Spinal cord injuries and nerve damage: Truck accidents involve extreme force that can permanently harm your spinal cord. The outcome is paralysis, nerve damage, and loss of motor function. All of these conditions have life altering consequences.

Fractures: The amount of motion a truck accident causes to the human body places all of your limbs in danger. A bone can fracture or break. You can suffer a crushing or compound fracture. Treatment options exist, but you will be out of work for some time and have various physical limitations on the work you can do. A Maryland Accident Attorney can help with your questions.

Head and neck injuries: When in a passenger vehicle, your head will shake and move in unnatural and unexpected ways. You can suffer whiplash and a mild concussion. A traumatic brain injury can alter your cognitive state for years to come. There is the possibility that you will suffer from full or partial paralysis from these injuries. You may suffer a chronic condition that causes lifelong pain after a neck or head injury. These conditions will require years of medical attention.

Burns and scars: Trucks carry various types of cargo, meaning an explosion or fire can occur when they collide with another vehicle. A burn injury does have treatment options, but even if it helps, it can lead to permanent scarring. You will suffer immense pain initially. The scarring will also result in emotional trauma for the victim. A burn may not seem like a significant injury, but its consequences are.

• Internal injuries: Even when you don’t see any external injuries, that does not mean the inside of your body is free of harm. Internal organ injuries can cause death and lifelong disability. Your kidneys, lungs, spleen, bladder, intestines, and pancreas are some organs that can sustain damage without a visible wound. You will also suffer internal bleeding, which can lead to varying consequences.

You can also suffer:

• Broken bones
• Broken ribs
• Cuts
• PTSD
• Amputations
• Shoulder and knee dislocation 
  

When your loved one dies, you have the right to file a wrongful death claim. You must file a claim within two years of their death. Compared to a car accident, a Maryland truck accident is ten times more likely to result in a fatality.

When you travel around Maryland, there are many different types of trucks you will encounter, such as:

• Box trucks
• 18 wheelers
• Concrete trucks
• Tractor trailers
• Dump trucks
• Semi truck
• Delivery trucks
• Garbage trucks
• Moving trucks 
  

Tractor trailers, in particular, cause:

• Rollover: Due to their weight, the commercial truck can overturn, causing the truck to land on other vehicles and people nearby.
• Jackknife: When there are issues with cargo, a trailer will not react when a truck driver brakes. The trailer will smash into the cabin, and the truck looks like it folds together. The truck or trailer may strike other vehicles in the path due to the loss of control.
• Undercarriage accidents: When a passenger vehicle becomes trapped under a semi trailer.
• Cargo loss: Cargo must be secure on a commercial truck; when it is not, the cargo can move and even fall off the truck. Not only does an unsecured load go against all trucking regulations it is also a leading cause of accidents. While the truck does not strike another vehicle, the cargo can strike many vehicles on the road.
• Blind spot: All drivers must look around their vehicle to ensure it is safe to switch lanes. Trucks and cars have blind spots, and when a driver changes lanes with another vehicle in their blind spot, it can cause severe consequences. 
  

Trucking companies have begun tracking their drivers and promoting safety that can prevent truck accidents. These technologies will also serve as vital evidence in your accident claim. However, just because this evidence is available at the time of the accident does not mean the trucking company will be willing to provide it to you and your Maryland truck accident attorney. There is essential evidence that we can request, such as maintenance records and service logs.

However, in cabin technology and other tracking features provide additional evidence of driver error or negligence. Some companies implement in cabin eye tracking, which follows the truck drivers’ facial and eye movements. The tech will measure the size of the pupils and how many blinks the driver makes. The system will activate audio alarms and other tactics to keep the driver alert. When these tactics fail, the system sends video footage for analysis.

The DriveCam Video Event Recorder VER and black boxes collect data on speed, stops, acceleration, deceleration, abrupt movements, and collisions. Getting this information will be vital to showing negligence. Since trucking companies are privy to this data beforehand, they are unwilling to offer it freely.

A Maryland truck accident lawyer must move fast to file paperwork to preserve this critical evidence for your case. Some trucking companies can and will omit this evidence, intentionally and unintentionally. We can fight to make sure they immediately preserve and hand it over.

Since there are many ways a truck accident can happen, several parties can bear legal responsibility for the damages the accident causes. While the truck driver is the at fault party, their employer can also be a defendant in the case. Insurance limits will range by policy and trucking company.

Truck drivers will not admit fault. Since there is driver technology and many different truck driver protocols, the trucking company will receive a collision notification before the truck driver can even pick up their phone when an accident happens. The trucking company will often train the truck driver on what to tell the authorities and what to keep to themselves. This action is intentional since trucking companies know the initial police report will heavily help their defense.

Innocent drivers do not have access to a coach at the scene and can make statements that hurt their claims. A Maryland Accident Attorney can look at any underlying issues that led to the accident and find other liable parties. The more parties you name in your negligence claim, the better your chance of obtaining compensation.

Depending on your accident, various parties are liable for trucking accidents, and you can file a claim against one or all of them.

The parties you can name in your claim include:

• Truck driver: This party is evident since they were the primary cause of the accident. When the truck driver participates in negligence or distractions, they are at fault and the negligent party. They will be the first entity you can file a claim against.
• Trucking company: The trucking company is responsible for the actions of its drivers. They also play roles in negligence and other factors. When a trucking company overschedules a driver or fails to perform maintenance on one of their trucks, causing an accident, they hold legal and financial responsibility.
• Manufacture: Trucks have many different parts and mustn’t have any defects. Tires and brakes are the biggest culprits of mechanical failures, and they are also essential parts for a truck and nearly any vehicle.