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Let Us Help You Pursue Your Atlanta Truck Accident Claim

Commercial truck wrecks aren't your typical auto acccident case.

Truck crashes in Atlanta involve complex federal and state regulations that don't apply to regular car crashes.

Additionally, trucking companies have lawyers and accident response teams who work to protect their profits by reducing payouts to accident victims.

The trucking companies don't make it easy to collect what you're owed.

Without an experienced attorney you may not get full compensation.

We work to expose all the liable parties, uncover the hidden insurance policies, and identify every dollar you're owed and force every responsible party to pay.

Multiple parties may be at fault including the truck driver, the trucking company, the vehicle manufacturer or third-party contractors.

Your attorney will pull black box data, electronic logs, and maintenance records in order to hold all parties who share responsibility accountable.

Our experienced attorneys handle catastrophic truck crashes throughout the state and have a hard-won reputation for obtaining big settlements for the seriously injured.

 

 

Recoverable Damages in Georgia Truck Accident Cases

Georgia truck accident victims can pursue compensation for economic and non-economic damages when a commercial vehicle operator's negligence causes injury. Unlike passenger vehicle crashes, truck accidents often generate substantially higher damage awards due to severity of injuries and multiple liable parties.

• Medical Expenses - Georgia law allows recovery of all reasonable and necessary medical expenses. You're entitled to full compensation for every dollar spent treating injuries their driver caused. Past, present, and future.
• Lost Income and Earning Capacity - Past and future wages, lost benefits, reduced earning potential if permanent disability prevents return to previous occupation
• Property Damage - Vehicle total loss, personal property destroyed in crash, rental car expenses during repairs
• Pain and Suffering - Compensation for physical pain suffered, discomfort, limitations on daily activities, permanent scarring or disfigurement
• Emotional Distress - Consideration for accident-related PTSD, anxiety, depression, fear of driving, loss of enjoyment of life
• Loss of Consortium - Potential compensation for loss of companionship, affection, intimacy impact due to injuries
• Wrongful Death Damages - Money for funeral costs, loss of financial support, loss of parental guidance for surviving children, estate claims
• Punitive Damages - Available under O.C.G.A. § 51-12-5.1 when defendant's actions show willful misconduct, malice, fraud, or gross negligence (commonly in cases involving intoxicated truck drivers or falsified logbooks)

Georgia follows a modified comparative negligence rule under O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33. You can recover damages if you're less than 50% at fault, but your compensation reduces by your percentage of fault.

 

What Should I Do After a Truck Accident?

Trucking companies deploy accident response teams immediately to protect their interests. While you're laid up in hospital wondering if you should hire a lawyer, they are working on how to pay you less. After a truck accident. Speak to an attorney right away, don't delay.

Critical Steps After a Commercial Vehicle Crash

• Get Medical Attention - Adrenaline masks injury severity. Internal bleeding, brain injuries, and spinal damage aren't always obvious. Get examined immediately, even if you feel okay.
• Document Everything - These items are helpful if you can: photograph truck DOT numbers, license plates, cargo, road conditions, skid marks, traffic signals, and your vehicle damage from multiple angles. Get driver's CDL information and insurance details. Keep all your medical bills. If you were incapacitated in the crash, don't worry, as our investigation will look to gather and preserve key documents that may prove critical to your case.
• Preserve Evidence - Trucking companies routinely destroy driver logs, maintenance records, and electronic data. We will file spoliation letters right away to prevent evidence destruction.
• Never Speak to Trucking Company Reps - Carriers and their insurers will contact you quickly with friendly-sounding adjusters. They're recording calls and building defenses. Direct them to your attorney, we'll handle all communications.
• Don't Sign Anything - Medical authorizations, recorded statements, and quick settlement offers are tactics to minimize payouts before you understand your injury's full extent. Speak with your attorney.

 

Georgia Truck Accident Statute of Limitations

Georgia law provides a two-year statute of limitations for personal injury claims under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33. Wrongful death claims must be filed within two years of death under O.C.G.A. § 51-4-5.

Missing these deadlines can mean permanently losing your right to file a claim. Trucking companies and their insurers know this and often slow walk claims hoping you'll run out time.

The sooner you hire experienced legal representation, the better your chances for a favorable action.

How Our Truck Accident Attorneys Build Winning Cases

Truck crash cases require specialized expertise, investigation, and aggressive litigation. Here's how we fight to maximize your recovery:

• Crash Scene Investigation - We deploy investigators to measure skid marks, photograph sight lines, interview witnesses, and preserve physical evidence and document it before it's lost
• Electronic Data Recovery - We subpoena truck ECM data, ELD records, GPS tracking, dash cam footage, and telematics showing exact pre-crash driver behavior and vehicle performance
• FMCSA Regulation Violations - We analyze driver qualification files for CDL violations, failed drug tests, medical certification issues, and Hours of Service violations proving negligent hiring or retention
• Truck Maintenance Records Analysis - We examine brake inspection reports, tire records, and DVIR logs to prove mechanical failures caused by deferred maintenance
• Cargo Loading Investigation - We determine if improper loading, overweight cargo, or unsecured freight contributed to loss of control, rollovers, or jackknifes
• Corporate Negligence Discovery - We pursue company policies that incentivize speeding, encourage Hours of Service violations, or create unrealistic delivery schedules forcing unsafe driving
• Expert Testimony - We work with accident reconstructionists, trucking industry safety experts, economists for lost earning capacity, and medical experts to establish full damages
• Multi-Party Liability Claims - We identify all responsible parties whose actions contributed to your crash potentially including the driver, trucking company, leasing company, cargo shipper, maintenance providers, and truck manufacturers for defective parts

Insurance companies for major carriers like J.B. Hunt, Werner, Swift, and Schneider know these are high-stakes matters and will fight to minimize what they have to pay.

Winning matters - securing maximum financial compensation can mean the difference between your being able to take care of your family and loved ones.

Don't you deserve the best legal representation possible?

 

Types of Truck Accidents in the Atlanta Area Our Lawyers Handle

We've handled all manner of truck wrecks that happen on Georgia highways. Here are the most common types of truck accident we handle:

• Rollover Crashes - When an 80,000 pound commercial vehicle takes exit ramps too fast, turns too sharply, or improperly loaded cargo shifts weight causing it to tip over sideways it can crush passenger vehicles. Typically caused by driver error or carrier load securement regulation violations.
• Tire Blowout Wrecks - Bald tires, under-inflated rubber, and skipped DOT inspections cause catastrophic loss of control at highway speeds. Blown steer tires send semis careening across lanes while failed drive axle tires launch retreaded rubber through windshields. When carriers put profits before safety, the consequences can be devastating.
• Jackknife Accidents - The trailer swings 90 degrees from the cab, creating a steel wall blocking multiple lanes and causing multi-vehicle pileups. This happens when drivers brake too hard on wet pavement or when poorly maintained trailer brakes lock up unexpectedly.
• Driver Fatigue Wrecks - Truckers falsifying electronic logs to exceed the 11-hour driving limit cause deadly crashes when they fall asleep at the wheel. Driver fatigue causes wrecks, and Hours of Service restrictions and rest requirements, when violated give rise to negligence.
• Head-On Collisions - When an 18-wheeler plows into a passenger vehicle head-on, the physics are brutal and the fatality rate is high. We've encountered matters involving wrong-way truckers, drowsy drivers that drift into oncoming traffic, and rigs losing control on sharp curves at speed.
• Blind Spot Accidents - Commercial trucks have large blind spots with no-see zones stretching as much as 20 feet in front, 30 feet in the rear, and cover the entire passenger side where cars vanish from mirrors. CDL drivers who don't check blind spots before lane changes cause sideswipe collisions and can crush vehicles during right turns.
• Brake Failure Crashes - Failed brakes cause one-third of all truck accidents when carriers skip required inspections, overload trailers, or run with out-of-adjustment brake systems. Maintenance records often expose the pattern of deferred repairs that could have prevented a brake failure collisions.
• Underride Collisions - Passenger cars slide beneath semi-trailers, shearing off roofs and potentially killing occupants involved in side impacts. A variety of situations can give rise to these crashes that can cause decapitations and catastrophic head trauma.
• Rear-End Impacts - You're stopped at a red light. When an 18-wheeler plows into you your spine doesn't stand a chance. Distracted truckers plow into stopped traffic at intersections, brakes fail, and drivers fall asleep at the wheel. Getting rear-ended by a semi-truck generate forces your body wasn't designed to absorb and the injury profiles are typically severe.
• Cargo Spill Accidents - Improperly secured loads become deadly projectiles and obstacles on the road when steel coils, lumber, or construction equipment flies off flatbeds at highway speed. Cargo spill cases can involve the freight broker, carrier, and driver being responsible.

Our attorneys have a hard-won reputation of aggressive representation in high-profile personal injury cases. Let us handle the legal process while you heal. Whether your collision occurred on I-85 through Midtown, I-20 near the airport, or GA-400 in North Fulton, we know the roadways, the trucking companies that use them, and how to prove liability.