How Our NY Law Firm Will Fight for You
Our team of personal injury lawyers will investigate your truck collision to get to the bottom of what happened and who is responsible. We will uncover evidence to build the strongest possible case on your behalf.
Here are the four things we must establish in your case:
We Will Prove Duty of Care
First, we will prove that you were owed something called a “duty of care.” This means that you had a reasonable expectation of safety while on the road. It is every driver’s responsibility to drive safely, and failure to do so can put everyone around them at risk.
We Will Prove a Breach of Duty
If the truck driver who hit you failed to meet their duty of care to you, they may have been negligent. “Negligence” is when someone acts carelessly, recklessly, or fails to act at all in certain situations.
We Will Prove Causation
Once we have established that the truck driver was negligent, we will prove that this negligence is what caused your crash. This does not mean that their negligence must be the sole cause. In fact, you can still recover compensation even if you share some of the blame for what happened.
As long as we can present evidence that proves the truck driver was more responsible for what happened than you were, we can still recover losses on your behalf.
We Will Prove Damages
Finally, we will prove that the truck collision caused “damages,” or losses for which you can be compensated. There are two main types of damages you can pursue through a personal injury case: economic damages and non-economic damages.
Economic damages are compensation for your financial losses, such as your past and future:
- Medical bills
- Lost wages
- Lost earning potential
- Out-of-pocket expenses
Non-economic damages are compensation for the intangible cost of your injuries, such as your physical pain and mental suffering. If you lost your loved one to a negligent truck driver, you can pursue non-economic damages for your loved one’s pain and suffering as well as your own.