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Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
I Was a Passenger in an 18-Wheeler Accident.
Who Will Pay My Medical Bills?
What if the 18-Wheeler Driver Was Drunk?
If you were a passenger in an 18-wheeler accident, you may have claims against several parties for payment of your medical bills.
The following would apply whether you were a passenger in a car, van or other vehicle hit by the 18-wheeler or if you were a passenger in the 18-wheeler. If you have any questions, please contact our law firm: 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our toll free consultation form.
No-fault benefits may be available to you if the vehicle you were riding in was in an accident. This may be the case even if you do not have insurance. These benefits generally cover several thousand dollars in medical expenses. An attorney at our law firm can determine if you are eligible for these benefits.
In addition, the driver, owner of the 18-wheeler, owner of the trailer, owner of the freight, the employer of the driver, and others may be liable for your medical expenses. This would include future medical expenses. The amount recoverable from these parties can be substantial. The insurance companies covering these parties generally pay the settlement or verdict amount.
In addition to medical expenses, you may have a claim for lost wages and pain and suffering, which includes compensation for physical pain, emotional distress, disability, disfigurement, and other damages. Compensation should include amounts for future pain and suffering and the loss of future wages.
If the 18-wheeler driver had been drinking, this evidence can be used to prove negligence, and could provide the basis for a punitive damages claim.
Even if the truck driver was not “drunk” under state law, the driver may have violated federal regulations governing interstate, commercial truck drivers. Under these regulations, “no driver shall report for duty or remain on duty requiring the performance of safety-sensitive functions while having an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater” (49 CFR Part §382.201). Violation of this regulation is evidence of driver negligence in a lawsuit seeking accident victim compensation.
Contact Pritzker Olsen, a national truck accident litigation law firm, for more information: 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our free consulstation form.
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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.
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