Trucking Accident Attorneys in West Virginia

Trucking companies know that the way to make money is to deliver more products in less time. The pressure to accomplish this often falls on the drivers. Despite laws regulating the number of hours they are permitted to drive without rest, truckers often push on to reach their goals. For this and many other reasons, accidents caused by trucks are all too common.

Typical causes of commercial truck accidents include:

Excessive speeding
Overloaded trucks
Driver fatigue/falling asleep at the wheel
Safety violations
Improperly maintained trucks
Lack of a rear guard to prevent under-riding

Load shift/failure to properly secure the load
Tire blowouts
Driving under the influence/drug use
Improperly pulled over onto side of road
Dangerous driving

If you or a loved one has been involved in a truck accident, the seasoned trucking accident attorneys at Michael Martin & Associates in Charleston are prepared to help. We regularly represent victims who have been injured in accidents with commercial truckers.

Truck accidents in West Virginia

West Virginia’s coal and logging industries ensure a high volume of commercial trucks on our roads at all hours of the day and night. This puts drivers of other vehicles at greater risk of being in a collision. And when an accident occurs between a truck weighing approximately 80,000 pounds and the average passenger vehicle, the outcome can be tragic for the occupants of the car. Common injuries resulting from commercial trucking accidents are similar to those in other types of auto accidents, but often much more severe:

Broken bones
Amputations
Spinal cord injuries

Traumatic brain injury
Disfigurement

A trucking accident may also result in the death of the driver or passengers in the other vehicle, while the driver of the semi, tractor-trailer or 18-wheeler is often uninjured.

Fighting for compensation

Due to the nature of these accidents and their potentially deadly outcome, commercial truck drivers and their employers maintain extensive insurance policies. The existence of these policies does not mean the insurance companies are eager to compensate victims. In fact, insurance companies hire attorneys whose job it is to fight your claim and pay as little as possible to you.

Enter Michael Martin & Associates. We routinely handle trucking accident cases in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, so we know the tactics insurance companies like to use. With a former insurance adjuster on our team, we know what to expect and how to counter or even head off their strategies when developing and presenting your case. We build your case methodically and aggressively fight to secure fair compensation on your behalf from trucking companies or their insurance companies through settlement or at trial.

Let Michael Martin & Associates fight for you today

When you or a loved one suffers an injury in a motor vehicle or trucking accident, the experienced West Virginia automobile accident lawyers at Michael Martin & Associates can help. With offices in Charleston and Beckley, we represent clients in personal injury matters throughout West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Southern Ohio. Call us today at 866.230.1902 or contact us online to discuss your case.