Semi truck accidents are often more serious than other types of car accidents, due to the weight and size of the vehicles and tractor trailers. These crashes can cause severe personal injuries or death. There are several factors that can lead to a semi truck crash, such as inattentive or distracted driving, fatigued truck drivers, unsafe driving for conditions, improper trailer loading, or other mechanical failures of the truck or trailer. When hiring a Mankato truck accident lawyer to handle your truck accident case, you need someone who has specialized experience in handling commercial vehicle cases and has the financial resources to fully develop your case.
Trucking companies and their insurance companies vigorously defend these cases because there is often a lot at stake due to the severity of these crashes. You need a tenacious advocate on your side to counter the steps the trucking and insurance companies will take immediately following a crash. With each day that passes after a truck crash, critical evidence may be lost, altered, or destroyed which can negatively impact the chances of a successful outcome for the injured person.
Semi drivers and trucking companies are controlled by specialized federal and state laws which control how they operate. You need a truck accident attorney who understands these laws and knows how commercial truck drivers and companies need to operate to keep themselves and other drivers safe. If drivers and their companies followed the safety rules in place, many innocent people would not be injured or taken too early from their families.
The experienced trucking attorneys at personal injury law firm Maschka, Riedy, Ries, & Frentz have handled semi truck crash cases in Minnesota and across the country. Our attorneys have demonstrated the tenacity required to conduct in-depth discovery into the driver’s history and the trucking company’s hiring, training, and supervision of its drivers. We will spare no expense in hiring the proper experts to prove that the trucking company and its driver are liable and to fully demonstrate the damage caused by the crash.
Our attorneys have obtained multiple verdicts and settlements totaling in excess of $10 million on behalf of their clients injured in semi truck crashes. These include a $7 million verdict for the wrongful death of a 42-year-old father who was killed in a crash near Yellville, Arkansas, after his vehicle was struck by a semi truck—Maschka, Riedy, Ries, & Frentz attorney Jed Chronic was part of the trial team.
If you or someone you love has been injured in a semi truck crash, it is critical to contact an experienced Mankato truck accident lawyer immediately to fully investigate your claim and preserve critical evidence.
