Pinckneyville, IL Truck Accident Lawyers

Truck Accident Injury Lawyer

We stand up for your rights and hold rule breakers accountable . The experienced truck accident injury lawyers at Burger Law will help you navigate the aftermath of your truck accident and secure the compensation you deserve. Call (312) 500-HURT now so a skilled Pinckneyville, IL attorney can begin fighting for the compensation you deserve. With a truck accident lawyer from Burger Law on your case, you have the opportunity to get the recovery you deserve and put the accident behind you. Get a free consultation today at (312) 500-HURT or online.

If you have been injured in a truck wreck, have a family member who was seriously hurt or even killed due to a devastating truck wreck, you need a lawyer who is ready to fight until there is no money left on the table. You need an attorney from Burger Law.

In the more than two decades we have spent in the service of the injured and their loved ones in Pinckneyville, IL, we have helped hundreds of truck accident and other injury victims recover more than $200 million. We hold truck drivers and trucking companies accountable when they don’t play by the rules. We demand that you receive full recovery for your injuries and other damages.

You deserve to be made whole again for everything the truck crash has taken from you. Our truck accident law firm has experience getting full compensation for Pinckneyville, IL individuals and families. Large trucking corporations with huge insurance policies are among the toughest defendants in personal injury law, but we are prepared. We have held them accountable for decades and will continue to do so for you.

Call a Burger Law truck accident injury lawyer in Pinckneyville, IL today. Call us at (314) 500-HURT or fill out our form to get a free case review and speak to a skilled truck accident injury lawyer today.

Should I Hire a Truck Accident Lawyer?

We know you have questions in the aftermath of your truck crash. Our attorneys are here to answer your legal questions for free at (314) 500-HURT and we have a comprehensive library of answers to frequently asked questions to help you understand your situation and your options after being in a truck accident.

After any serious accident where you were injured because of another person’s negligence, it is important that you contact an injury attorney right away. Find a trustworthy lawyer as soon as you can after your Pinckneyville, IL accident so that they can take the burden of managing the legal process off your shoulders.

We will only agree to take your case if our truck accident lawyers confirm that we can add value to it, or obtain a better outcome for you than you would have received on your own. We are thorough and aggressive in every case, insisting on full compensation for your injuries and other damages. We have sharp negotiation tactics but are equally able to represent you in trial if necessary. Check out the stories of some of the clients for whom we have recovered more than $200 million total.

What Your Truck Accident Injury Lawyer Will Do

Our task as your Pinckneyville truck accident lawyer is not just to get you monetary damages. That is the end goal, but our responsibility extends well beyond that.

We provide grounded and compassionate advice, help you understand your situation, build your case, conduct all communication and paperwork, negotiate a settlement, and, at last, get you the money you need to make you whole. When you hire a truck accident lawyer to oversee your claim in Pinckneyville, you can focus on recovering from your injuries, living your life and spending time with your loved ones while we oversee all facets of your claim or lawsuit. Leave all the work to your lawyer and allow us to take the weight off of your shoulders. The best thing you can do for your case is make the call and hire a truck accident injury lawyer from Burger Law, and we take care of the rest.

As your truck accident lawyer, we:

• Invest in thoroughly investigating your claim
• Answer all of your questions and doubts throughout the process
• Collect all evidence
• Take care of all communication between yourself and the defense and their insurance company
• Keep you informed and help you understand your legal situation
• Consult with experts to prove your claim
• Review and inform you of any settlement offers
• Negotiate a great settlement
• Prepare for and argue your case in a jury trial if the insurance company does not make a just settlement offer
• Negotiate to reduce or eliminate your liens to maximize the amount of your compensation you are able to pocket

Your Pinckneyville, IL truck accident injury lawyer will begin fighting to get you the full recovery you deserve from the second you call them at (312) 500-HURT. Truck accident cases are both highly damaging and legally complicated. You need a talented truck accident injury lawyer with experience fighting and winning cases similar to yours in Pinckneyville, IL. Our truck accident injury lawyers have won great results for our Pinckneyville, IL clients in even the most difficult truck accident cases. Let us begin working for you today; contact our attorneys immediately.

Why You Need a Truck Accident Injury Lawyer

While in some cases injury victims in regular passener vehicle crashes with low damages can settle their claims on their own without legal counsel, that is almost never the case for a truck accident or any accident involving a commercial vehicle. You only have one opportunity to collect the money you deserve for all of your damages and you are working against the clock. In Illinois, you have only two years from the date of the accident to file your truck accident claim. In order to get the full monetary compensation available to you, you need an experienced Illinois truck accident lawyer to fight for you.

Your Burger Law truck accident lawyer in Pinckneyville, IL will argue on your behalf until you get maximum compensation. Truck accidents are distinct from regular car accidents, calling for a lawyer with experience and success with cases like yours. Your truck accident lawyer should be nowledgeable about the destruction the enormous vehicles cause, recognize the various parties involved in the commercial truck business, intimately familiar with local and federal trucking regulations — someone who will confidently make the demands you deserve of the at-fault parties. Burger Law’s lawyers have over 100 years of combined experience winning truck accident lawsuits for Pinckneyville, IL residents who have been injured or have lost a loved one in a commercial truck wreck.

Truck accidents differ from from regular motor vehicle crashes both because of the nature of the accidents themselves and the questions of liability, rules and insurance coverage that are unique to commercial vehicles like semi-trucks. Learn more about what makes truck accident cases different below or speak to one of our knowledgeable truck accident injury lawyers in Pinckneyville, IL today at (314) 500-HURT or online.

Truck Size

One of the things that make a truck accident different from a regular motor vehicle accident is the mere size of a tractor-trailer. Trucks, on average:

• Are 20-30 times the weight of an average passenger vehicle
• Take 30-40 percent longer to come to a stop
• Are 70 feet long on average

Because of a truck’s immense size, they are more dangerous. Their size makes them a danger for two reasons:

1. More opportunities for crashes to happen (due to truck driver blind spots, potential for tipping over, longer stopping distance, etc.)
2. When a collision happens, the inertia of the massive, heavy vehicle causes more destruction than a regular passenger vehicle

Trucking Regulations

Another reason you need a specialized truck accident injury lawyer on your case is the importance of understanding trucking industry regulations. Familiarity with these rules can help your truck accident lawyer build your case, use vital evidence and negotiate the best possible settlement in your favor.

Semi-trucks are almost always commercially operated vehicles and, as such, those who operate them must obey certain rules. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration puts limits and regulations on operating commercial trucks for the safety of everyone on Pinckneyville, IL roads.

Some of the essential truck driving rules and regulations include:

• 11-Hour Driving Limit: Truck drivers can only drive for a maximum of 11 consecutive hours after 10 hours off duty.
• 14-Hour Limit: Drivers cannot operate a truck after being on duty for 14 hours.
• 30-Minute Driving Break: After driving 8 hours in a row, a driver is required to rest for 30 minutes
• 60/70-Hour Limit: Drivers cannot drive after 60 hours on duty in 7 consecutive days or 0 hours in 8 consecutive days. They must rest for 34 consecutive hours before the workweek can begin again.

Truck Accident Liability and Insurance

Since trucks are commercially operated, the insurance coverage and liable parties involved differ from those in a regular motore vehicle crash. Commercial trucks must be covered by costly insurance policies because of their potential for destruction, and the insurance companies are accordingly even more incentivized to get out of their financial responsibility to compensate you after your crash. You need a talented and confident truck accident injury lawyer who will stand their ground and fight for the money you deserve.

There are a few parties that could be liable for the damages you sustained after your truck accident. Depending on the circumstances, any of the following parties could be involved in your truck accident claim:

• The truck driver
• The trucking company
• The truck owner
• The manufacturers of the truck or its parts
• The cargo loader

The experienced truck accident injury lawyers of Burger Law have fought trucking companies and their insurance companies, obtaining the best possible compensation for our clients. We know what evidence we need and how to argue fault in order for you to make a full recovery for your injuries. We evaluate all available information to make a knowledgeable assessment of who is at fault and who to hold accountable for injuring you.

Hire an Pinckneyville, IL truck accident injury lawyer from Burger Law so we can investigate who is at-fault for your injuries and hold them accountable. We stand by your side and do not give in until the insurance companies covering the at-fault trucking company or driver all pay for the damages you have sustained: lost wages, medical bills, disability, pain and suffering and other damages.

How Your Truck Accident Lawyer Will Prove Your Case

To effectively prove and present your case and, ultimately, get you just compensation after being serioiusly injured in a truck wreck, your lawyer’s first step is to develop a detailed understanding of the situation in question. Your Pinckneyville, IL-based truck accident injury lawyer from Burger Law will investigate your accident and carefully collect all evidence and documentation surrounding the wreck and your resulting damages. We then use that evidence to deduce who is a fault and show how their behavior has negatively affected your life and well-being.

Our experienced injury lawyers are second to none when building a truck accident case. We are even ready to go to trial if that is what it takes to get you fairly compensated. Whether we are able to settle the case quickly out of court or have to go through a fierce trial process, your Pinckneyville, IL-based truck accident injury lawyer may use the following valuable sources of evidence to prove that the defendant is in fact responsible for harming you.

• The truck’s black box: The black box holds vital information about how the way the truck is operated, showing speed, braking activity and other notable behavior.
• Truck cameras: These days, most commercial trucks have cameras recording the inside of the cab, the road ahead or both. This dash cam should have recorded traffic and weather conditions and the driver’s actions leading up to, during, and after the event.
• Witness statements: Witnesses may have valuable insights on how the truck accident took place. They can aid your case by corroborating your account or giving a new insight about the wreck.
• Police reports and citations: Police issue a crash report after arriving at an accident site and collecting information. Depending on their findings, they may issue a formal citation or written violation if they conclude that someone violated a rule or broke law. The police report acts as an official record that can support your case.
• Surveillance footage: Your Pinckneyville, IL truck accident lawyer can acquire pertinent surveillance footage if a nearby traffic camera or building’s outdoor camera recorded any footage relevant to the events.
• The scene of the accident: Road conditions, visibility, skid marks and the position of vehicles and vehicle parts following the wreck can show us a lot about what happened and why.
• Employer files: When a driver makes a mistake, the trucking company can also be liable if they did not adequately train the driver, did not conduct drug tests as often as called for, hired the driver despite a history of traffic violations, have incomplete or missing records to such effect or continue to allow the driver to operate for them after repeated safety violations.
• Maintenance records: Commercial trucks must be regularly inspected and maintained. As your truck accident injury lawyer, we will obtain maintenance records to verify that they followed the rules and that the truck was accepted for road use when the accident happened.

The Pinckneyville, IL lawyers of Burger Law have the experience and knowledge to help you receive the full recovery you deserve after any accident or injury caused by someone else leaves you injured. Learn more about our fields of expertise below.

• Personal injury
• Car accident
• Truck accident
• Motorcycle accident
• Dog bite
• Wrongful death
• Birth injury

Hire a Truck Accident Injury Lawyer Near You in Pinckneyville, IL

Being harmed in a serious truck accident can completely upend your life. Safeguard your future and your family’s future by hiring a truck accident lawyer you trust as soon as possible following the crash. Your Pinckneyville, IL truck crash attorney will manage all the details of your case for you while you take care of receiving the medical care you need to heal from your injuries. Burger Law’s knowledgeable team of attorneys and paralegals is here for you. We fight for you from beginning to end and do not rest until you are awarded full compensation.

When you hire us, you do not have to worry about upfront costs or fees. You do not owe us anything until we win your case. Find out what makes Burger Law the best and most reviewed personal injury law firm in the Pinckneyville, IL area or speak to one of our fierce and dedicated truck accident injury lawyers today to discover how we can help you recover so you and your family can get past the accident. Call Burger Law today at (314) 500-HURT or reach us online. We will fight to bring you justice.

Client Reviews

What our clients are saying about us

Juanita Matthews

Year of 2023

This law firm is absolutely amazing. They took on my case, when nobody else would! They fought hard for me when it seemed there was no hope. They kept me informed and always asked for my input before making decisions on my case. Gary puts himself into every case unlike most law firm owners. Gary and his team really care about every one of their clients, and fights hard to get you a fair settlement. They actually won my case out of court, and then reduced my fees to make sure I could get my car fixed and be able to get back to some normality. I would recommend Burger Law over and above any other firm! If you go somewhere else you aren’t getting the best!

Shaunda S.

7 months ago

I am very happy with the staff at Burger Law. I mostly worked with Michael Sheldon, and he did an amazing job. I trusted him completely with my case, and he did not disappoint. I would definitely recommend this team if your ever in need of good attorneys.

Emelia M.

3 months ago

Burger Law Firm is fantastic. Laura and Genevieve were so amazing and helpful throughout the entire process. They helped me with my personal injury case every step of the way and succeeded at getting me the results I desired.

Helen L.

a year ago

We had a great experience with Burger Law for representing us after a serious car accident. Truly impressed by how professional and supportive the entire team is. And, many thanks to Genavieve and Laura – you are amazing!

Judy M.

a year ago

They did an amazing job on my case! Communication with them was great!!! Kept me informed and in the loop with everything that was going on!!! Will definitely be the 1st ones I’ll call if ever I’m in another accident!!! Thank you very much!!!

Chelsea C.

5 months ago

Let me tell you something about Burger Law.. they are so attentive and kind. Jennifer is my savior!! I love the whole team!!! They are truly a miracle team!! I appreciate their business and would recommend it to others.

David D.

2 months ago

Absolutely the best law firm in the St. Louis area. No matter the size of your case you are treated as if you are the only client on the roster. Will explain anything thoroughly and they work around your availability. Very impressed and appreciative of the service.

Lisa B.

11 months ago

Gary and Casey took great care of me for 2.5 years as my lawsuit was finally settled. I feel he helped me achieve justice for me and my 4 children after their father died from medical malpractice and neglect. Thanks to Gary, my kids now have a great start to their college and adult lives. Thank you Gary and Casey, for fighting for us so hard at our most trying and difficult time in our lives thus far. Love and God bless from my family to yours!

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