Truck Accident Lawyers

Truck Insurance

Drivers of 18-wheelers are required, like all drivers, to have insurance for their vehicles. This insurance is responsible for covering damages that might have been inflicted on another driver or another driver’s property by the 18-wheeler or the 18-wheeler driver.

In addition to the insurance that an individual driver has, the company for which the driver works also will have insurance. The insurance the trucking company has is designed to pay when the company is responsible in some way for damage to someone or something. This can be through the driver’s error or something the trucking company has done to harm someone.

In addition to the trucking company’s insurance and the driver’s insurance, the truck and trailer may also be insured by the company who owns them. In many cases, the truck and trailer are not owned by the truck driver or the trucking company. The individual parts of the truck must be insured as well.

These various sources of insurance can become problematic in the event of an accident. These conflicting insurance companies frequently try to pass the blame and the buck to the other insurance companies that are involved. Each company will try to show that their client is not responsible for causing the action and so shouldn’t be responsible for the damages that were caused by the accident.

The behavior of the insurance companies is why anyone who has been hurt in an 18-wheeler accident needs an attorney. An attorney is in a much better bargaining position with the insurance companies than a private individual.

Contact a Truck Accident Lawyer

If you have been hurt in an 18-wheeler accident and are having problems with insurance companies, contact the truck accident lawyers of Williams Kherkher at 1-866-950-9000 to discuss your issue today.