I'm Patrick Steinfeld. I'm a commercial truck accident attorney. I've been practicing law for 28 years.

There is One "Truth" I've Learned During my Career.

DO NOT HIRE A CAR CRASH LAWYER FOR A SERIOUS TRUCK ACCIDENT

Finding a lawyer is easy. They seem to be on every billboard and bus bench and claim to have experience in everything including truck accidents... but there's good experience... and bad experience. What's the saying? Jack of all trades... master of none!

Victims mistakenly believe personal injury lawyers are also qualified as interstate truck accident attorneys but that can be a costly mistake. It is true that truck accidents fall under the general heading of personal injury law but so do slip and fall accidents at the local supermarket. And I think its safe to say you don't want a slip and fall lawyer representing you in a truck collision involving death or serious injury.

How to you know if your lawyer is an interstate truck accident attorney? A good place to start is the American Association for Justice's Interstate Trucking Litigation Group®.

The Truck Lawyers is a member of AAJ's Interstate Trucking Litigation Group.

Here's the problem with most car crash lawyers. They treat truck accidents like car accidents. That's a BIG MISTAKE that can cost you of hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. Don't confuse "trucking" experience with "personal injury" experience. They are separate and distinct. Interstate truck accidents involve claims against business entities, larger insurance policies, more defendants and federal law.

Personal injury lawyers generally have extensive experience representing victims in claims against other drivers. Most drivers have small insurance policies ($15,000-$100,000) but many trucking companies maintain $5,000,000 or more of insurance with additional excess/umbrella insurance.

So who do you want representing you in a truck accident? The lawyer with extensive experience in small accident claims or the attorney who routinely represents victims in claims involving $1,000,000 or more?

Personal injury lawyers even investigate accidents differently. They often rely on findings contained in the police report because the commonly small insurance policies don't justify hiring investigators. However, trucking companies routinely deploy Rapid Response Teams within minutes of the accident. Teams usually consist of an accident reconstructionist, insurance investigator and often a trucking industry defense attorney.

This is a common practice in serious interstate trucking accidents because the potential financial exposure consists of the insurance policy limits and the company’s assets! However, in car accidents where an insured has a small insurance policy of $15,000 or $100,000, there is no financial incentive to deploy a rapid response team because financial exposure is limited a small amount.

Truck Accident Attorneys Deploy their own Rapid Response Teams to document the scene, take measurements, photograph vehicles and obtain witness statements. Car crash lawyers simply do not have experience with Rapid Response Teams because they usually represent clients in cases involving significantly smaller insurance policies. And that’s a BIG problem.

I am not trying to scare you. I'm trying to impress upon you THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW. It doesn't matter if the accident happened a few days ago or a few weeks ago, investigators need to speak to witnesses before they move, lose their phone number or forget specific facts of the accident. They also need to investigate the scene before environmental conditions change the appearance of gouge marks, skid marks or landscape.

Please call The Truck Lawyers right now at (800) 900-7452. It doesn't matter what time it is we are always here for you.