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Free ConsultationEven without a trailer attached, the cab of a tractor-trailer all by itself typically outweighs the average commuter car by several tons. That gap in mass gets exponentially bigger once you add a trailer and cargo to the mix. Unfortunately, this imbalance in how big and heavy semi-trucks are compared to every other vehicle around them means that collisions between these two types of vehicles often have devastating outcomes for people inside the smaller car.
However, just because common truck accident injuries in Philadelphia tend to be more severe and cause more expensive losses than car accident injuries does not mean they are impossible to get fair financial recovery for. With help from a seasoned truck crash attorney, you can build a strong civil claim for all your accident-related losses.
Dealing With Minor Truck Crash Injuries
Suffering any kind of injury through a commercial truck crash is always a traumatic experience, but it does not necessarily have to be a life-altering one as well. Under Pennsylvania civil law, any kind of physical trauma that requires professional medical care can serve as valid grounds for a personal injury claim if it stems directly from another person’s reckless or careless actions. So, it is just as possible to sue over common, everyday injuries stemming from a Philadelphia truck accident as it is to sue over permanent and debilitating ones.
Depending on the circumstances, a skilled legal professional can help build a strong civil claim around everything from a bone fracture to a pulled muscle to a laceration from broken glass or metal. In some situations, it may even be possible to sue over injuries caused by the safety devices built into a car that was struck by a negligent trucker—for instance:
- Facial injuries caused by airbag deployment or
- Whiplash stemming from someone’s body being thrown forward into their seatbelt
What Kinds of Catastrophic Injuries Can Truck Wrecks Cause?
Unfortunately, many of the most common injuries that our attorneys see after truck crashes in Philadelphia are so severe that they will not fully heal even with prompt, high-quality treatment from qualified medical professionals. Examples of catastrophic injuries that often result from collisions caused by negligent truckers include but are not limited to:
- High-degree burns resulting in permanent scarring
- Spinal cord trauma resulting in permanent paralysis
- Internal organ damage resulting in a permanent loss of function
- Traumatic brain damage resulting in a permanent loss of sensory, motor, and/or cognitive function
- Crushing injuries and other forms of trauma necessitating—or directly resulting in—amputation of a limb
While it is still possible and important to recover for short-term losses caused by these injuries, it can be even more crucial to seek recovery in advance for long-term losses like:
- Future medical bills
- Lost working capacity
- Lost enjoyment of life
Dedicated legal counsel can help identify these types of losses, assign a fair value to them, and proactively demand fair compensation for them.
A Philadelphia Attorney Can Help You Recover from Common Truck Accident Injuries
No matter what type of physical injuries you have sustained from a truck wreck, the process of filing a civil suit over those injuries will likely be anything but simple. If you try to go up against a negligent truck driver and their massive corporate employer alone, you may have slim odds of getting paid anything at all, let alone the full amount you deserve for the harm done to you.
Guidance from a dependable legal representative will be vital to recovering effectively from all kinds of common truck accident injuries in Philadelphia. Call today to get started on your claim.
