Glendale Truck Accident Attorney

What you do after a trucking accident can affect your ability to recover fair compensation:

• Call 911 if you are able. Ask the dispatcher to send both the police and paramedics to the scene. 
• If you are able, move your car out of traffic. This can help prevent a secondary accident. If you or a passenger is injured, do not move. You could worsen your injuries. 
• Exchange information with the truck driver. Do not apologize for the accident or say you are okay until you have had the paramedics or an ER doctor examine you.
• Let law enforcement do their job. Do not speculate on what the truck driver was doing before or during the accident. They will investigate the accident. If their findings are inaccurate, we can get them corrected. 
• Allow paramedics to examine you. Many very severe injuries can take hours or days to surface. Your adrenaline could also be masking many symptoms. The paramedics can help identify issues that you may be unaware of, such as a spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, or internal bleeding. 
• Do not give a recorded statement. In the hours or days after an accident, the trucking company’s insurance adjuster will likely call you to get your side of the story. While they may seem helpful, they are hoping you’ll say something that jeopardizes your case. If they ask for a recorded statement, politely decline and direct any questions to us.
• Do not accept a settlement offer before we review it. Truck accidents can cost insurance companies hundreds of thousands of dollars. To avoid paying this, it may offer you a quick settlement before you know the extent of your injuries. If you accept a settlement and later learn your injuries are worse than expected, you can’t go back and ask for more. This means you could end up paying tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket.