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Contact Siegfried & Jensen in the Salt Lake City, Utah area to speak with one of our truck accident lawyers about any questions or concerns you may have following a semi-truck accident.
Siegfried & Jensen
5664 South Green St.
Murray, Utah 84123
Phone: 1-866-883-5350
Fax: 1-801-266-1338
People who have been victimized by truck accidents are often left with numerous questions but few satisfying answers. However, Utah residents from Salt Lake City and beyond can find accurate and helpful information by speaking with truck accident lawyers from Siegfried & Jensen. Contact our offices today if you would like to sit down with our attorneys and have your questions and concerns addressed.
As an integral part of this country’s commercial transportation network, semi trucks are a constant presence on the road. Because of this fact, accidents involving tractor trailers happen relatively frequently. Most people are unaware of the frequency of accidents because the majority of incidents in Utah (78 percent) happen in rural areas.
Each year, approximately a half-million tractor trailers become involved in collisions with passenger cars or other semi trucks, as a result of which a driver or passenger of a private vehicle is killed or injured every 16 minutes. Of those 500,000 incidents, around 5,000 are fatal accidents. In the overall context of traffic accident fatalities, truck accidents account for one out every eight deaths. In Utah alone, there are approximately 18 fatal truck accidents and 924 non-fatal truck accidents each year.
Primarily, the size and weight of semi trucks in comparison to regular passenger vehicles make trucks especially dangerous on the road. Trucks can weigh up to thirty times as much as passenger cars, which reduces their ability to brake, accelerate, and maneuver. In addition, the weight of semi trucks places drivers and passengers of normal automobiles at great risk of head injuries, spinal cord injuries and paralysis, and even wrongful death. When semi trucks’ poor braking, accelerating, and maneuvering are combined with dangerous conditions or driver negligence, people in passenger vehicles around the tractor trailer are in even greater danger than normal.
Blind spots, or “no-zones,” also make semi-trucks dangerous on the road. Due to the dimensions of the typical truck, a truck driver must deal with large blind spots on each side of his or her vehicle that make it difficult to see surrounding cars. If a driver neglects to look carefully into these blind spots, people in cars who can’t be seen are at risk of becoming involved in a collision.
An additional factor that makes tractor trailers dangerous is the potential for the cargo trailer to tip over due to its weight and height. Cargo trailers can also become separated from their trucks or spill their contents onto the road, creating major hazards for other drivers.
Ultimately, in 98 percent of fatalities that occur due to semi-truck accidents, it is the occupant or occupants of the passenger vehicle who are killed. The size, weight, height, and driving limitations of trucks make them dangerous to others but relatively safe for those inside of them. Residents of Salt Lake City and other Utah cities can speak with the truck accident lawyers from Siegfried & Jensen about an accident they have experienced by contacting our offices today.
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In Utah, victims of truck accidents have four years to file claims against the responsible parties. If a personal injury claim is not filed within four years, the victim loses the right to win compensation for his or her physical and emotional hardships, loss of income, medical expenses, and other damages.
Even though Utah allows the victim to take four years before filing a suit, it is wisest to find experienced truck accident lawyers immediately after the accident. Evidence that can be crucial to the strength of your case – driver’s logs, skid marks, and damaged vehicle parts – can be lost, compromised, or tampered with very soon after the accident; therefore, the sooner you find legal representation, the better the chances of recovering important evidence will be. Residents from Salt Lake City and other Utah cities who contact our truck accident lawyers as soon as possible will be maximizing their chances of gaining compensation.
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In Utah, lost income, medical bills, pain and suffering, and car repair costs are the most common damages victims of truck accidents seek compensation for.
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After your initial consultation meeting at our Salt Lake City, Utah-area office with one of our truck accident lawyers, our team of attorneys will begin to investigate your accident. Our experienced team will carry out a comprehensive investigation of the accident scene and perform an in-depth examination of the vehicles involved. Our staff will also search for eyewitnesses and record their accounts of what happened.
Using physical and eyewitness evidence, our team of truck accident lawyers will work diligently to prove that you were a victim of inadequate truck driver training, semi-truck driver negligence, or alcohol and drug law violations if possible. It is imperative that you contact our firm as soon as possible after a crash, as the trucking companies and their insurers will dispatch their own teams of experts to the scene shortly after the incident. As the reliability and accuracy of our investigation will depend on the timeliness of our response, it is in your best interest to reach Siegfried & Jensen as soon as possible after a collision.
Our team of truck accident lawyers may also retain a professional with expertise in the various facets of trucking accidents as an expert witness. An expert witness can help prove the liability of the trucking company and/or the truck driver.
If you reside in Salt Lake City or another area of Utah and have been victimized by a truck accident, contact the lawyers at Siegfried & Jensen today.
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Trucking companies, their insurers, and their lawyers will often attempt to offer a quick settlement outside of court to victims who have not yet found legal representation. They do so in order to avoid an official admission of blame and the possibility of being forced to pay a large judgment after a trial. The trucking company and its insurer will have their own team of experts that will be ready to investigate the scene of the car accident immediately after it occurs. They may then use any information they gain from this investigation in combination with their legal expertise to intimidate a victim without legal representation into taking an unfair and insufficient settlement.
However, the Salt Lake City, Utah-area truck accident lawyers at Siegfried & Jensen believe that you deserve the full and just amount of compensation available to you by law. Contact our law firm today to learn more about how we can level the playing field for you.
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If you have been injured in a tractor trailer accident, we believe that you deserve to be fully compensated for your damages. The Salt Lake City, Utah-area law firm of Siegfried & Jensen can provide experienced truck accident lawyers who are dedicated to helping you focus on recovering from your injuries by taking the burden of obtaining compensation off of your shoulders. Contact our office today to have any of your questions or concerns addressed by our experienced and passionate team.
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