Achieving Financial Recovery after a Truck Accident
North Arkansas Truck Crash Lawyers
Truck accidents often leave seriously injured people in their wake. It's understandable that family members feel overwhelmed with grief and worry, but it's vitally important to begin protecting your right to financial recovery immediately after the accident.
If your loved one was seriously injured or killed in a truck-car collision, semi truck underride or override accident, or tractor-trailer jacknife, contact an experienced lawyer at the Fayetteville law office of Hixson & Daniels, PLLC.
Our injury attorneys began their legal careers many years ago doing defense work for insurance companies and trucking companies. We understand how trucking accidents can occur. We also understand how the actions of insurance companies and individual truckers can make it hard for injured people to recover financial damages if they wait too long. Contact our office as soon as possible after an injury or wrongful death.
Investigating Your Truck Accident
When we accept your personal injury case, we immediately begin investigating the scene, identifying and interviewing witnesses, and looking at the driver and the truck. Evidence begins to disappear quickly - we need to act just as quickly.
Driver Problems: Was the driver fatigued? Had he or she driven more hours than allowed by law? Was he under the influence of drugs or alcohol? Did she have proper training and authorization to drive? Did he have a prior record of aggressive or reckless driving? Was she driving irresponsibly at the time of the accident, according to witnesses?
Truck Problems: Had the truck been properly maintained according to required maintenance records? Had it failed any inspections? Was the truck overloaded or loaded badly? Is there evidence of brake failure or failure of equipment that secured the load within or on the truck?
In our experience, where the trucking company is at fault, about half of truck accidents resulting in serious injuries or wrongful death were due to bad drivers and the other half due to problems with the equipment. We work with mechanical experts and accident reconstructionists to establish responsibility.
We have handled many truck accident cases from accidents along Interstate 540 and I-40, the most heavily traveled highways in northern Arkansas. You can rely on our experience to protect your interests and your financial future. Contact us to schedule your free initial consultation.
Hixson & Daniels, PLLC
133 West Sunbridge Drive| Fayetteville, AR 72703
Phone (479) 521-7000 | Fax (479) 442-2774