26+ Years of Experience as a Truck Accident Attorney Serving Jurupa Valley
Due to the size and weight of a commercial truck, accidents involving big rigs, semi trailers and 18 wheelers in Jurupa Valley can result in significant personal injuries and complex legal claims. When a semi or other large commercial truck crashes into a passenger vehicle, those in the smaller vehicle often sustain catastrophic injuries, if they survive.
The Paris Firm is experienced in handling the challenges posed by complex truck accident cases in Southern California. Attorney Eric Paris has been representing people injured in semi truck accidents since 1994. We will demand that the trucking company and its insurer preserve evidence, including the black box data recorder and the driver’s log books.
Common Causes of Trucking Accident
Causes of truck accidents often include:
- Driver fatigue
- Driver inexperience
- Distracted driving – texting, mobile phones, in cab televisions, Etc.
- Improper driver training
- Speeding, failure to yield, tailgating
- Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Violation of hours of service regulations
- Improper loading
- Improper maintenance
- Defective tires
- Lack of reflective materials
- Lack of underride guards
- Improperly designed, constructed, or maintained roads
- Lack of roadway hardware, such as guardrails
- Improper signage
Often times these truck drivers are not violating safety rules for the first time. Sometimes they have a record, and this may be known to the trucking company, which may choose to ignore the driver’s record, or, in some cases, may encourage some dangerous behaviors.
Who Is Responsible?
Every truck accident claim is unique and must be studied carefully to determine all possible sources of liability. Responsible parties may include:
- The owner of the truck
- The owner of the trailer
- The trucking company
- The warehouse that loaded the truck
- The truck driver
- The shop that maintained the truck
- The maker of defective tires, brakes, or other parts
- The company that designed the road
All Commercial Trucks and Vans
Our truck accident law firm represents clients injured in truck accidents involving all types of commercial vehicles, including:
- Semi trucks
- Tanker trucks
- Delivery vans, such as UPS and Fed Ex vans
- Moving vans
- Garbage trucks
- Dump trucks
- Cement trucks
- Emergency vehicles
If you have been injured or lost a loved one due to a truck accident, you understand how serious truck accidents can be, the overwhelming size of the vehicle capable of crushing everything around it. You also understand how hard it can be to get a fair claim for your injuries out of the trucking company’s insurance company, which likely wants to blame you (or your lost loved one) for the accident.
Do I Need an Attorney for My Jurupa Valley Truck Accident Claim?
If you or a loved one has suffered a serious injury or wrongful death due to the negligence, recklessness, or carelessness of a commercial truck driver, you have the right to obtain financial compensation for the damages you have suffered. Call The Paris Firm today at (909) 551-4040, serving car accident victims in Jurupa Valley, and schedule a no obligation consultation. If there is no recovery there is no fee and there are no up-front out of pocket fees. Our firm advances costs on behalf of our clients.