If you have recently been involved in an accident with a commercial truck, and the truck was at fault, you may be seeking compensation through a truck accident case. Still, you may be surprised that a few weeks after your accident, your case has still not been settled. Here are a few reasons why your trucking accident case may be delayed:
You may be receiving ongoing medical care.
If you sustained numerous injuries during the accident, you may still be receiving medical treatment. Often, the full amount of requested compensation cannot be calculated until your medical care has ended. Not only does the completion of your treatment help your accident lawyer to determine how the injuries will impact you moving forward, such as residual pains or limited ambulation that could affect your ability to work in the future. Treatment completion also provides your attorney with an itemized list of procedures and their associated costs and diagnoses.
The diagnoses are important because the insurers of the responsible parties will need to know that the injuries that you sustained during the accident are due to that particular incident. Therefore, even if medical care will be on going for months, it is best to start your medical treatment as soon after the incident as possible. In fact, the best option is to receive medical care onsite. Once your medical care begins, a record of your treatment and the associated injuries begins.
There are multiple parties responsible for the trucking accident.
In some instances, your trucking accident attorney may advise you to pursue compensation from multiple parties, such as the trucking company, the trucker and even the truck's manufacturer. If the trucking accident was caused by the negligence of the truck driver as well as by the wrongdoing of the trucking company, both parties should provide compensation. Sometimes, a trucking company will have a trucker transport a load that is too large, or the company may schedule the trucker for more hours than those that are legally allowed. Additionally, the manufacturer of the large truck may have a faulty safety feature in the truck that contributed to the accident.
When multiple responsible parties are involved in the trucking accident case, the case may not be settled until all parties have agreed on settlement amount.
To learn more reasons that the settlement of a trucking accident case may be delayed, schedule a consultation with an truck accident lawyer like Teresa P Williams PA.
