Quirk Accident & Injury Attorneys, APC, fights for the rights of injured victims hurt in accidents on Highway 101 involving FedEx vans and trucks. Our skilled California FedEx accident lawyers offer a free case consultation to all injured victims. Contact our office to schedule a confidential case review as soon as possible. There’s also no obligation to you or your family for this meeting. It’s a great opportunity to find out how to hold car insurance companies 100% responsible for your injury hardships.
Do I Need a Lawyer After a Highway 101 FedEx Accident?
If an accident involving a delivery van or semi-truck only results in vehicle damage and/or very minor injuries, you can usually handle your accident claim yourself. But if your accident was caused by a careless FedEx driver and a more serious injury resulted, like a broken leg, back injury, or head trauma, you should speak to a lawyer about your case.
A collision caused by a careless delivery driver could leave the driver’s car insurance involved and FedEx’s insurer responsible. Insurance adjusters and lawyers for a large shipping corporation will be fighting you over who was to blame and how much you should receive in an injury settlement. You can use the help to make sure a shipping company doesn’t get away with providing you with zero support. A lawyer could also help you earn much more in an injury settlement than you would have on your own.
FedEx Dangers on Highway 101 through Southern California
Plenty of people on Highway 101 are seeking out vacation spots or a public beach. But drivers will also encounter plenty of semi-trucks and delivery vans heading through Los Angeles and up and down the Central Coast through places like Thousand Oaks and Ventura.
FedEx is one of the biggest shippers in the world and their white FedEx vans and big rigs rush packages and documents across Southern California night and day. These vehicles can prove to be bigger than the lanes their in. They can ram smaller vehicles from behind and the weight they carry can easily crush a car to cause life-threatening injuries.
These are just a few of the factors that could lead to a delivery driver making a mistake or becoming reckless on Highway 101.
- Distracted drivers eating behind the wheel
- Drivers staring at cell phone or GPS devices
- Delivery rush pressure
- Drowsy drivers
- Drivers who haven’t had a break
- Unbalanced heavy loads
- Mechanical issues with a van that hasn’t been inspected and serviced
- Tire or brake issues
Do FedEx Drivers Have Auto Accident Insurance?
FedEx provides over a million dollars in accident coverage for victims if an employee causes a collision. However, the giant shipping company also has corporate lawyers ready to try to block your access to even a small portion of that insurance limit.
Opposing lawyers will do everything they can to cast doubt on the blame in the accident, even if a police accident report points to the truck driver. They’ll also do what they can to downplay how badly you are hurt. They could even have you visit a doctor who works for insurance companies, who might say your injury is minor and has no chance of flaring up in the years ahead.
Your Quirk Wins Truck Accident Lawyer would fully investigate your crash and collect powerful evidence. This would make it much harder for an insurance company for FedEx to ignore your pain.
What Kinds of Things Can FedEx Be Held Liable For After an Accident?
After a crash caused by a FedEx driver on Highway 101, your attorney submits a claim on your behalf. It should include a full list of the damages you and your family have endured since the collision.
Everything included in the claim is eligible to earn compensation. But anything left off could end up as a bill your family would have to cover.
Your lawyer will be listing every hardship you’ve suffered and backing up every claim with receipts, invoices, and evidence. These and other factors will determine the size of your car accident settlement check:
- Support for current medical bills and future healthcare costs
- Lifetime support for any permanent disability
- Support for the pain victims endure in crashes and through recovery
- Support for the emotional trauma caused by a major accident
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of consortium (loss of intimacy with a partner)
- Reimbursement for lost paychecks and benefits at work
Families who lose a loved one to a delivery driver’s mistake can also seek support. They’d file a wrongful death claim to demand help with funeral costs and paying leftover medical bills. Those left behind should also receive support to draw from in the future when a loved one’s financial contributions to the family won’t be available.
Contact a Southern California Truck Accident Lawyer
If you’ve been injured in an accident caused by a FedEx driver, schedule a free case review with our Truck Accident Lawyers here at Quirk Accident & Injury Attorneys, APC. We can talk about what happened, how it happened, and how it has changed your life. After that, we will go over all of the legal options available to you and your family.
There’s no obligation and if you do hire us to represent your injury claim, you won’t need to worry about how you’ll pay us. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you and then our fee comes out of the settlement you receive from FedEx.