Maryland Truck Accident Lawyer

Injury Lawyers serving Northern Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C.

Has a Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, D.C. truck accident injury adversely affected your life and the lives of those you love? Sharing the road with trucks is a situation that is often fraught with danger. As a driver of a passenger vehicle, your experience on the road requires you to be constantly alert and forces you to be prepared for unexpected obstacles such as construction work, debris on the road, and the changing speeds of other drivers around you. Add to your commute an increasing number of large commercial vehicles such as big trucks, postal and package delivery trucks, and an assortment of heavy cargo vans, and commercial drivers seem to be conspiring to put you and your loved ones at risk.

What are you, as a responsible and law-abiding driver, supposed to do to keep yourself and your family safe from these behemoths? What should you do if the unthinkable happens and you are involved in a serious truck accident, especially a collision that involves a catastrophic injury? You may need the services of a Maryland, Washington, D.C., or Virginia truck accident lawyer provided by the associates at ChasenBoscolo.

Hiring a truck accident lawyer

If you have been involved in a serious Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, D.C. truck accident, the most important thing you can do is consult with an experienced truck accident lawyer at ChasenBoscolo.

Traffic accidents involving trucks that hit passenger vehicles or motorcycles can cause catastrophic injuries. Unfortunately, a case involving a truck is not simply a big automobile accident. They are highly complex cases that involve a web of state, federal, and sometimes international regulations that require a lawyer with extensive experience in this area. A Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, D.C. personal injury lawyer from ChasenBoscolo can help you achieve the justice you deserve.

Investigation of the truck accident:

Our lawyers are careful to investigate cases to ensure compliance by truck drivers and their companies with issues such as:

• Hours of service regulations
• Drug and alcohol testing
• Driver qualification files
• Hazardous materials transportation and safety
• Proper documentation
• Proper vehicle heights to prevent underride
• Proper placards and markings

In investigating and reviewing your case, we also routinely retain accident construction engineers and trucking safety experts to assist us in evaluating and analyzing facts and data obtained.

Time is of the essence:

As time passes after your accident, evidence important to your case can begin to disappear. Hiring an experienced Virginia, Washington, D.C., or Maryland truck accident lawyer from ChasenBoscolo as soon as possible may help ensure the following:

• Key evidence is recovered. Driver logs must be kept for six months, but scale tickets, inspection records, etc., do not have to be kept; a lawyer’s immediate presence could be vital to uncovering different types of evidence.

• Immediate accident investigations are made. The truck’s insurance investigators will be at the accident scene within hours; your truck accident lawyer’s prompt investigation of the scene could improve your case.

• Evidence is collected and interviews are conducted immediately. As time passes, witnesses can be harder to locate, and their accounts could fade from memory.

• A detailed analysis of the applicable Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rulesregs/fmcsrhome.htm) is conducted. This federal law governs the safe operation of these commercial vehicles, the violation of which is a factor in too many truck accidents.

The bottom line:

While most commercial carriers operate their heavy trucks in a responsible manner, we find that far too many accidents involving trucks disregard compliance issues with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. As such, we believe it imperative that clients retain a lawyer who has in-depth knowledge of the laws and regulations that govern safe operation of big trucks. At ChasenBoscolo we have the experience and legal knowledge to handle these catastrophic accidents and their resulting injuries.

Without legal help from an injury law firm like ChasenBoscolo, you may have no idea of the real value of your claim. Moreover, the Insurance Research Council found that on average injured people who use a lawyer receive three and a half times more money than those who do not (Source: Insurance Research Council 2004 study).

Additionally, in most cases, the insurance adjuster from the truck’s insurance company is not on your side. His goal is to save the insurance company money by giving you as little as possible after your collision. Because of this, whether you choose our law firm to represent you or not, you need an experienced Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, D.C. truck accident lawyer on your side.

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If you or a loved one has been injured, contact ChasenBoscolo today for a free case consultation. Complete a free consultation form online or call (800) 728-5898.

Our personal injury lawyers concentrate on auto accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, workers’ compensation, social security disability, athletic injuries, pedestrian accidents, and pharmaceutical/drug recalls. We also handle cases involving spinal/disc injuries, broken bones, disfigurement, wrongful death, defective machinery / products, construction accidents, and slip and fall accidents among other personal injury cases.