Careful Truckers Suffer Injuries Too
By Richard N. Shapiro, Attorney
Some people envision truck accidents as a trucker on the rampage recklessly dominating a Virginia (VA) roadway like I-264 or I-64 and slamming into small cars or mid-size SUVs. However, many truckers exercise safe driving practices and are actually the victims of reckless driving on the part of car and SUV operators, and themselves suffer serious injuries.
If you’re a trucker and suffered a serious injury from a wreck, you also need to consider obtaining legal representation and commercial trucking companies do not proivde you a highly qualified injury attorney: you are the decisionmaker. Our attorneys are more than willing to represent an injured trucker who exercised responsibility and suffered an injury caused by a car, pickup truck, SUV, or another large truck (i.e. tractor trailer, 18-wheeler, big rig, etc.).
There are many scenarios where the trucker is not at fault for the accident. For example, a distracted driver operating a Toyota Corolla can cause serious damage to a truck if the driver is texting away on their cell phone and causes an intersection crash. There are numerous cases where a car or SUV driver has “run” a red light and caused a serious wreck with a truck or big rig also.
Another common scenario is when a car is speeding on a highway like I-95 and fails to provide adequate space between their car and your truck, including a sudden lane change (this occus a lot heading towards the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel). The end result can be a major car/truck wreck with serious injuries. If you are a Virginia (VA) trucker or any CDL driver, you may find yourself in this situation, and need an attorney who thoroughly understands injury law, especially both car and large truck regulations. Our attorneys possess over 100 years of combined legal experience and have handled literally hundreds of car accident cases, incuding countless truck crash cases.
About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm which focuses on injury and accident law and our attorneys have experience handling truck accident cases. Check out our case results to see for yourself. Our primary office in based in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) although our lawyers hold licenses in NC, SC, WV, KY and DC. We are ready to talk to you by phone right now—we provide free initial confidential injury case consultations, so call us toll free at 1-800-752-0042. Our injury attorneys also host an extensive injury law video library on Youtube . Furthermore, our lawyers proudly edit the Virginia Beach Injuryboard and Norfolk Injuryboard as a pro bono public information service.
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January 21, 2010
Tags: 18 wheeler, attorney, big rig, distracted, driver, injury, sedan, Shapiro, SUV, tractor trailer, truck, trucker Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics
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