Truck Accident Lawyers
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If someone you love has been seriously injured or killed in a collision with a commercial truck, you know how fast everything can fall apart.
One moment you're on the road. The next, you're facing catastrophic injury, unthinkable loss, and a system that seems built to protect everyone but you. Medical bills pile up. Answers are hard to come by. And the company responsible for the driver? They're already working to minimize your claim.
Silver Golub & Teitell handles only the most serious trucking cases – those involving devastating injury, wrongful death, and clear negligence by a driver, company, or manufacturer. We’ve recovered record-setting verdicts and settlements for Connecticut families, including an $18.75 million result for the death of a mother struck by a tractor-trailer in Greenwich. Our lawyers understand how trucking companies and their insurers operate. More importantly, we know how to stop them from burying the truth.
We have the financial, medical, and legal resources to fully investigate your case, consult leading accident reconstruction and FMCSA compliance experts, and—if needed—bring your case to trial. If we take your case, we commit the full strength of our team to it. No shortcuts. No compromises.
Our Promise
We can confidently promise our clients that they will receive the full financial and legal resources of our firm in the prosecution of their case. For example, our law firm employs sophisticated trial techniques, including the use of focus groups and accident reconstruction experts. In addition, we have an experienced physician on staff who is deeply involved in the investigation of our cases. We also maintain a network of knowledgeable expert witnesses across the United States to assist us in the representation of our clients.
Our lawyers help people who are seriously injured as a result of the following most common types of truck crashes:
- Driver error or negligence
- Distracted or overtired drivers (including falsified logbooks)
- Impaired drivers
- Improperly maintained vehicles
- Overweight or unsecured loads
- Uninsured or underinsured operators
- Product liability or manufacturing defects
Truck accident attorneys will investigate the unique cause of each car-truck collision, including ECM (black box) data, which records vehicle speed, time driven, braking patterns, and more. Our firm works with top trucking field experts to compare this data with logbooks and witness reports to determine if fatigue, misconduct, or equipment failure contributed to the crash.
Representative Result
A Stamford woman was killed when a semi-truck ran a red light in Greenwich. Rather than risk an even larger jury verdict, the trucking company settled as the jury was deliberating. This was one of the largest known wrongful death settlements in state history.
Statute of Limitations
In Connecticut, injured persons have up to two years to file a lawsuit and also have two years to file a suit for property damage, such as compensation for vehicle repairs. Failure to bring a lawsuit within this time frame will prevent any recovery regardless of the merits of the case.
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