Quirk Accident & Injury Attorneys, APC, represents injured truck accident victims in Thousand Oaks. Victims can suffer severe injuries including bone fractures, back and spine injuries, and brain injuries, and be left in desperate need of support. Our truck accident lawyers fight to get that support for clients. We offer a free case consultation to all victims in Ventura County. Contact our offices to schedule a confidential case review as soon as possible. There’s absolutely no obligation to you or your family for this meeting.
Injury Risks After a Truck Accident
Truck accidents carry more force into each collision than in impacts involving smaller cars. This is due to the weight of these large vehicles and the likely possibility they are hauling a payload that greatly adds to the weight. This added force can lead to devastating accidents and traumatic injuries.
When truck drivers get distracted or reckless, they can turn the entire length of their vehicles into deadly weapons. Occupants in other cars can be knocked into other vehicles. Some vehicles end up crushed between a truck and an SUV or a stationary object. This can confine a victim’s body in a mass of metal. Other victims end up trapped in their cars underneath tractor-trailers or tankers. Their injuries may become more and more serious as they wait to be rescued.
A Thousand Oaks Truck Accident Lawyer takes action to ensure that seriously injured victims never have to face recovery or their future security alone. An attorney fully investigates a truck collision to keep the blame on the truck driver who made the mistake. With the evidence collected, the lawyer forces a truck driver’s insurance provider and the driver’s employer to contribute as much money as necessary for as long as necessary to help the victim rebuild their health and their lives.
Serious Injuries Treated After Truck Accidents
Victims can suffer broken arms and legs and find themselves in Los Robles Medical Center with a long recovery ahead.
These are just a few of the injuries doctors treat after truck accidents:
- Broken Bones: Legs are often shoved into the floorboard in the force of a truck or delivery van collision. The ankle and knee joints can suffer fractures. Arms can break at the wrist or commonly in the radius or ulna bones in the lower arm. Ribs and collarbones might fracture under the pressure of a seatbelt strap.
- Head Injuries: A cracked skull or a Traumatic Brain Injury can leave patients unconscious or dealing with headaches and a loss of clear thought.
- Back and Spine Injuries: The vertebrae protecting the spinal cord can crack or get pushed together or pulled apart. The neck might also suffer vertebrae damage or whiplash. The back can suffer sprains and herniated disks.
- Organ and Tissue Damage: Powerful impacts or crush injuries can send the ribs into delicate internal organs. The tissue that holds organs in place might tear. Muscles, ligaments, and tendons will suffer damage.
- Penetrating Wounds – Glass from a window or a long piece of metal off a truck can cause deep cuts and puncture injuries. Permanent scars may result.
- Facial Injuries – Noses can be crushed. Teeth can be knocked loose or knocked out. The jaw or the cheekbones may strike a steering wheel and crack.
- Permanent Disability – Some injuries will never fully heal. Doctors might decide to amputate a limb to preserve a life. An eye injury could affect sight. A broken bone may never heal and leave victims with a limp or without the ability to grasp objects. A spine injury could cause a permanent loss of mobility. Brain trauma could rob a victim of memories and the ability to think for themselves and care for others.
How Can a Thousand Oaks Truck Accident Lawyer Help Victims Earn More?
Your truck accident injury claim may have you up against a trucking company, a local farm or packing plant, or major corporations like Walmart. Getting even basic help with your recovery may be difficult when insurance adjusters and corporate lawyers get involved.
Your lawyer takes on these challenges while giving you time to focus on getting better. These are a few of the benefits you’ll get when you let a skilled attorney handle your case:
- Investigates the accident, the truck driver, and the company employing the driver
- Collects evidence such as accident reconstruction data, surveillance video, and witness testimony to build a strong case
- Fights back when trucking companies try to falsely blame you for an accident
- Fights back when trucking companies try to downplay how serious your injuries are
- Monitors settlement offers for “lowball” attempts, rejects low offers, and demands more
- Often able to negotiate much more in compensation for you than you could on your own
- Ready to file a lawsuit on your behalf if a commercial truck insurance company won’t accept full responsibility for your hardships
- Make sure you receive help with all medical bills
- Make sure you are reimbursed for all time lost at work
- Make sure you receive additional support on a truck accident settlement check for your physical pain and emotional trauma
- Doesn’t accept payment unless you win your case
Under a contingency agreement, you don’t have to pay your lawyer unless your case is successful. Then the attorney fee comes out of the award a truck insurance provider must pay you.
Contact a Thousand Oaks Truck Accident Lawyer
If you suffer a serious injury and a truck driver is to blame, it’s a good idea to go over your options with a real Thousand Oaks 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 how best to hold insurance companies and a business fully responsible for your damages. If we can’t help you earn more for your case, we’ll be upfront with you about that. We can still point you in the right direction for filing your own claim and avoiding costly pitfalls when dealing with insurance adjusters.