Birmingham Alabama Semi Truck Accident

Attorney Fred Pritzker and Attorney Eric Hageman represent semi truck accident victims nationwide. They practice exclusively in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death and product liability.

Birmingham Alabama Semi Truck Accident Where
The Semi Driver is at Fault

If a trucking company does not admit that its driver was at fault for an accident, fault must be proved. Our experience is that most at-fault semi truck drivers did one of the following:

Drove inattentively. A distracted driver is usually reading, talking on a cell phone, eating, reaching for something or daydreaming.
Failed to stop for a stop sign or light. When this happens the tractor-trailer often broadsides another vehicle or runs over a pedestrian. A semi truck broadside accident is sometimes referred to as a t-bone accident.
Merged improperly into traffic.
Did not slow down in a construction zone. These cases usually involve rear-end accidents.
Speeded. Speeding can mean breaking the speed limit or driving too fast for the conditions.
Drove too close to another vehicle (tailgated).
Turned in an unsafe manner. Before a semi truck driver turns, he or she is supposed to look for pedestrians, bicycles, cars and other vehicles and factor in that it will be a wide turn.
Drove drunk or under the influence of drugs. When an accident is caused by a drunk truck driver, there may also be a dram shop claim against a bar, restaurant or other place that sells liquor.

The personal injury and wrongful death lawyers at Pritzker Olsen law firm have won millions for accident victims and have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and other publications. Attorney Fred Pritzker is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Call 1-888-377-8900 (TOLL FREE) or submit our online form for a free consultation.

Our law firm is a national semi accident law firm for personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits. When we handle out-of-state cases in state or federal court, we retain the services of local counsel, who then move to have us admitted pro hac vice, meaning "for this particular occasion."

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Motorcycle Accident Lawyer
Wins Millions for Client

Attorney Fred Pritzker won $6,000,000 for a client whose right leg was amputated when the motorcycle on which she was a passenger was struck by a drunk driver. If you have been in an accident with a DUI driver, you may have a cliam against a bar or other place that sells alcohol.

Truck Wheel Accident Death

Our law firm recently won $2,850,000 for a family whose loved one was killed by a truck wheel that crashed through a car windshield. Read about a truck wheel off accident.

Tow Truck Accident

Attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen obtained a $2,750,000 recovery for a 59 year-old truck driver who suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the loss of his left eye and significant disfigurement when the tow chain being used to pull the man’s semi tractor-trailer out of a ditch broke loose from a front-end loader to which it was attached.

Semi-Truck Crash Settlement

Pritzker Olsen attorneys Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman recently obtained a hard-fought $2,560,000 recovery for a couple who were seriously injured in a semi-truck crash. The husband suffered serious head injury (TBI). Read about the semi truck crash settlement.

Our lawyers have recovered millions more for our clients. Contact us for a free consultation about your accident.

This is attorney advertising. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. The result of each case is determined by the specific facts and the applicable law.

Practice Areas

Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

Birmingham Alabama Semi Truck Accident