Investigating the Scene of the Fatal Truck Accident

A complete investigation must be performed to show fault for the wreck. An investigation should include examining the scene, examining the vehicles involved, photographs of the scene and vehicles, and obtaining statements from the witnesses. Its location will be a key part of the investigation. You need to have someone examine the physical evidence to see if you have a lawsuit. Investigating after the accident serves two important purposes. A professionally conducted investigation will allow you to determine who caused the fatal accident and if there is more than one party. Based on the initial physical evidence this won’t be obvious who was responsible for causing the truck wreck. Many individuals on the road, including other drivers and pedestrians who may have played a role in causing a wreck.

This complete and professional investigation allows your advocates to gather the physical evidence that they need to show the defendant’s responsibility in a court of law. The fatal truck accident attorneys at our Law Office know how to conduct a strong investigation, determine who caused your loss, and how to get the physical evidence you’ll need to hold all of the defendants accountable. Our professionals visit the scene of the accident in every fatal truck accident and look for the physical evidence you’ll need to win your lawsuit or to make the other party offer you a settlement commensurate with your losses and damages. Our attorneys and investigators record measurements at the scene, take pictures, talk to witnesses, subpoena records and witnesses, perform forensic testing, gather police reports, find video footage when available, examine the wreckage, collect physical evidence, and protect the chain of custody of the physical evidence so it is admissible in a court of law. There is no out-of-pocket charge to our clients for this part of preparing for the lawsuit.

The defense attorneys will do the same thing because the truck firm and insurance defense attorneys are very knowledgeable in building a claim that gets their clients off the hook. The well-trained trucking firm defense attorneys will begin building a case against your family member before you may have even considered contacting legal representation. The attorneys and insurance adjusters want to build a case that says your family member is to blame. They will interview witnesses, gather accident scene physical evidence, and help shape the vehicle driver’s testimony. Most defense attorneys are dispatched to the scene of an accident as soon as word of the accident arrives. They get to see the scene and the physical evidence before time has hidden key elements or a clean-up has erased important physical evidence.

Time is your enemy here because cars are towed to salvage yards, commercial trucks are repaired, existing road hazards are removed, records and old traffic camera footage are often destroyed, and witnesses’ memories get hazier with time. Sometimes some unscrupulous defendants will tamper with or deliberately cover up physical evidence.

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The attorneys and investigators at our Law Office will move just as quickly after you engage us. Our firm will find and protect the physical evidence. Our firm will sequester the truck involved in the accident to make sure our firm is able to thoroughly examine this and all its maintenance records. Our firm will dig into the vehicle driver’s driving, employment, and criminal records to see if any past incidents of carelessness, drug use, or substandard training or performance have occurred. Our firm will find relevant witnesses and take their testimonies while their memories are fresh. Our firm will do all of the hard work required to identify the truth of what happened in the fatal truck accident that’s left you without your family member. After this has been done, our firm will ensure that you’re fully and properly compensated for your loss through either lawsuit or by eliciting a just settlement.