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Garbage Truck Accident: Wrongful Death and Injury

Garbage Truck Accident Recoveries

Garbage Truck AccidentPritzker Olsen attorneys have recovered millions for:

1) Families of people killed by garbage trucks and

2) People injured by garbage trucks.

Compensation for injury victims and their families can include medical expenses, lost wages, lost earning potential, cost of care, pain and suffering, emotional distress, disability, disfigurement and other damages.

To contact Pritzker Olsen attorneys about compensation for an injury or death by garbage truck:

Garbage Truck Accidents

Pedestrian-Garbage Truck Accident:  Many pedestrian-garbage truck accidents involve cases where the garbage truck backs over a pedestrian, often a child.  Also, a significant number of garbage truck accident cases involve a pedestrian getting hit while trying to cross the road, often because the garbage truck failed to stop at a crosswalk.

Bicycle-Garbage Truck Accident: Bicycle-garbage truck accidents can happen when a garbage truck makes an unexpected turn, runs a stop light or stop sign or loses control and swerves into the bicycle.  These accidents often result in the death of the bicyclist. 

Car-Garbage Truck Accident:  Car-trash truck accidents can happen when the garbage truck loses control and rolls over onto a car or onto the road, causing the car to veer and crash.  If a garbage truck stops unexpectedly, a car can rear-end the garbage truck.  There have been cases where a garbage truck was stopped or driving slowly in the wrong lane.  This can cause a head on collision, resulting in the death of the driver and any passengers in the car.

Garbage Truck Tire/Wheel Accident:  There are several reasons why a wheel can become loose and detach from a garbage truck:

  • The studs and/or bolts become loose or break
  • Over-tightening
  • Insufficient tightening
  • Use of incorrect wheel parts
  • Poor maintenance
  • Poor-quality parts
  • Failure to use specialized parts that would prevent the wheel from coming off

The circumstances surrounding these garbage truck wheel/tire accident cases can be so egregious as to support a claim for punitive damages.

Garbage Truck Accident Wrongful Death: When someone dies in a garbage truck accident, the family can sue the garbage truck company under the state wrongful death statute.

Trash/Garbage Truck Companies

Waste Management, Inc., Allied Waste Industries Inc., Republic Services Inc., Waste Connections Inc., Casella Waste Systems Inc., Norcal Waste Systems Inc., Waste Industries, Inc., Burrtec Waste Group, Inc., Schupan & Sons, Inc., Solid Waste Service, Inc. (doing business as J.P. Mascaro & Sons), WCA Waste Corporation, Peoria Disposal Company, Country Waste and Recycling Service, E.L. Harvey & Sons, Red River Service Corp., Modern Disposal Service Inc., American Waste Management Services Inc., ABC Disposal Service, Inc., Mazza & Sons, J & J Refuse, Inc., Rustin Transportation, American Waste Control Inc., Aspen Waste Systems, Community Waste Disposal Inc. Randy’s Sanitation, JRM Hauling and Recycling Services, World Waste Services, Advanced Waste Services, Ace Solid Waste, Dick’s Sanitation Service, Rubatino Refuse Removal Inc.

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