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Understanding Commercial Box Accident Cases
Accidents involving commercial box trucks—also known as delivery trucks or straight trucks—can cause significant injuries. These vehicles, while smaller than semi-trucks, are still much larger and heavier than passenger vehicles, making them capable of inflicting serious harm in a collision. At Redstone Law, we are dedicated to helping individuals injured in box truck accidents in Clarksville, Tennessee, and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, secure justice and fair compensation.
What Are Box Truck Accidents?
Box trucks are commonly used by delivery services, moving companies, and local businesses to transport goods. Because these trucks are often operated by drivers who may lack extensive training or experience, accidents can occur due to factors like:
- Distracted or fatigued driving
- Improper loading, causing shifts in cargo
- Poor maintenance leading to brake or tire failures
- Speeding or unsafe driving practices
Unlike passenger vehicles, box trucks have larger blind spots, longer stopping distances, and reduced maneuverability, increasing the risk of accidents.
Key Legal Considerations in Box Truck Accidents
1. Determining Liability
Identifying all responsible parties is critical to maximizing compensation. Box truck accidents often involve multiple potentially liable parties, including:
- The driver
- The trucking or delivery company
- Third-party maintenance providers
- Manufacturers of defective parts or equipment
Proving Negligence
To succeed in a claim, we must demonstrate that negligence—such as driver error, improper vehicle maintenance, or company policy violations—caused the accident and your injuries. This often requires gathering detailed evidence, including truck maintenance logs, delivery schedules, and driver records.
Navigating Insurance Complexities
Commercial box trucks are often insured under policies with higher limits than standard auto insurance. However, these policies are managed by insurance companies that aggressively defend claims. At Redstone Law, we handle all negotiations to ensure you receive a fair settlement.
Securing Full Compensation
Injuries from box truck accidents can lead to extensive medical bills, lost wages, and long-term rehabilitation needs. We fight for full compensation, including damages for pain and suffering, emotional distress, and any permanent impairments.
Understanding Tennessee and Kentucky Laws
Each state has unique laws regarding negligence and fault in commercial vehicle accidents. With offices in both Tennessee and Kentucky, we are well-equipped to navigate the laws specific to your case.
Six steps we take in a semi-truck crash
- Go to the scene ASAP: Small pieces of evidence can become big facts.
- Interview witnesses and law enforcement: Our retired police detective carefully interviews witnesses. I often conduct interviews with key witnesses myself.
- Secure photographs, video, and the “black box”: Closed circuit Tv and video monitoring are usually erased in a week. I need to get on top of this evidence quickly before it is lost forever. “Black box” computers inside the vehicles need to be downloaded before a vehicle is crushed or repaired.
- Preserve evidence known only to the trucker and the trucking company: I cannot tell you how many times crucial information or documentation from a trucker or trucking company helps a case after I took the proper steps to preserve that evidence.
- Provide you a free Case Evaluation: The Case Evaluation addresses your concerns and helps you understand what your case is about. How much time will the case take? What compensation is recoverable? Questions like these are handled in the Case Evaluation.
- Provide you with a Plan of Action customized for your needs: When you hire me, I will take the Case Evaluation and write up a customized Plan of Action with easy-to-follow steps for a good start to your case. The Plan of Action is uploaded to your free Burman Law Client Portal (we’ll open the client portal on your smartphone). Or, if you don’t want to use the Client Portal, we can mail it to you. You need no money to hire me. My fees are in writing (I am cheaper than most competitors).
About RedStone Law
RedStone Law is about building relationships with clients for life. We provide affordable legal services in Tennessee & Kentucky with a focus in Auto Accidents. The team at RedStone law brings over 25 years of experience helping hundreds of accident victims against at-fault drivers and commercial operators of all types.
WHAT DOES BURMAN LAW DO IN A SEMI-TRUCK AND TRAILER ACCIDENT AND INJURY CASES?
At Burman Law, we take action. We know how to apply the rules of the road that control truck drivers and truck companies. We understand the biomechanics behind personal injuries. Burman Law Attorney, Mike Burman, is a member of the American Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys. Mike maintains his professional skills with monthly training and consultations with fellow truck injury attorneys. Mike applies this experience and training to each case by:
- Understanding the mechanism of injury causing pain and suffering or death
- Looking for hard-to-find injuries in personal injury cases, such as traumatic brain injuries
- Preserve critical evidence before it is destroyed, lost, or fades away
- Search for CCTV video/audio, car accident cameras, police videos, and truck accident cameras
- Locate and interview witnesses
- Visit the scene of the case to determine what experts are needed to preserve and develop the evidence
- Download the “black box” speed and distance computer on the “at-fault” vehicle
- Download on-board video or communication devices that record speed and distance
- Calendar the statute of limitations so the date is not missed on your personal injury or wrongful death case
Insurance Company Tactics
Insurance companies and insurance adjusters use several tactics to deny claims and pay less than the real value of a personal injury or wrongful death claim in a truck accident case. Some of the most common insurance company tactics that we see are:
- Blaming accident victims for their own injuries
- Hiding evidence about the at-fault truck driver or insurance company
- Reducing the value of personal injury or wrongful death by misinterpreting medical records
- Denying the severe injuries are related to the crash
- Making low settlement offers for pre-existing or age-related factors in personal injury cases
- Delaying claims as long as possible until you must accept a low settlement offer
- Making lowball settlement offers to reduce the amount you think is reasonable
- Telling personal injury victims they do not need to hire a lawyer
How Is Burman Law Paid?
We are paid a percentage of the money recovered in your case. Many personal injury lawyers now charge a fee of 40% to begin your case. Our fee to begin a personal injury or wrongful death case truck accident case has been 1/3 for more than twenty-five plus years. We do not spend time or money on expensive Tv Ads, and we pass that savings on to you. There are no hidden disclaimers. We are transparent at all times.
With our free consultation and case evaluation services, you can confidentially discuss your semi-truck personal injury case with Mike Burman at no charge. Mike will help you understand your rights and give you a plan of action against the at-fault truck driver and trucking company. There is never any pressure. We put all fees and case expenses in writing. We will set you up with access to a free client portal so you can post anything you want 24/7/365. We respond to portal messages by the next business day, or sooner. And you can always contact Mike on his personal cell phone number which he will give you when you hire him to be your truck accident attorney. The staff at Burman Law average ten years of paralegal experience. Mike Burman has more than 25+ years of experience in personal injury and wrongful death involving truck accident cases, at-fault truck drivers, and careless trucking companies in Kentucky and Tennessee.
We would be honored to help you or your loved ones.
