Williamsport Truck Accident Lawyers

What A Truck Accident Attorney Can Do

Our Truck Accident Attorney Can Investigate Your Claim

An important step in pursuing your compensation is to ensure evidence is collected and preserved. Our truck accident lawyer in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, can use legal tools to look into what happened in your case and can request and review:

• Truck driving log books and records
• Driving history of the vehicle and trailers
• Past accident and arrest records of the drivers
• Truck maintenance records
• Truck weigh-ins
• Records of Qualcomm, a satellite truck-tracking system which can approximate the speed of the vehicle at the time of the accident. These records must be acquired quickly as they are often expunged after 30 days
• Black box and other electronic recordkeeping
• Cell phone communications
• Accident reports by police, the driver, and any owner or trucking company

If you or your loved one has been injured or someone has been in a crash involving trucks, help is available from a skilled and compassionate Williamsport truck accident attorney at Rieders, Travis, Dohrmann, Mowrey, Humphrey & Waters. We understand federal, state, and local regulations and legal standards, know how insurance policies work, and can handle all aspects of an insurance claim. If death is involved, we will seek financial restitution for the family members left behind.

A Williamsport Truck Accident Lawyer Can Go After Multiple Parties

Truck accident lawsuits are particularly complex, with multiple potentially responsible parties. Most often the trucking company will be sued, but the driver may also be liable. There is often a disagreement as to whether the truck driver is an independent contractor or an employee of the trucking company. This is a legal issue a Williamsport, Pennsylvania, truck accident lawyer can help resolve.

Not only do you have to examine the driver’s behavior or inactions, but you also need a skilled attorney to investigate the employer, too.

Pennsylvania law allows employers to be held responsible for negligence in . . .

• Hiring
• Retention
• Training
• Supervision of their truck driver employees.

A trucking company needs to make sure their employees are properly qualified and do not have a history of accidents, tickets or other legal violations. They may test drivers for drug use. Finally, employers are responsible for ensuring their vehicles are safe and properly maintained. If the trucking company has failed to live up to their responsibilities, they may be sued for negligence.

You have the right to sue any person or entity whose negligence caused your truck accident. In addition to the driver and the employer, a truck or parts manufacturer could also be liable. A contracted loading company could have been negligent by overloading the trailer. A road maintenance crew could be responsible for not properly marking a construction zone. Your Pennsylvania truck accident lawyer will seek to hold all liable parties accountable.

Our Williamsport Truck Accident Lawyer Manages The Legal Process

An experienced truck accident attorney in Pennsylvania can determine whether regulations have been violated.  An attorney can also help with the following:

• Finding and interviewing witnesses
• Completing and filing forms correctly
• Handling insurance companies
• Establishing liability for the crash
• Addressing lien and subrogation issues

Regardless of how your injuries were sustained in your trucking accident, our attorneys at Rieders, Travis, Dohrmann, Mowrey, Humphrey & Waters can clearly explain how the law relates to your situation. Your options may include filing a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit.

Our Truck Accident Attorney Stands Up To Insurance Companies

When you choose to pursue a claim against a trucking company, you will likely be going up against a large insurance company with deep pockets and a team of attorneys. They are interested in denying your claim or compensating you for as little as possible. At the end of the day, the insurance company will see you as a claim, not a person, and you represent an obstacle to their earning big profits.

Our truck accident lawyer in Williamsport will represent you so you do not have to fight the big companies alone. We are familiar with their methods. We will not let them take advantage of you or undervalue your damages and injuries.

A Truck Crash Lawyer Can Recover Damages For You

Recovering optimal compensation is one goal of any truck accident lawsuit. Sometimes an insurance company will offer to cover your medical bills, which could sound fair. However, you could be leaving money on the table. A truck accident lawyer is best suited to identify all the categories of damages you may be legally entitled to, which goes beyond just bills. You may be able to ask for:

• Medical and hospital expenses
• Future medical expenses
• Rehabilitative expenses
• Past, present, and future lost wages
• Past, present, and future loss of economic horizons
• Property loss
• Pain and suffering
• Disfigurement
• Loss of life’s pleasures.

Some of these expenses and costs are not easy to estimate. Our Williamsport truck accident attorneys have experience valuing and recovering non-economic damages for victims.

Why Choose Us

Rieders, Travis, Dohrmann, Mowrey, Humphrey & Waters Provides Quality Representation

It is important that you retain a law firm that is reputable for your truck accident claim. Our attorneys at Rieders, Travis, Dohrmann, Mowrey, Humphrey & Waters have successfully represented clients in all kinds of truck accident cases.  We will handle your case in a professional and compassionate manner. We understand that this is a difficult time, and we want to help you recover from your tragedy. This is why our truck accident lawyers in Pennsylvania offer tailored representation and make ourselves available to address all your concerns.

Our truck accident lawyers have decades of legal experience in Williamsport and the surrounding areas. Our credentials are impressive as we have recovered large settlements for our clients. We are knowledgeable in negligence, and write, teach, and testify about legal matters. This gives our truck accident attorneys an edge, because we can strategize to overcome legal hurdles and argue competently on your behalf.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Should I Do After A Truck Accident?

After a truck accident you should do the following:

• Stay at the crash scene.
• Call 9-1-1 for help and report the crash.
• Seek medical treatment.

If you are in reasonable medical condition you should:

• Check other vehicles for injuries.
• Document the crash – take photos, videos and audio recordings.
• Get names and information from any witnesses.
• Exchange information with other drivers.

Do not make any statements or speak to insurance adjusters until you consult a personal injury attorney.

What Should I Do If The Trucking Company Calls?

If you have been involved in a crash with a truck, do not speak to anyone from the trucking company until you consult with your attorney. Even if the representative sounds sympathetic, the trucking company has its own interests at heart and will try to get you to say something that can be used against you or persuade you to accept the lowest settlement possible.

Where Do Trucking Accidents Happen Most Often?

Surprisingly, most trucking accidents occur in rural areas. This is due to the fact that in city limits truck drivers generally reduce their speed and pay more attention to the other vehicles and pedestrians around them. Rural areas have higher speed limits, are more boring and may have long stretches that are hypnotizing to drive; drivers may become less attentive, be distracted and start eating, talking on the phone or fiddling with equipment, or they may become drowsy and fall asleep.

How Much Is My Truck Accident Case Worth?

The exact value of your claim is hard to determine until you speak with our Williamsport truck accident attorney. Some things you can do to maximize the value of your case are to call our truck accident lawyer so they can begin investigating, seek medical attention, and follow-up on all your treatment.

If you do not see an answer to your question, feel free to call us to schedule a telephone consultation to discuss your case: (570) 323-8711.

Contact Rieders, Travis, Dohrman, Mowrey, Humphrey & Waters To Speak To A Pennsylvania Truck Accident Attorney

With decades of experience handling many types of vehicle accidents and an excellent reputation in the legal community, we are well positioned to take on the most difficult cases.  We offer a free consultation to examine the facts of your case and find the best approach to getting you the compensation you deserve.

If you have been in an accident, time is of the essence so do not delay. Call (570) 323-8711 or use our online contact form. Based in Williamsport, we serve clients throughout the state of Pennsylvania, offering a free consultation on all injury matters. More than that, we offer you experience, knowledge, compassion, and a long history of results.

Attorney Cliff Rieders

Cliff Rieders is a Nationally Board Certified Trial Lawyer practicing personal injury law. A large part of his practice involves multi-district litigation, including cases related to pharmaceuticals, vitamin supplements and medical devices. He is admitted in several state and federal courts, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. Rieders is the past regional president of the Federal Bar Association and is a life member of the distinguished American Law Institute, which promulgates proposed rules adopted by many state courts. He is a past president of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. As a founder of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, he served on the Board for 15 years.

Not only has Rieders held many highly esteemed, leadership positions, he authored legislation related to the Patient Safety Authority and the Mcare Act, which governs medical and hospital liability actions in Pennsylvania. He authored texts upon which both practitioners and judges rely, including Pennsylvania Malpractice Laws and Forms, and Financial Responsibility Law Issues in Pennsylvania, the latter governing auto and truck collisions in Pennsylvania. In addition, he wrote several books on the practice of law in Pennsylvania regarding wrongful death and survivor actions, insurance bad faith, legal malpractice claims and worker rights, among others. Rieders also serves as a resource to practitioners as a regular speaker for Celesq, an arm of the world’s largest legal publisher, Thomson Reuters West Publishing.

As recognition of his wide range of contribution to his profession and of his dedication to protecting the rights of his clients, he received numerous awards, among them the George F. Douglas Amicus Curiae Award, the Milton D. Rosenberg Award, the B’nai B’rith Justice Award, and awards of recognition from the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers. [ Attorney Bio ]