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General Info - Tractor Trailer Injury

Individuals with tractor-trailer injury matters can get help for their losses and injuries at the Las Vegas law firm Benson, Bertoldo, Baker, & Carter. Our personal injury lawyers are highly seasoned, knowledgeable truck accident attorneys who strive to attain the best possible outcome for each client, based on years of experience as litigators and negotiators.

Tractor-Trailer Accidents Involve More Regulations
Tractor trailers (also known as “semis”) travel millions of miles to transport the products that are integral to our lives. However, their presence on the highways and streets in the Las Vegas area adds a degree of risk to all other drivers, including those in cars, light trucks, SUVs, motorcycles and vans. Accidents involving tractor trailers are not like typical motor vehicle accidents, since state and federal regulations concerning heavy trucks and the trucking industry apply.

Very Severe Injuries
In addition, tractor-trailer injuries are often very severe. The persons injured in a tractor-trailer collision are nearly always the drivers/occupants of the other, smaller vehicle(s), not the driver or passenger in the tractor trailer. This is due in part to the huge size of semis, with weights up to 80,000 pounds and cargos that can do severe damage when they become loose (or burn). The force of a tractor trailer moving at freeway speeds can cause devastating injuries.

Typical tractor-trailer injuries include:

• traumatic brain injury or other brain damage
• open head wounds
• permanent disfigurement
• paralysis
• spinal cord injury
• back and neck injuries
• broken bones
• loss of limb(s)
• internal bleeding

Thousands of fatalities have occurred in tractor-trailer collisions on Nevada and U.S. freeways.

Trailer Sway
Tractor-trailer combinations are also prone to “trailer sway,” sometimes called “fish-tailing,” in which the long trailer moves from side to side, whether due to a driving maneuver, loss of control, incorrect hitching, icy roads or high winds. Trailer sway is dangerous to everyone on the roads, with the potential for the trailer to hit another vehicle and for the truck itself to tip or roll over.

Driver Error, Maintenance Problems
Other kinds of dangers accompany the use of tractor trailers. Most of the causes of tractor-trailer injuries can be traced to two categories:

1. driver error
2. maintenance failure

It takes experienced, knowledgeable truck accident attorneys to help determine responsibility for tractor-trailer injuries. The attorneys at Benson, Bertoldo, Baker, & Carter in Las Vegas know how to obtain the best possible legal outcome for individuals and families who have been impacted by tractor-trailer injuries. Contact our law offices to schedule a free initial consultation and discuss your case with an experienced Las Vegas Truck Accident Attorney. 

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