The Seven (7) Keys To Victory In Trucking Wrecks

by Aaron Gartlan

August 25, 2015 | Truck Accidents

How To Increase Your Chance Of Legal Success If You Are Injured Or Lose A Loved One In A Commercial Truck Wreck.

First, you must understand from the beginning that commercial truck wreck cases are different from other types of automobile accidents. It is a costly mistake to treat a truck wreck exactly like an automobile wreck. While certain principles apply to all automobile wrecks, and there are similarities between commercial truck wrecks and all other types of automobile wrecks. However, there are some critical factors that must be factored into commercial truck wreck cases or you risk diminishing or losing your claim altogether.

In commercial truck wreck cases, there is a greater chance of serious physical injury and death because of the weight and speed of the truck and trailer. Further, there are federal and state laws related to safety regulations that are unique to trucking accidents, and discovered violations can add tremendous value to a case. Additionally, commercial trucking companies are required to carry greater liability insurance policy limits than non-commercial drivers. Many trucking companies will also carry umbrella insurance policies. Therefore, trucking companies generally have the ability to pay a substantial judgment, but the trucking company also has the ability to spend time and money with a team of trained experts in an effort to deny or minimize your claim to protect their bottom line. They are not your friends in this situation. In fact, these companies will go so far as having their attorneys, investigators, and adjusters deployed to the wreck scene to manipulate and guide the investigation in their favor in a quest to pay you the least amount possible for your injuries and damages. For these reasons and more discussed in this segment, it is imperative to engage a commercial truck wreck lawyer immediately.

Our Alabama Trucking Wreck Attorneys Share The Seven (7) Keys To Victory:

Our experience, compassionate, and success-driven Alabama truck accident lawyers outline the seven key steps that will lead you to victory. These seven keys are utilized in an effort to prove and demonstrate liability, injuries, damages, overcome defenses, address unsafe conditions, facilitate healing, add value to your case and maximize recovery for you. Each case must be handled and prepared based on the facts and circumstances involved, as well as the law that applies. However, these seven (7) keys are tried and true and utilized by experienced, compassionate Alabama trucking wreck attorneys:

In serious wrecks, an accident reconstruction expert and investigator must be deployed to the wreck scene to help the experienced Alabama truck accident lawyer build your case and get to the bottom of the root cause. Often, you will find a company that places a greater value on profits and productivity and the expense of safety and human life. Accident reconstruction experts and investigators help your lawyer locate, interview, and evaluate witnesses as well as locate, preserve, collect, and evaluate the evidence before the trucking company legally destroys evidence, it disappears, or memories fade. The importance of this key step cannot be understated. Again, the trucking company and the insurance company will try and beat you to the punch and will send their experts to the crash site to gather and even manipulate, hide and destroy evidence to steer the investigation in their favor and gain an advantage on you to escape liability, avoid liability and skip responsibility for compensating you.

Please, tune in next time as our Alabama attorneys continue to expand on the seven (7) keys to victory.

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Aaron Gartlan

Aaron Gartlan is a graduate of Troy University and the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law who focuses his practice exclusively on representing those injured by the wrongdoing of others. He is member of the National Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. In addition to his legal practice, Aaron teaches Business Law as an adjunct instructor at Troy University’s Sorrell College of Business and serves as a field artillery sergeant in the Alabama National Guard.

"When my husband was wrongly accused of a serious crime by a very disturbed family member, we hired Mr. Gartlan for representation on the recommendation of another. It turned out to be the best choice we could have made. From the beginning, Aaron listened to our story with the open mind of someone invested in not only earning his money or winning his case, but in truly helping our family. It became obvious to us early on that he genuinely believed in my husband's innocence, which was extremely important to us going forward. What was even more helpful and important to us was that Aaron was very familiar with the justice system in the county in which my husband was charged, so he was able to explain to us how and why things had proceeded the way they had. He helped us somewhat comprehend a situation that was completely illogical in the way it had been handled by law enforcement and the District Attorney's office. Thanks to the experience that Aaron has, he and his assistant, with the partnership of another attorney and the help of a private investigator, were ultimately able to put together a tremendous amount of evidence that contradicted nearly every detail of the prosecution's case, and proved that the alleged victim's entire story was a complete fabrication. All of this was done prior to the trial date, and fortunately Aaron maintains a relationship with the District Attorney's office that allowed him to communicate with them prior to trial about the facts in the case and what evidence we had that would destroy their case. That, combined with the fact that the alleged victim did not want to return to the state for trial so would have to be brought forcefully, ultimately led the District Attorney's office to dismiss all of the charges. While it would have been ideal for the law enforcement officers involved to have actually done some sort of investigating prior to charging my husband solely based upon the story of a disturbed person, we are thankful that when he was arrested and charged, we were given Aaron Gartlan's name. We are thankful to have moved past the horrible experience and are grateful for the hard work that Aaron and his team did to help us do so."

– anonymous