Trucking

Trucking and tractor trailer crashes are on the rise in the Garden State, as an experienced Hackensack, NJ trucking lawyer is familiar with. In 2022, New Jersey had its highest traffic deaths in 15 years. All those trucks driving on our interstate highways like the Turnpike, Route 80, Route 280, Route 78, Route 278, and Route 287. So many of those drivers are exhausted and then they drive into our crowded roads at a high speed.

If you, a family member, or close friend was injured in an accident in which a truck or tractor trailer caused a crash, and caused severe injury or a fatality, a New Jersey Trucking Lawyer or a New Jersey Tractor Trailer Crash Lawyer is a must-have. Those trucks have large commercial insurance companies that have their people on hand from the moment they know about the crash who are working to deny you full and fair compensation.

You must have an attorney who has litigated these cases and the results to show it.

Let’s look at what you should do, and how a lawyer might help:

Medical treatment:

For fractures or life-threatening injuries, the victims are usually transported by ambulance to a hospital with a trauma center. Other crash victims usually go home to see if they will feel better. Some crash victims don’t feel pain at the time of impact, but start to feel strains in their spine or other body parts over the next few days.

For those crash victims in hospital, your treatment will be decided by the doctors there. However, you will need help after discharge with who to follow up with and how to pay for it. A certified civil trial lawyer who handles trucking cases in New Jersey will be able to help with that.

For crash victims, who went home after the crash and who have pain that doesn’t go away, it is a good idea to contact a Hackensack trucking lawyer who can help set you up with doctors who have experience treating truck crash injuries. Those injuries often involve post-concussion syndrome, damage to the discs in the neck and back, or tears to the shoulder and knees. It is important to get to doctors who have experience treating those injuries and have an office that can deal with getting paid from the insurance in truck crash cases.

Documentation:

If the crash happened on an interstate highway, the New Jersey State Police probably made the police report. You can access the report here: https://www.njportal.com/NJSP/CrashReports/Search/SelectReportsRequest.

The report will help you and your lawyer identify the truck driver, the truck owner, the truck driver’s employer, and the truck’s insurance. These are all issues that your lawyer needs to know to start the investigation. You also want to tell your lawyer about any other witnesses or anything else that can help explain the crash e.g., videos and photos. This will help your lawyer maximize your recovery.

Why a New Jersey Trucking or Tractor Trailer Crash Lawyer Is a Must-Have if Someone Died

If you lost a loved one in the crash – a spouse, a parent, a child – you are devastated and probably finding it very hard to read this. But you are here and that is good.  The loss that you and your family are suffering is something that the law understands and something that a certified attorney can explain to you. You and your family have rights and you should speak to a lawyer to know your options. A lawsuit might help you set up the financial future that was cruelly taken away from you and your lawsuit might save another family from another negligent truck crash.

Hiring A New Jersey Trucking Or Tractor Trailer Crash Lawyer

There are many lawyers in New Jersey who advertise for your case. You want a lawyer who is certified, who isn’t afraid to ask for a lot of money, and who knows how to bring a case to trial in front of a jury. That is the lawyer is in the best position to get you full and fair compensation – whether negotiating a settlement or trying the case in court with a judge and jury.

Most certified civil trial lawyers should not charge you for a consultation and should only get paid if you get money from the case.

A truck or tractor trailer crash may be the worst thing that’s ever happened in your life. At O’Cathain Law Group, our motto is Move Forward. Our New Jersey Trucking or Tractor Trailer Crash Lawyer will help you do so.

Were you injured in a trucking or tractor trailer crash? Did you tragically lose someone you love? Call (201) 488-1161, fill out the intake form, or email a dedicated Personal Injury paralegal to speak with a Hackensack trucking lawyer at O’Cathain Law Group.