the correct office at the insurance company. Both of those are mistakes that might be made by a teen driver. Although only misdemeanors, the personal injury lawyers in Red Deer might choose to focus on their existence.
If a lawyer were able to direct the jurors’ attention to the past failings of the victim/claimant, then one or more of those 12 men and women might view the plaintiff as a negligent driver. Juries usually rule against negligent defendants in a personal injury case.