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Have you been injured or lost a loved one in an 18-wheeler truck accident in Boone County? Take action against those responsible with the help of Arkansas personal injury lawyers Thurman & Flanagin.
18-Wheeler truck accidents are some of the worst we see on Boone County roads. When a semi truck hits a car, pick-up, or even another truck, the damage can be catastrophic, especially to those struck. If you or your family have endured such a car crash, chances are you are battling severe injuries or grieving the loss of a loved one.
No one would judge you for being angry, either, especially when you know the accident was not your fault. But whose fault is it? And what can you do to make them pay for the accident, injury, and death they may have caused?
In Boone County and throughout Arkansas, that fight for justice falls into the hands of personal injury and wrongful death lawyers, like those at Thurman & Flanagin. We investigate semi-truck accidents to determine who can be held responsible and ensure they provide you with financial compensation for the harm and loss you have endured.
In kindergarten and at home, we are taught from an early age not to place blame. Here in Boone County, Arkansas, in particular, we are told to roll with the punches, accept our lumps and own up to the consequences of our actions. Unfortunately, this kind of attitude, while admirable in life and on the playground, can be disastrous when dealing with the aftermath of an accident, especially a devastating semi truck or 18-wheeler crash.
Accidents are not bruises on the playground, and the kinds of life-threatening (or life-taking) injuries you can sustain when hit by a big-rig 18-wheeler truck are not the kind you can shrug off or should forgive. Semi-truck accident injuries come with steep medical bills, lost income from being unable to work, and months, or even a lifetime of pain. Including the unimaginable pain of losing a loved one. Knowing who is responsible is not just about putting blame on the right person for all of this; however, it is also about making sure they help you cover all those costs.
A personal injury claim, or a wrongful death claim, to get financial compensation for all those costs and more, needs to be filed against the negligent party, or parties, responsible. As long as you can prove who is responsible, they, or their insurance policies, can be made to pay your costs. Unless they agree on an amount of compensation for the harm or loss endured to pay you, a lawsuit can be filed against them to force them to.
It isn't about blame. It is about responsibility, and making sure you do not bear all of it on your own for an accident that was not even your fault.
In an Arkansas accident, anyone whose negligence contributed to causing the accident can be held legally liable for the injuries (or deaths) it caused. As long as you were less than 50% responsible, you can claim damages from the other individuals, companies, or institutions involved.
For example, in many semi-truck or 18-wheeler accidents, all of the following might bear some or all of the responsibility for the accident. A personal injury lawyer, like Greg Thurman, will help you figure out which, if any, you should include in your personal injury claim after a truck accident.
18-wheelers are hard to control to begin with; it takes a great deal of experience and skill to handle one safely. If a driver makes a mistake, it can cost lives and futures; that mistake becomes negligence if they have done anything remotely careless or reckless.
From checking their cell phone at the wheel to falling asleep on long shifts, drivers can be negligent in a deadly variety of ways. For the most part, they are also required to have significant insurance to cover any harm caused by such negligence, which can be a primary source of personal injury compensation. Most of the time, any individual’s insurance will not be sufficient, however, so we turn to the companies that employ them, who are often complicit or downright responsible for the accident.
Semi trucks are expensive to buy, outfit, and operate. Most are owned not by their individual drivers, but by companies, sometimes national conglomerates. These companies sometimes push their drivers too hard, however, or cut corners on maintenance and security to push profits up. Such behavior is also negligence, and often contributes to accidents in which there was a mechanical failure, or an unsafe, unprepared, or dangerously tired driver at the wheel.
Sometimes there is more than one company involved and responsible. One company may have a share of the blame for hiring an unfit driver without training them, while another might be responsible for the poorly balanced cargo placed on his truck. The combination of which could easily cause an accident, they would then both have to help pay for.
Not all accidents are entirely the fault of any given driver. Sometimes, road conditions, signage, or even traffic light failures can lead to horrific accidents with semi trucks. If an 18-wheeler barrels through a Boone County intersection with a green light just as you do the same on the cross street…the accident might partially be their fault for speeding, but also the government institutions responsible for traffic lights.
As your personal injury lawyers, we will investigate each potential responsible party, help you figure out the full extent of the harm they have caused you, and hold each one accountable for their share of it. Even if that means power trucking companies, greedy insurance companies, or faceless government bureaucracies.
Thurman & Flanagin| Proudly defending truck accident victims in Boone County and throughout Northwest Arkansas
If you or a loved one has been the victim of a terrible 18-wheeler truck accident in Boone County, you cannot let yourself get run over by medical bills or a greedy insurance company, either. Time is ticking on your right to stand up and demand that those who are to blame pay their fair share of the harm they caused. But we will help you do it.
Throughout Northwest Arkansas, personal injury lawyer Greg Thurman and the whole team of attorneys at Thurman & Flanagin fight for accident victims and their families. To find out who to hold responsible, and how, just call (866) 253-2226 or reach out online to schedule a free consultation today.
