Commercial trucks can weigh over eighty thousand pounds and cause catastrophic injuries and significant property damage if involved in a collision. This is especially true when the wreck involves a smaller vehicle, such as a passenger car or motorcycle.
Colvin Accident Lawyers are experienced and knowledgeable tractor-trailer crash attorneys who challenge large trucking companies, their drivers, and their insurers to obtain a favorable recovery for our clients.
Showing that you were harmed in a distracted driving truck accident in Bakersfield is not enough to recover from your injuries and property damage. You must first prove that another party had a duty of care to you and breached it. Learn how our seasoned lawyer could help prove your case today by scheduling a consultation.
Commercial truck drivers have a duty of care to other motorists traveling the roads and highways. Trucking companies must hire qualified drivers and address any violations as they arise. A driver or the trucking company can breach a duty of care in many ways, such as failure to:
One of the most common ways truck drivers breach their duty of care to other motorists is driving distracted. It is considered distracted driving if a trucker is not focused on the road for any reason, whether texting, talking on the radio, or eating. Even a momentary distraction while driving can result in a trucker in Bakersfield causing a crash.
Determining whether distracted driving caused a truck accident in Bakersfield is critical. Our seasoned personal injury attorneys could interview witnesses, study any evidence collected from the crash, and examine driver records for both the individual and the company.
Proving causation can be the most challenging hurdle to recovery. Fortunately, injured parties can hire a hardworking legal professional to handle the task. To learn more, schedule an initial consultation today.
Once it is established that a duty was breached and the breach caused the accident, the next step is determining the damages suffered. In California, damages are divided into three categories: economic, non-economic, and punitive.
Economic damages are tangible losses that are the most easy to quantify, including the following:
Non-economic damages are intended to cover non-monetary losses and can be much more difficult to calculate, such as:
Punitive damages are intended to punish the defendant’s malicious or incredibly careless actions. A jury might consider the defendant’s actions malicious if a trucker was intoxicated or a company insisted that its drivers work longer hours than permissible.
Colvin Accident Lawyers has decades of experience representing clients who have been in catastrophic distracted driving truck accidents in and around Bakersfield. We have a track record of obtaining large client settlements or awards.
We could work to negotiate the best possible settlement for you while preparing to file a lawsuit if the responsible parties and their carriers are unreasonable. Call today to schedule a consultation with our legal team and get started on your case for compensation.
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