Role of Expert Witnesses in a Truck Accident Claim
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Did you get hurt in a truck wreck and have questions? Watch this video to learn the role of expert witnesses in a truck accident claim in Florida.
Question:
What is the role of an expert witness in a truck accident claim in Southwest Florida?
Answer:
An expert witness in a trucking accident case is usually determining who is at fault by looking at roadway evidence and looking at crush damage to a vehicle. We recently had a lady hire me. Her husband was severely injured in a trucking accident and, unfortunately, succumbed to his injuries. The defense, the insurance company, had their expert at the scene of the accident doing an investigation already, so you need an attorney who also can hire an expert immediately and who has the financial resources to pay that expert. These experts can be costly – $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 or more – and that’s something that the law firm pays; we do not ask you to pay. That’s something that’s reimbursed at the end. Our law firm can pay these experts. We have the financial wherewithal to do that.
We need a competing expert because there’s often severe damages in trucking accident cases, so the insurance company will do anything they can to try to limit that value by hiring an expert early on and trying to come up with some opinions that would indicate that you’re somehow at fault. Hire an attorney who understands that they need to get an investigation done right away, that has the wherewithal to hire the experts, to make sure they can maximize the value of your case. Our law firm does just that. We’ve been handling trucking accident cases for nearly 60 years, and we handle them often. Please feel free to reach out to us.
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First of all, you have to determine liability for the accident. Oftentimes when there’s a trucking accident case, the trucking company’s defense attorney will try to argue that the person injured was partially at fault to try to limit their damages. They’ll hire an expert right away. You need a plaintiff’s law firm that can hire an expert right away to do an accident reconstruction, that can get statements of all the witnesses, and that can do all the work to put together that part of the case, so you have a solid foundation for your case to show that the truck was totally at fault for the accident.
The second part of that is damages, that is pain and suffering, lost wages, medical bills, loss of the capacity for enjoyment of life, and sometimes the insurance company for the trucking company, right out of the gate, will understand the extreme value of the case and will pay fair damages. There are sometimes where you need to file a lawsuit, and you determine the value of that case by looking at other verdicts that have happened in the state and by experience. We have four board-certified trial attorneys here at the firm, and we through our experience understand the value of the case, and we can push that case forward and let the insurance company know that we mean business, and that’s usually the way that you can get full value for a case. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us and we’ll be happy to talk to you about this further.
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Have you lost a loved one who has been involved in an accident with a truck in Florida and have questions about the role of expert witnesses in a truck accident claim? Contact our experienced Southwest Florida truck accident lawyers today for a free consultation and case evaluation.
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