Although any motor vehicle accident can be highly injurious or fatal, truck accidents nearly always end in catastrophic injury or death. Semi trucks weigh 20 to 30 times more than a standard car, are much larger and have a higher center of gravity. In any collision between a truck and a smaller vehicle, there is no doubt about which vehicle’s occupants will fare worse.
If you’ve been injured or lost a loved one in a truck accident anywhere in Colorado, the firm to contact for legal help is Pickard Law, P.C. Truck accident litigation is high stakes and highly complex, and not all personal injury attorneys are up to the task. But as attorneys of one of the premier law firms in the Denver metro area, we have the skills, experience, legal knowledge and resources necessary to effectively take on trucking companies and commercial insurers.
Trucking companies are backed by expensive commercial insurance policies. Whenever a truck accident occurs, insurance investigators are often at the scene within hours. Their goal is to take control of all available evidence and craft a narrative of events that is favorable to the insurer and the trucking company. Money and reputations are at stake, as they work quickly to protect both.
As a truck accident victim, you won’t be able to respond nearly as quickly – medical care is and should be your highest priority. But once you can turn your attention to other matters, it is important to contact an attorney as soon as reasonably possible. When clients retain our services, we immediately begin our own thorough and independent investigation into the crash. We know what to look for, where to find it, and which tactics insurers may try to use to slow or prevent our progress.
In order to successfully prove liability, truck accident lawyers must be ready to collect and analyze incredible amounts of evidence. When we build a case, we gather as much evidence as possible, including:
Because trucks are commercial vehicles, they should be meticulously tracked and monitored. After a crash, the data collected by the truck and by the driver’s employer often proves highly valuable in demonstrating that the driver and/or the trucking company was negligent.
