The Law Offices of Matthew J. Quinlan represent victims of truck accidents in San Francisco. With the size and weight of big rigs, victims in accidents can suffer severe injuries like broken bones, head injuries, and harm to backs and necks. With these types of injuries, our aggressive legal team can put together a strong injury claim that covers you now and in the years ahead when you might need even more support. Contact us today for a free consultation to learn more.

Truck Accident Elevated Risks Around the Bay Area

San Francisco and the entire Bay Area is a crossroads for millions of vehicles each day. Mixed in with commuter cars and families in SUVs are some massive semi-trucks and delivery vans. Trucks delivering goods to businesses like Walmart and trucks on their way to local manufacturing centers can slow traffic and threaten to veer into your lane.

On any given morning on busy routes like I-80 and 280, motorists can count hundreds of big rigs with heavy loads and delivery vehicles like those blue vans for Amazon. These delivery drivers and truck drivers must show extreme caution because they can easily lose control of a truck that’s hard to keep steady and harder to stop. These trucks can also be weighed down with goods, produce, and fuel to make them even more deadly in accidents.

Truck drivers can also get careless and look at texts on their phones more than the road ahead. They can get reckless and build too much speed as they approach a red light or backed-up traffic on the freeway. Collisions can involve powerful impact force and do devastating harm to multiple vehicles at once. The people inside these smaller, vulnerable vehicles can suffer traumatic and life-threatening injuries.

Common Injuries Suffered in San Francisco Truck Accidents

Victims in tiny vehicles (when compared to semi-trucks and tractor-trailers) might be exposed to powerful forces that send them into dashboards, windows, seats, and car doors. In truck accidents, victims may also have metal parts enter the vehicle. Vehicles can also end up under trucks with additional ground clearance.  They have to wait for life-saving care.

Once victims have been rescued from the wreckage they can be taken to Trauma Centers like the one at San Francisco General Hospital.

These are just some of the most frequent injuries emergency room doctors treat after truck collisions:

• Brain Injuries: Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) are suffered after your head strikes something in the vehicle or a part of the truck that extends into the vehicle. Concussions are generally a more mild type of TBI. Serious TBIs can involve memory loss, seizures, and other long-lasting symptoms. Victims with skull fractures could endure bleeding that increases fluid pressure on the brain.
• Spine Injuries, Neck Injuries, and Back Injuries: Whiplash is a well-known result of a sudden impact that whips the head back and forth to do painful damage to the neck. A compressed back can cause disc nerve damage that leads to pain for years. Vertebrae are bones that protect the spine and they can be compressed until fracturing. Outside forces can also bruise the vertebrae, leading to a painful recovery. If the spine itself is damaged, victims can lose the ability to control their lower bodies permanently.
• Crush Injuries: Large trucks can crush vehicles between the truck and other vehicles or stationary objects like guard rails and trees. The occupants inside might face deadly and powerful forces. Penn Medicine reports that crush injuries can increase the pressure in arms and legs to damage muscles, nerves, and blood vessel damage. Of course, crush forces from a truck can easily fracture bones and endanger internal organs.
• Broken Fractures: Fractures are common in truck accidents. The force that’s usually supplied by runaway trucks is often enough to break the largest and strongest bones in the body, like the femur in the upper leg. Legs commonly break in several places because they can be thrust into the floorboard upon impact.
• Chest Damage: Ribs, collarbones, and the breastbone can be impacted. These bones protect the heart, lungs, and other organs. Damage here can result in further interior damage like a collapsed lung or further damage to the chest wall that affects the ability to breathe.
• Truck Accident Permanent Physical Disabilities: Victims can suffer eye injuries that rob them of their site. Amputation may be a necessary option. A spine injury can leave someone with paralysis in the legs or arms. These injuries can all lead to a permanent physical disability that changes a victim’s life forever.
• Truck Accident Fatalities: The weight and size that trucks bring into an impact are able to cause life-threatening harm. Victims may die instantly. They may pass away while waiting to be cut out of a tangle of metal a van collision causes. Victims may die later at the hospital with doctors unable to do anything to save their lives. Families are able to file wrongful death claims after such a tragic event. They can seek full support for the cost of a funeral and to pay for leftover medical bills. Those left behind must also demand help in the future when they face financial challenges without the income the deceased may have always provided through a job or career. A San Francisco Fatal Truck Accident Lawyer can file this claim on behalf of families and make sure they receive justice and support.

We Win Compensation for San Francisco Accident Injury Victims

Truck accident cases are different than normal collisions between two drivers in their personal vehicles. The truck driver is usually on the road for a company or corporation. The trucking company and business owner may also owe the victim support.

Your representative from The Law Offices of Matthew J. Quinlan investigates your accident and the at-fault driver’s record. Our skilled attorneys secure all surveillance video that exists and track down witnesses to get their testimony. Then we file strong claims against any party that may bear responsibility.

These are just a few of the things that will contribute to the size of your truck accident injury settlement check:

• Medical expenses now and those anticipated in the future.
• Full support for physical therapy as victims relearn to control their injured body parts and in some cases walk again.
• Estimates on long-term support for victims who develop a permanent disability. This can include money to pay for home care and home renovations. Money to train for a new career.
• Support for physical pain endured by a truck accident victim.
• Support for the emotional anguish endured by patients. This can include anxiety and depression caused by a long recovery. PTSD symptoms stemming from the moment of a frightening truck collision are also common.
• Loss of enjoyment of life. Those suffering injuries due to a truck crash may not be able to return to their normal lives for quite a while. They may not have the freedom of movement they once enjoyed. They may have to give up certain hobbies and activities. Insurance companies should be responsible for this loss.
• Replacements of paychecks and benefits lost at the victim’s place of work.

Contact a San Francisco Truck Accident Attorney

If you or a loved one were seriously injured in an accident caused by a truck driver, you should talk over your case with a skilled San Francisco Truck Accident Lawyer.

We compassionately protect our clients and we seek settlements that protect victims and their families now and in the years ahead. We want victims to get the best care available and recover completely so they can get back to their normal lives. To get started, please contact us as soon as you can to set up a free, no-obligation consultation.

Please keep in mind, that you won’t need any money to hire us if you feel we can make a difference in the support you receive. We don’t accept payment unless The Law Offices of Matthew J. Quinlan wins your case for you. Then the attorney’s fee is paid out of the settlement a commercial truck insurance company must pay you.