Northern California Truck Accident Lawyers
If you a victim of a truck accident in Northern California, you need an experienced Northern California traffic accident attorney who can help you protect your rights and obtain the compensation you deserve for your injuries. Choosing the right truck accident attorney to handle your case is a very important decision. Because you typically only have one opportunity to resolve a personal injury or wrongful death claim, the lawyer you choose to represent you can make the difference between zero financial compensation, an full and fair monetary compensation.
Experienced Tractor-Trailer Injury Lawyers
Estey Bomberger handles semi-truck and tractor-trailer personal injury and wrongful death cases throughout Northern California. Founding partner Stephen Estey is a member of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, the largest plaintiff trial attorneys association in America focusing on interstate trucking accident litigation. Our personal injury and wrongful death attorneys understand the unique legal issues of truck accident cases, and have recovered millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for truck accident victims and their families. Our clients have included pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and drivers and passengers of vehicles involved in collisions with large trucks.
Causes of Truck Accidents
A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds. From our more than 70 years of collective experience handling large truck litigation, we have handled truck accidents resulting from nearly every conceivable cause, including:
- Bad weather conditions
- Brake malfunctioning
- Debris falling from vehicles/ Cargo spills
- Defective highway design
- Driving tankers with liquid loads less than three-quarters maximum capacity
- Improper cargo loading
- Improper trucker training
- Jackknifing
- Negligent truck inspections
- Negligent truck maintenance
- Overloaded trucks
- Poorly maintained streets
- Poor vehicle maintenance
- Runaway trailers
- Speeding
- Truck driver fatigue
- Truck driver negligence
- Trucking company negligence
- Trucker drinking and driving
- Truck jackknifing
- Unsafe passing
- Unsecured loads
- Underguard rear-end accidents.
Truck Accident Statistics
Statistics for persons killed and injured in truck accidents are complied by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), and the California Highway Patrol's Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). In 2005 in California, 343 people died and 7,810 people were injured in accidents involving large trucks. Nationwide, 5,212 people died in truck accidents and 114,000 people were injured in truck accidents in 2005.
When to Contact an Attorney
Time is of the essence in any personal injury or wrongful death claim, but time is especially critical in accidents involving commercial vehicles. By law, 18-wheelers are required to have insurance policies valued far higher than commercial vehicles. These insurance carriers have teams of accident investigators and defense attorneys on standby, ready to be dispatched to an accident scene immediately after any incident. The purpose of having these individuals ready to respond to a collision is to protect the rights of the insurance company and ultimately, pay you as little as possible for your injuries, or the wrongful death of a family member.
Northern California Truck Accident Attorney Case Review
From the moment an accident occurs, transportation companies begin protecting their rights, and so should you. Contact an aggressive, experienced Northern California trucking accident attorney today to discuss your rights and take the first step in protecting them. The personal injury and wrongful death attorneys at Estey Bomberger are available to discuss your case and answer your questions 24 hours a day, seven days a week at (800)890-6722. All consultations are free, and if we represent you in your California truck accident claim, we will not charge any fees unless we recover money for you. To learn more about your rights following a truck accident, also visit our California truck accident injury attorneys website or for the latest news and information about California truck accidents and litigation, visit and bookmark our truck accident attorney blog.
Northern California Truck Accident Resource Center
- DUI Truck Accident
- Hit-and-Run Truck Accident
- Jackknife Accident
- Overloaded Truck Accident
- Runaway Trailer Accidents
- Truck Accident Causes
- Truck Accident Injuries
- Truck Accident Insurance Claims
- Truck Accident Litigation
- Truck Accident Statistics
- Truck Accident Wrongful Death
- Truck Driver Negligence
- Truck Driver Regulations
- Truck Equipment Failure
- Truck Underride Collision
- Trucking Company Negligence