Truck accidents Lawyer

You are required to notify your insurance company within 7 days of a trucking accident, and file an accident benefits claim within 30 days.

In Ontario, truck accidents have a short statute of limitations or the allowable period for which you can pursue legal action. You only have 120 days to notify the at-fault parties of your intent to sue, and two years to commence a lawsuit. Note that you must have filed a claim for accident benefits before pursuing a tort claim. It is important to note that in order to obtain maximum compensation, you must first file a claim for accident benefits. 

Another important consideration is the requirement for commercial trucking companies to retain certain evidence. Key evidence pieces, such as black box data that records the speed at the time of the accident, as well as a dashcam and red light camera footage, might be destroyed if you wait too long to commence your claim.

Aside from the truck driver, there are a number of other potentially liable parties in a truck accident, such as:

• The Trucking company where the contracted truck drivers work
• Company responsible for truck maintenance
• Owners of truck’s cab and trailer, if owned separately
• Company responsible for loading the truck
• Company that manufactured the truck’s contents, if packaged incorrectly, contributing to a rollover crash
• Truck manufacturer for mechanical defects
• Their insurance providers, if accident benefits were minimized or denied.

In Ontario, you are entitled to the following insurance accident benefits amounts in a truck accident case:

• Medical and rehabilitation: $50,000
• Attendant care: $3,000, up to maximum of $36,000
• Income replacement: $400 per week, $185 for non-wage earners.

In large truck accidents, You may also be eligible for additional benefits in the case of catastrophic injuries. On the other hand, an insurance company can attempt to classify your injuries as minor, which reduces available medical and rehabilitation benefits to $3,500, and removes attendant care benefits. Along with any records that establish loss, gather and assemble all of your medical bills and expenses related to the injury to get maximum compensation.

In personal injury cases, there are some essential elements of negligence, like in a car accident or truck accident. A truck accident victim must prove: The truck driver owes him a duty of care to drive prudently and safely. The truck driver violated or broke his or her duty of care. You or your loved one were hurt as a result of that carelessness. Your lawyer may record the eyewitness’s statement, take pictures of the accident scene, and thoroughly examine the vehicle to know the damages that occurred.

A lot of professional truck drivers are under pressure to complete deliveries by a certain time. Because of this, a truck driver may become fatigued and cause distracted driving while driving a truck that weighs more than 20 times as much as the cars next to it. Long hours of driving for a truck driver may cause them to make rash choices or lose consciousness behind the wheel from exhaustion and cause truck crashes. Cargo can move during transit if it hasn’t been loaded correctly or if weight limits haven’t been followed. There might also be jackknife accidents on a busy highway, but everyone would be safe and could seek medical assistance for any injuries. Over speeding of truck drivers often cause trucking accidents. These are the causes of most truck accidents that happen from the driver’s side.

Commercial trucks are part of the backbone of a country’s economy and allow goods to travel quickly across states and to consumers. Even though commercial trucks are an essential part of economic growth, they involve many fatal accidents. These are the main differences:

• Commercial truck crashes involve greater damage than car accidents
• Commercial trucks are susceptible to different types of collision
• Commercial trucks accidents involve multiple parties including the company that loaded the cargo, the commercial truck driver and other vehicle drivers.