You Deserve The Best Truck Accident Lawyer

The aftermath of a truck accident isn\'t just painful and difficult; it can also be extremely confusing. Hiring a truck accident lawyer with extensive experience litigating truck accident cases can be crucial to your recovery.

Why is hiring a lawyer so important?

For one, big rig crashes can be very severe. The injuries you sustain in the accident could require months or years of care, which in turn could become months or years of missed work.

In such a scenario, you should be focused on recovering and returning to your life, not about how you\'re going to pay for it all. Hiring our Lancaster, CA truck accident lawyers is the best way to ensure you get the financial recovery you need while you focus on your physical, mental, and emotional healing.

Secondly, the trucking company\'s first move after an accident will likely be to investigate every aspect of the crash. Any information they find might be used to deny liability or make the accident seem less severe. If you don\'t have a truck accident lawyer on your side, the trucking company might use their findings to avoid compensating you for the accident they caused.

Your legal team at PARRIS won\'t let that happen. From the moment you call us, we set to work investigating your case. We\'re there to answer all of your questions and guide you through the recovery process.

And, most importantly, we fight insurance companies on your behalf—and win.

Unfortunately, truck accidents are becoming more frequent. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), there has been a 43% increase in fatal truck crashes since 2010.

Why is this the case? For one, the rise of e-commerce has created an ever-increasing freight demand, which puts more commercial big rigs on California\'s highways. California\'s aging transportation infrastructure was not built with this in mind, and today we see many freeway bottlenecks backed up with cars and trucks for miles.

What\'s worse, truckers are often forced to work long hours—sometimes 60-70 hour weeks. According to one study, 66% of truck drivers have reported feeling drowsy while on the job, and as many as 13% have reported falling asleep at the wheel. Ongoing truck driver shortages have exacerbated this dangerous problem.

It can be dangerous for cars and trucks to share the road. Trucks carry heavy loads and have large blind spots. If a trucker fails to look over his shoulder before changing lanes, even the safest drivers are at risk of a catastrophic accident.

According to the NSC, large trucks (both commercial and non-commercial) accounted for 10% of all vehicles involved in fatal crashes in 2019. 69% of those deaths were to the occupants of the other vehicle, and 3% were to non-vehicle occupants, such as bikers or pedestrians.

Fatal truck accidents are most frequent in July, September, and October, likely due to increased trucking during those months in preparation for the back-to-school and holiday seasons.

If we decide to take on your case and you agree to have us represent you, we will ask you to provide certain information related to your case. So please keep any records that you might have, including:

• Medical visits and records
• Police reports
• Photos
• Witness contact info or statements

Our pre-litigation team will help you identify and gather all of the appropriate information. It\'s always a good idea to create a folder either on your computer, in hard copy, or both where you can store important documents and photos so that you are fully prepared when it comes time to investigate your case.

Since you pay nothing unless we win, we will front all the costs necessary to litigate your case. Sometimes cases are settled, but when they don\'t, we are fully prepared to present your case to a jury, at which point we will invest even greater resources to get you the best possible result.

If you were involved in a car accident, you deserve an attorney that is committed to making you and your family whole again. Since its founding in 1985, PARRIS Law Firm has recovered more than $1.9 billion for our clients. We stop at nothing until we win.

The secret to our success is our commitment to clients. That means putting your interests above our own. We understand what it takes to win cases and the preparation required to succeed.

Let us help you rebuild.

Truck accident lawsuits are complex. When you are injured in a truck collision that wasn\'t your fault, a host of entities may be held liable for causing the collision.

Parties in a truck accident lawsuit can include:

• The truck driver
• The trucking company that employed the driver
• The owner of the truck
• The owner of the trailer
• The company leasing the truck
• The company leasing the trailer
• The truck or trailer\'s manufacturer
• The company hired to repair the truck
• The shipper who ordered the transportation

Faulty road design can also play a role in causing truck accidents. In such cases, government entities may be liable for your accident as well. A truck accident lawyer can help you determine who is liable for your crash—and hold them accountable.

Unfortunately, truck accidents have several common causes, including:

• Truck drivers that drive drowsy, distracted, or under the influence
• Lack of truck driver experience or training
• A trucker\'s poor driving decisions
• Vehicle malfunction, such as failing brakes
• Poorly loaded cargo
• Poorly designed and maintained roads, freeways, and intersections

One person\'s negligence can have catastrophic results for innocent drivers like you.

Fortunately, you have recovery options after a truck accident. When you sustain injuries in an accident, the law allows you to recover the costs of:

• Past, current, and future medical bills, including emergency care, doctor visits, prescriptions, physical therapy, and more
• Property damage and vehicle repairs, including rental or replacement vehicle costs
• Wages lost due to missed work, including future lost wages due to treatment or disability
• Any incidental expenses incurred by your injury, including childcare costs, disability accommodations, etc.
• Pain and suffering damages
• Loss of companionship damages for the victim\'s immediate family members
• Punitive damages, meant to punish the defendant instead of compensating the victim