CCD Law takes action on behalf of accident victims hurt by someone’s unsecured load on Spokane Highways. We demand full compensation for victims for their medical bills, lost time at work, and the pain they endure.
Contact CCD Law for a free, no-obligation case consultation to find out what your injury is worth.
Do I Need a Lawyer After Being Hurt by an Unsecured Load?
If you come upon debris in the road and suffer a serious injury in a resulting accident, it’s a good idea to speak to a Spokane attorney. A serious injury means bigger medical bills and a longer, more expensive recovery.
That leads truck insurance companies to crank up the difficulty on your case. They’ll do anything to escape covering your costs. This includes blaming you or using their doctors to cast doubt on your injuries.
A serious injury caused by debris on the road could include:
- A broken arm
- A back injury, including vertebrae damage
- A neck injury, including a serious case of whiplash
- Head trauma, including Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- The injury of your child
- The injury of a loved one
- A fatal accident (families can ask for wrongful death support)
A Spokane Truck Accident Lawyer would collect all evidence of a driver’s negligence in securing a load and other carelessness. That keeps the blame in the right place.
You can always file a claim on your own, and if an accident is very minor, that’s probably fine. But with a serious injury, your lawyer demands as much as possible from the insurance company. And the final settlement is often much more than what victims could earn on their own.
A Free Talk With a Lawyer After a Truck Accident
If you still aren’t sure if you have a strong case, or are worried about what happens next, please take advantage of a free case consultation with CCD Law.
We want to hear about what happened to you and go over the quickest way to get you support as you heal. If we can’t assist you, we can send you down the right path to filing a successful claim yourself.
Winning Support for Victims Hurt on Spokane Roads
As we’ll see, traveling along Spokane highways and streets with an unsecured load is illegal. And if a truck driver drops materials onto the highway and it causes an accident and injuries, the driver and the trucking company can be fully liable.
A skilled attorney would document all of your hardships caused by an injury and make sure those are factored into any insurance settlement.
Victims could demand support for these and other damages:
- Stacks of medical bills and physical therapy bills
- The lifetime costs and mental toll if victims suffer a permanent physical disability
- The costs of travel to medical appointments and to see out-of-area specialists
- The pain victims suffer
- The mental anguish victims go through in a scary crash and a difficult recovery
- The loss of income victims experience while they are stuck at home and can’t work
- The costs of car repairs or the expense to replace a totaled car
Objects in the Road Dangers in Spokane
You might be traveling down I-90 when a produce truck turns loose a pallet of goods, causing you to swerve and perhaps strike another car.
You may be on Division when the moving truck in front of you drops a piece of furniture on the lane, leading to wood and metal coming through your windshield and causing a serious injury.
These are the dangers that arise from the objects themselves and from the actions they force surprised drivers to take. Victims can be hurt by logs from a logging truck, or the van they ram into trying to escape those tumbling logs.
And once the accident is over, victims should be able to fully count on support from truck drivers and their employers until they are fully healed.
Who Is Liable If Debris in the Road Caused My Accident?
The Revised Code of Washington holds drivers accountable for not securing their loads.
(1) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any public highway unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction.
There’s also a provision for trucks that drop much smaller materials. Stuff that’s leaked out or spilled, such as gravel.
(3) Any vehicle operating on a paved public highway with a load of dirt, sand, or gravel susceptible to being dropped, spilled, leaked, or otherwise escaping therefrom shall be covered so as to prevent spillage. Covering of such loads is not required if six inches of freeboard is maintained within the bed.
Gravel can spill out on the interstate to sling up and smash windows or to cause vehicles to slide on loose material.
These mistakes fall on those who drive these trucks and those who send the truck drivers out each day.
- Truck Drivers
- Truck Owners
- Corporate Owners
- Loading Dock Owners
- Distribution Center Owners
Your attorney would likely focus on the trucking companies, retail companies, or farm owners when a truck driver loses a carelessly secured load. These larger entities will have bigger commercial truck insurance policies to draw from. This gives victims a better chance to get all of their medical bills and downtime covered.
Talk Over Your Case for Free
CCD Law can often help victims in Eastern Washington or in Northern Idaho earn more for a highway accident. There’s also no worry about how you’ll pay for a lawyer’s help. We start investigating your accident right away and receive no payment unless we win your case. Then our attorney’s fee comes out of the settlement you receive.
We prove that truck drivers and their employers carelessly secured a load and caused you harm. We make sure companies can’t slip away from blame for their negligence.
Take advantage of a free case consultation with a real Spokane Truck Accident Lawyer today.