Quirk Accident & Injury Attorneys, APC, fights for the rights of injured moving truck and moving van accident victims hurt along Highway 101. Our skilled moving van 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 Moving Van Accident?
If an accident involving a moving van 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 moving van driver and a more serious injury resulted, and it resulted in a serious injury like a broken leg, back injury, or head trauma, you should speak to a lawyer about your case.
A collision caused by a careless moving van driver could leave the driver’s car insurance involved and the moving company’s insurer responsible. Insurance adjusters and lawyers for a large moving chain will be fighting you over who was to blame and how much you should receive in an injury settlement.
It’s a smart idea to have representation of your own to make sure you aren’t robbed of the support you need to recover. Your Highway 101 moving truck accident lawyer builds a strong case that blocks shady insurance tactics. It’s the only proven way to stop an insurer from robbing you of the support you need to recover.
Highway 101 Moving Van Accident Dangers Across Southern California
Plenty of people get the urge to move into or out of Southern California. They may take Highway 101 all the way up the Central Coast to move to Ventura or Santa Barbara County or further up the coast.
People moving may rent a truck from Enterprise or Budget Truck Rental. They may also trust the move to a crew from a mover like Allied Van Lines or Two Men And A Truck.
Either way, it’s a large vehicle on the road, loaded down with individual items and containers. These vehicles can be hard to slow down and difficult to control as payloads shift back and forth. It’s easy for even safe drivers to cause an accident, but when moving van drivers get careless the chance of serious crashes goes up. Your car could be in front of a moving van driver who didn’t hit the brakes in time.
- Inexperienced Moving Van Drivers – Movers can work for a moving company like Allied Van Lines or they may just be regular people moving themselves in a U-Haul. In either case, the driver might have little experience driving a large truck with a heavy load. They may not be able to control a weighed-down truck or keep it between the white lines, leading to a devastating collision.
- Reckless Moving Van Drivers – A moving van driver making aggressive moves or speeding on Highway 101 can cause full-speed accidents that cause life-threatening impacts.
- Packing Moving Truck in an Unsafe Manner – Plenty of inexperienced movers can pack moving vans and leave them unbalanced causing them to tip over and threaten other Hwy 101 motorists. A crew or do-it-yourself movers can also pack a truck in a way that it loses part of its load right there on the highway.
- Distracted Moving Van Drivers: Movers may check a cell phone for navigation help. They may be looking over a text about plans for that evening. This takes their eyes off the road and makes it much harder to react to traffic slowdowns, red lights, and obstacles.
After an accident caused by a mover, you may wonder how you’ll take on a major company to get the support you need to pay your hospital invoices. Your Quirk Law representative fully investigates your case and backs it with strong evidence so that insurance adjusters can’t shortchange you on support. Your Hwy 101 truck accident lawyer makes sure you and your family get the maximum in compensation available.
Who Is to Blame in a Trucking Accident?
Your attorney will be identifying every party that should be contributing to your support after a collision. In an accident involving a moving truck, that might mean multiple parties are to blame.
The insurance company you could hold accountable will depend on a number of things. The at-fault driver’s personal car insurance policy may cover any accidents while behind the wheel of a moving van. Larger moving trucks and box trucks are less likely to be covered. It’s critical to check if your policy covers you any time you rent a moving vehicle.
Moving companies will also usually offer supplemental insurance coverage to customers. It might only cover the damage to the company’s moving van or truck. Other policies will cover the damage to someone else’s car and the recovery costs of those injured.
Holding all parties that you can responsible makes it more likely that you’ll receive enough in compensation to cover all of your medical bills and other damages.
The following is a list of a few of the potential parties that might be liable in a moving truck accident lawsuit:
- The owner of the truck
- The truck’s driver
- A company or individual that contracted the use of the truck
- A maintenance provider
- The truck manufacturer
- A truck part manufacturer
- The owner of the cargo
In some cases, the moving company could be liable for providing an unmaintained truck that had brake issues or tire problems that led to an accident. A truck maker could also be financially responsible if a part break down caused a collision.
Going up against national moving companies or a truck corporation will be challenging. It’s critical to have a lawyer looking out for your interests who won’t back down before corporate lawyers and giant insurance companies.
Frequently Asked Questions After a Ventura Car Accident
How long can I wait to file a moving van injury claim?
Two years. You must file your claim within two years of the collision. However, you should act as soon as possible so that evidence doesn’t disappear, and witnesses don’t become harder to locate.
What kind of support can I receive after a moving truck accident?
Accident victims should receive full support to pay all medical bills. They should receive reimbursement for any paychecks lost while the victim can’t work. The physical pain and emotional trauma victims must cope with should also earn support.
Can my family earn compensation if a loved one was killed in a truck accident?
Yes. Families should file wrongful death claims to earn support for funeral costs and remaining medical bills. They must also receive support for the guidance and income the victim can no longer provide in the future.
Contact a California Highway 101 Accident Lawyer
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 the auto insurance company.