If you are injured in a Louisiana truck accident caused by another party, you can seek compensation for your damages. However, insurance companies and defense attorneys will fight to shift blame, deny liability, and to settle your claim for as little as possible.
You need the help of an experienced truck accident lawyer to protect your rights and help you recover maximum compensation. Some injury victims make the mistake of trying to deal directly with insurance companies and to handle their claim without an attorney.
However, truck accident cases are complex, involving state and federal laws, multiple parties, insurance companies, and attorneys. Your chances of recovering the compensation you deserve are significantly higher when you are represented by an experienced truck accident lawyer. Read on to learn what a truck accident lawyer does to help you recover maximum compensation.
How a Louisiana Truck Accident Lawyer Helps You Recover Maximum Compensation For Your Damages
An experienced Louisiana truck accident lawyer performs dozens of necessary tasks to build your strongest case and help you recover the full financial compensation you deserve.
Initial Consultation
At Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys, we offer free consultations to discuss your truck accident claim. During this consultation, we will sit down and listen to your story, answer your questions, and explain your rights.
We will advise you whether we believe you have a valid Louisiana truck accident claim and may be able to provide an estimate of what your claim may be worth. However, no attorney can guarantee that you will recover damages or the amount you may recover.
If we take your case, we will fight tirelessly to recover every dollar you deserve.
Investigate Your Truck Accident
There are often multiple parties at-fault in a truck accident. At Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys, we carefully examine the facts of your truck accident to help identify all possible causes and potentially liable parties.
We may visit the accident scene to get a better understanding of the accident and to help gather evidence. We review the police report from the accident scene, examine photographs and any available video footage, and consider eyewitness accounts. We also analyze medical reports from your doctor, any specialists and the first responders to the accident. We also look carefully at expenses you have incurred due to your accident and injuries.
Conduct Discovery
We will conduct discovery to help uncover essential evidence to support your case. We will issue interrogatories, requests for production of documents, requests for admissions, subpoenas, and conduct depositions.
Vital evidence can be lost, destroyed, or diminished over time. For example, surveillance camera footage may be overwritten within hours or days of the accident. We will issue letters to help preserve essential evidence so it is not destroyed or lost. Court hearing may be necessary during the discovery phase to obtain the evidence sought.
Consult Expert Witnesses
We frequently consult medical and economic experts and accident reconstructionists when building your case. An accident reconstructionist can help prove how the truck accident happened for purposes of causation and liability.
Medical experts can help prove the severity of your injuries, your prognosis, and suffering. Economic experts can help establish the accurate value of your current and future damages.
These experts can provide testimony and issue written reports to help prove your case and help you recover maximum compensation. Expert witness testimony can be invaluable for explaining complex ideas and facts to the court and jury in a way that is easier for non-experts to understand.
Send Demand Letters
Once we have completed a full investigation of your accident and determined the value of your damages, we will send a demand letter to the responsible parties’ defense attorneys and insurance companies. This letter will outline the supporting evidence for your case and demand payment of your full damages.
Negotiate With Insurance Companies
Insurance companies rarely ever comply with the initial demand letter. Our attorneys will enter into negotiations with the insurance companies to reach a fair settlement as quickly as possible. If a fair settlement is not reached, we will prepare your case for trial.
Litigation
When negotiations break down, we will take your case to trial to help recover the full compensation you are owed. The first step of litigation is to prepare and file your complaint.
When the complaint is filed, we request that it be served on the defendants. The defendants then usually have thirty days to file a reply to the complaint.
Many times, exceptions and motions will be filed attempting to stop the complaint in its early stage. However, our truck accident attorneys have the experience and skills to combat such filings and set your case for trial.
There will be many deadlines set by the court leading up to the trial date. Our attorneys ensure we meet all deadlines and pursue your best interest at every stage.
Most truck accident cases will settle before trial. However, our experienced trial attorneys are prepared to aggressively represent you and demand full compensation for your damages in court.
Can I Afford to Hire a Louisiana Truck Accident Lawyer?
Can I Afford to Hire a Louisiana Truck Accident Lawyer?
At Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys, we handle your truck accident case on a contingency fee basis. This means that we pay all expenses of pursuing your claim and you pay nothing until we recover your compensation.
Contingency fee agreements help level the playing field for injury victims by allowing them to pursue compensation with the help of experienced, skillful attorney representation without financial risk.
Because your chances of recovering maximum compensation are significantly higher when represented by an attorney, you can’t afford not to hire an experienced Louisiana truck accident lawyer.
Contact an Experienced Louisiana Truck Accident Lawyer Today
If you have been injured or lost a loved one in a Louisiana truck accident caused by someone else, you may be able to recover compensation for your damages.
The truck accident lawyers at Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys have helped recover over $10 billion in client compensation. We have the experience, skills, and resources to help you secure maximum compensation for your claim.
Call (225) 999-1111 or complete the short form on our contact page to schedule a free consultation to discuss your truck accident injury claim.