Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

Trucking Accidents occur thousands of times each year in the U.S. These truck accidents result in thousands of wrongful deaths and hundreds of thousands of injures to motorists each year. Some surprising statistics involving truck accidents include:

(1) Approximately,1 out of 9 traffic fatalities are from truck accidents;
(2) In 2003, there were 457,000 large trucks with a gross vehicle weight of over 10,000 pounds were involved in traffic crashes in the United States.
(3) In 2003, there were 4,669 trucks involved in fatal traffic accidents causing 4,289 deaths.
(4) In 2003, 78% of the deaths from truck accidents were to occupants in the other vehicle.
(5) In 2003, 8% of the deaths from truck accidents were non-occupants.
(6) In 2003, only 15% of the deaths from truck accidents were to the occupants of the large truck.
(7) Fatal traffic accidents result in costs that exceed $20 billion, including $8.7 billion in productivity losses, $2.5 billion in resource costs, and quality of life losses valued at $13.1 billion.

As you can see large truck accidents cause enormous damages both in injures, loss of life, and property damage. Attorney Richard Griffin specializes in Truck Accident personal injury and wrongful death claims. In these 18 wheeler truck accident claims the client is entitled to past and future medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. In the event the victim of the Georgia Truck Accident dies in the crash, the family (spouse, children, parents) would be entitled to pursue a wrongful death action.

In the Georgia Trial Reporter, a recent truck accident case was tried. The case was In Bulloch County Superior Court, a jury awarded a Plaintiff $1,160,000.00 for pain and suffering and $75,000.00 for loss of consortium damages in a trucking accident.

* Attorney Richard Griffin: "This case was a trucking accident. Trucking accidents often result in permanent or catastrophic injuries or even death since they can involve enormous commercial vehicles. Truck Accident cases allow the plaintiff to recover past and future medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering. Truck Accidents also can involve commercial insurance policies which often have higher limits then personal auto insurance policies. Experienced personal injury lawyers will identify all of the insurance policies which cover the claim and can sometimes stack multiple policies to maximize what their client can recover. This case also involved a loss of consortium claim which is a claim the spouse of the injured party has for the loss of physical intimacy, emotional support, and for the loss of assistance in the household duties.