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An experienced truck accident lawyer near you is who you need when you or a loved one has been injured in a semi truck crash in Detroit, MI. An experienced personal injury attorney who specializes in trucking crashes can help you recover the full compensation and money damages you’re entitled to.
Fortunately, there is no lawyer or law firm more experienced than Michigan Auto Law when it comes to handling Detroit semi truck accident cases. Our law firm has recovered the largest trial verdict for a big rig crash in Wayne County Circuit Court more times than any other law firm in Michigan, as well as the largest tractor trailer crash settlement of any attorney or law firm in Michigan.
We are the only law firm in the state that has a board certification in truck crash law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, which is the highest designation of skill and experience available, and one of our attorneys, Steven Gursten, is a past-president of the American Association for Justice Truck Accident Litigation Group, and has been one of only three attorneys in the entire country to be awarded the Hall of Fame Award for truck crash litigation (out of approximately 110,000 attorneys in the country who say they handle truck crash cases).
Get the maximum settlement possible in your case. Get all of the No-Fault benefits the law entitles you so you can pay your medical bills and continue to support your family. Our Detroit truck accident lawyers prevent the motor carrier company from destroying the evidence you will need to fully uncover all their acts of negligence. Most importantly, our attorneys make sure that all of the responsible parties are held fully accountable for all of the losses and harms you have suffered.
Talk to one of our experienced Detroit truck accident lawyers today to find how he or she can help you.
Use our settlement calculator to find out how much your case may be worth.
The attorneys at Michigan Auto Law always provide personalized, caring attention to our clients. We have received over 2,000 five-star reviews because we are willing to work harder to keep our clients informed throughout the case process, answering every question promptly and doing everything we can to make the challenging time surrounding an injury after an automobile crash easier for the victim and their loved ones. If you were injured in a Detroit semi truck accident, call now (855) 909-9004 for a free consultation with an experienced lawyer near you.
After a truck crash, you should do the following: (1) seek medical attention for yourself; (2) seek medical attention for others; (3) report and document all of your injuries; (4) move to a safe area if possbile; (5) call the police; (6) refrain from making any statements or signing any releases; (7) file an application for No-Fault benefits; and (8) hire an experienced and specialized truck accident lawyer for your Detroit semi crash case.
You need an experienced Detroit truck accident lawyer because these trucking cases are more sophisticated and far more difficult than car crash cases. The problem is how few personal injury lawyers truly understand trucking. Most treat these as car crash cases but with bigger insurance policy limits, but they don’t understand trucking law and the federal and state rules and regulations that make these cases different. There can be multiple defendants and hidden layers of insurance. There can be broker-shipper liability.
The sad truth is that while there are plenty of lawyers on TV and on billboards throughout the Detroit metro area who advertise for truck accident cases, most have no experience and knowledge on how to litigate these cases.
Lawyers in Detroit can advertise for truck crash cases, but that certainly doesn’t mean they know how to properly handle them. Don’t let you or your loved ones pay for their mistakes.
A lawyer who specializes in truck accident litigation can help your Detroit case by: (1) getting bigger settlements, faster; (2) stopping the motor carrier company from destroying key evidence once the mandatory retention periods have passed; (3) identifying the key safety violations that led to your crash; (4) finding the top experts to prove the various aspects of your case; (5) identifying and holding all responsible parties fully accountable; and (6) stopping the trucking company and its lawyers from sweeping acts of negligence under the rug by admitting negligence.
Here is more information about how an experienced Detroit truck accident lawyer can help:
After a truck crash, you, a loved one or your family may be able to recover compensation for: (1) pain and suffering; (2) current and future medical expenses; (3) current and future lost wages; and (4) wrongful death damages including lost financial support and loss of your loved one’s society and companionship.
To recover these types of compensation, under Michigan law you will need to be able to prove that the truck driver and any other responsible parties acted negligently and that their negligence caused the crash that resulted in your injuries.
In the case of pain and suffering compensation, Michigan law will also require that you prove that your injuries caused you to suffer a “serious impairment of body function,” which means that your injuries have affected your general ability to live the “normal” life you were living before the crash.
The parties that can be held legally liable after a truck crash are those whose negligence led directly to the crash or played a causal role in the crash. This will always include the big rig driver, but it can include: (1) the tractor trailer broker or shipper; (2) the motor carrier company; (3) the owner of the tractor and trailer; (4) the maintenance company; (5) the loading company; and (6) the shipping company.
You have three (3) years from the date of the crash to file a lawsuit for pain and suffering compensation and money damages. This is Michigan’s statute of limitations for all tractor trailer crash lawsuits, MCL 600.5805(2).
If you don’t file your lawsuit on time, you will lose all of your legal rights to sue the responsible parties and to hold them accountable for injuries, harms and/or deaths that their negligence has caused.
The types of evidence that a lawyer can use to prove your Detroit truck accident lawsuit include:
Our lawyers find that the most common causes of truck accidents in Detroit include:
Injuries that our lawyers frequently see from truck accidents in Detroit include:
You can still seek compensation if you were partially at fault for the crash so long as you were not more than 50% at-fault. Under Michigan’s comparative fault rule, a crash victim’s compensation will be reduced by the percentage of his or her comparative fault for the crash.
Only if the crash victim is “more than 50% at fault” for a tractor trailer crash will the comparative fault rule completely eliminate the victim’s ability to recover any compensation.
Our Detroit truck accident lawyers recommend that you don’t give statements to insurers or adjusters and never sign releases or documents presented by insurance claims adjusters until you have talked with an attorney first. You can tell the insurance adjuster that you will talk, but only after you’ve consulted with your attorney.
After a truck crash, it is common for the trucking company’s insurer to request a statement from you. It is crucial to approach this situation with extreme caution. The insurance adjuster’s goal is to protect the insurance company and keep to a minimum the amount of compensation or benefits it must pay out on behalf of its insured whose negligence caused your truck crash. As much as he or she can, the adjuster will want to get you to make statements that limit or eliminate the trucking company’s liability and, thus, the insurance company’s obligation to pay you compensation and money damages for your injuries, pain and suffering, and damages.
Ultimately, it is important that you cooperate with your own insurance company to collect your auto No-Fault insurance benefits (also known as PIP benefits). It’s also one of the contractual terms in your own auto policy. But your duty to cooperate with YOUR insurance company does not extend to the insurance company that insures the tractor trailer that caused your crash, and even with your own insurance company this duty to cooperate does not in any way prohibit you from seeking the advice and counsel of an attorney first.
The insurance company has its attorneys who look out for the insurer’s best interests.
You are entitled to have an attorney who is looking out for your best interests as well.
There is no upfront cost to hire a lawyer for your Detroit truck accident case . You will not be asked to pay anything while your case is pending. Only after your case has been resolved and we’ve recovered a winning settlement or trial verdict for you will we ask you to pay our 1/3 contingency fee.
This means that the attorney fee you pay is a percentage – 33% – of the amount that we recover for you.
In other words, you don’t have to pay a fee unless we win for you.
When choosing the best truck accident lawyer for your Detroit case, pick an attorney who has these qualities: (1) specialized experience; (2) a proven record of winning settlements and trial verdicts for victims like you; (3) respect, compassion and patience with clients; and (4) a fair and reasonable fee structure.
If you were injured in a truck crash in Detroit MI, call now (855) 909-9004 for a free consultation with an experienced truck accident lawyer near you. There is no cost or obligation. You can also visit our contact page or use the chat feature on our website.
Michigan Auto Law is Michigan’s largest and most successful law firm that specializes exclusively in helping people who have been injured in tractor trailer and motor vehicle crashes.
Our secret? Our attorneys deliberately handle fewer cases than other personal injury law firms. This allows us to focus more time and attention on our cases.
Unlike other law firms, our Detroit truck accident lawyers are never too busy to promptly return phone calls and answer questions.
We have more than 2,000 5-Star reviews that reflect this care and attention to detail.
More importantly, this client-focused approach leads to better and faster settlements for our clients. Michigan Auto Law has recovered more million-dollar settlements and trial verdicts for motor vehicle crashes than any other lawyer or law firm in Michigan. We’ve also recovered the highest-ever reported car crash and big rig crash settlement in the state.
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