Right Turn: Motorcycle-Truck Accident

Our attorneys have won accident
cases involving motorcycles and semi trucks.

Our experience is that many accidents where a semi truck hits a motorcycle happen during turns. In almost every one of these cases where the semi truck driver is at fault, he or she was distracted or driving recklessly.

Our accident attorneys have handled cases involving the following distractions:

fatigue (driving while fatigued is as dangerous as driving drunk)
texting while driving
talking on cellphone
reading
eating
picking something up off of the floor.

Semi Driver Extra Duty of Care

A commercial truck driver has a higher level of duty of care. As a professional driver, he/she is required to be alert and maintain control of his/her rig at all times. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations, § 392.3:

No driver shall operate a commercial motor vehicle, and a motor carrier shall not require or permit a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle, while the driver's ability or alertness is so impaired, or so likely to become impaired, through fatigue, illness, or any other cause, as to make it unsafe for him/her to begin or continue to operate the commercial motor vehicle. However, in a case of grave emergency where the hazard to occupants of the commercial motor vehicle or other users of the highway would be increased by compliance with this section, the driver may continue to operate the commercial motor vehicle to the nearest place at which that hazard is removed.

Pain and Suffering Compensation
for Motorcyclist and Passenger

Pain and suffering damages is a major component of a motorcycle vs. truck accident settlement or verdict and generally includes amounts for physical pain, permanent disability, disfigurement, loss of quality of life and emotional distress. The emotional distress or mental anguish following a motorcycle accident can be debilitating. Accident victims may suffer from panic attacks and nightmares.

It is important to accurately assess future pain and suffering when determining fair compensation. We work with medical experts to build our case. If the motorcyclist suffered a traumatic amputation in the crash, these experts can testify as to phantom pain in addition to other pain issues.

You need an experienced semi truck motorcycle accident attorney to fight for your right to fair compensation and hold the trucking company and other liable parties accountable. We want to help you stand up against the big trucking and insurance companies.

Types of Motorcycle vs. Truck Accidents

Our semi accident attorneys are representing a motorcyclist who, while turning, was hit by a truck passing illegally. Following the accident, the motorcyclist had to have his leg amputated.

Contact Attorney Fred Pritzker

Attorney Fred Pritzker is listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Contact motorcycle semi truck accident attorney Fred Pritzker or Eric Hageman about a lawsuit against a trucking company, by calling 1-888-377-8900 (toll free), (612)338-0202 or submit our free consultation form. We are not paid unless you win.

Right turn motorcycle truck accident attorney with record of success in personal injury and wrongful death cases involving 18-wheeler, big rig, tractor trailer, motorcycle.

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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