If you’ve ever been injured by someone else, whether from a car crash, or from some other kind of negligence, you will know that recovering money for your injuries can be a long, complicated process. North Carolina law states that when you are injured because of someone else’s negligence, you are entitled to certain “damages”, or money for your injuries.
These include things like payment for any medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering. Making sure you are fairly and fully compensated for these damages is usually the work of a personal injury lawyer. Whether you are settling a personal injury claim without a lawyer, or with a lawyer, here’s how to maximize your personal injury settlement.
In 2016, 4,564 lives were lost in 4,079 crashes involving large trucks or buses in the United States. Fatalities increased 5% from 2015, and fatal crashes increased 6%.
If you have been involved in a North Carolina commercial trucking accident or 18 wheeler big rig truck wreck, contact the Asheville North Carolina truck attorneys at Lakota R. Denton for help with everything related to Asheville truck accident law.
Unfortunately, many truck accidents are caused not by trucks or commercial drivers, but by those driving passenger vehicles.
It’s very common for them to have no idea what the limits are on trucks in terms of visibility, braking, and acceleration. Driving in areas where a trucker driver has either limited or even zero visibility is always dangerous, as is making abrupt lane changes ahead of a truck.