Woman in Wheelchair Hit and Killed by Garbage Truck

Our law firm has won millions in personal injury and wrongful death cases against garbage truck companies, including $2,850,000 in a fatal garbage truck accident case. Read about our top cases. To contact an attorney about your garbage truck accident. Call 1-888-377-8900 or submit our online free consultation form. If you retain an attorney with PritzkerOlsen, P.A., we will come to you.

A woman was struck and killed by a garbage truck. The woman was in a motorized wheelchair when she was hit by the garbage truck turning right. The woman died at the scene.

The driver of the garbage truck had been employed by the company for 14 years. The accident is still under investigation.

The primary issue in the investigation was who had the right-of-way. Accident reconstruction specialists use skid mark evidence, eye witness accounts and other evidence to recreate the accident.

Crash Investigation

When our attorneys are hired in a garbage truck accident case, we immediately do an independent investigation:

We do an inspection of the truck with a truck accident expert.
We immediately request all relevant documents from the trucking company and anyone else responsible for the wrongful death.
Our semi truck accident lawyers take depositions from witnesses, trucking company employees and others. Depositions can be used as evidence at trial.

Manufacturer Defect or Brake Failure

Once we research a garbage truck accident case, if there is evidence that any part of the truck was defective and caused the accident, a product liability claim may be filed against one or more of the following:

the maintenance company that worked on the truck
the company that manufactured the part
the company that manufactured the commercial truck

A product liability claim may be filed in addition to the claims against the truck driver and trucking company. If the driver or the trucking company knew that any system on the truck was not working correctly, the trucking company will still be liable because they would have been negligent not to have gotten the necessary repairs completed.

If a family member was killed in a commercial garbage truck accident, you may be able to obtain compensation for funeral expenses, medical expenses, loss of future income and loss of companionship, advice and assistance.

PritzkerOlsen, P.A. is a national commercial truck accident litigation law firm. For more information, call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our free consultation form. We are ready to help.

Our offices are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our attorneys are licensed to practice in Minnesota. Attorney David Szerlag is also licensed to practice in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. When we have cases in another state, we work with local counsel.

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