Truck Accidents

Albuquerque Truck Accident Attorneys

No Catastrophic Injury Case is Too Big for Our Team

Were you involved in a violent truck accident while traveling the highways of Albuquerque, like the I-25 or I-40? Dozens of serious truck accidents happen in this region each year, but that doesn’t mean that you should let your case be just another statistic. Stand up for your rights as a seriously injured driver and let
McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA help.

Our Albuquerque truck accident lawyers are passionate about keeping the roads in our community safe. As Albuquerque locals ourselves, we think it is inexcusable for commercial truck drivers and trucking companies to skip important safety precautions and put everyone on the road in danger. By fighting the good fight for our friends and neighbors, we hope to bring the number of truck accidents in our city down to zero.

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Common Types of Truck Accidents

A truck accident refers to a collision or crash involving a large commercial vehicle, such as a semi-truck (also known as an 18-wheeler or tractor-trailer), delivery truck, tanker truck, or dump truck. These accidents often result in significant property damage, serious injuries, or fatalities due to the size and weight of the trucks compared to passenger vehicles.

Truck accidents can occur on highways, city streets, or rural roads and may involve other vehicles, pedestrians, or stationary objects. Because of the complexity of operating large commercial vehicles and the regulations governing them, truck accidents often involve unique legal and insurance considerations.
Common types of truck accidents include:

• Rear-End Collisions: Occur when a truck crashes into the vehicle in front of it. Due to the truck’s weight and longer stopping distance, rear-end collisions can be severe.
• Jackknife Accidents: Happen when the truck’s trailer swings out to form a 90-degree angle with the cab, often caused by sudden braking or slippery roads.
• Rollover Accidents: Occur when a truck tips over onto its side. These can be caused by speeding, sharp turns, high winds, or improperly loaded cargo.
• Underride Accidents: Involve a smaller vehicle sliding under the rear or side of a truck, often leading to catastrophic injuries or fatalities.
• Blind Spot Accidents: Trucks have large blind spots, or “no-zones,” on all four sides. Accidents happen when truck drivers change lanes or turn without seeing nearby vehicles.
• Wide Turn Accidents: Trucks often swing left to make a right turn. This can trap or hit vehicles on either side, especially on narrow roads.
• Tire Blowouts: A sudden tire failure can cause the truck driver to lose control, leading to collisions or rollovers.
• Lost Load Accidents: Occur when cargo is not properly secured and falls off the truck, creating hazards for other drivers.
• Head-On Collisions: Extremely dangerous crashes where a truck collides front-first with another vehicle, usually due to wrong-way driving or loss of control.
• Brake Failure Accidents: Happen when a truck’s braking system malfunctions due to poor maintenance, leading to an inability to stop in time.
• T-Bone or Side-Impact Collisions: Occur when a truck strikes or is struck on the side, typically at intersections, causing severe side damage.

How Do Truck Accidents Happen?

On the surface, the cause of a truck accident might seem simple: a truck driver lost control and hit you. When diving into the details of the situation, though, the case might become quickly complicated. Part of our role as your truck accident attorneys will be to navigate everything for you, get to the truth, and find evidence that shows how you weren’t to blame for the life-changing crash.

Depending on the result of our investigation, we might uncover many forms of negligence that contributed to the crash. Furthermore, if there are many forms of negligence that cause a truck accident, then it might mean that there are multiple defendants that we must file against.
Common causes of truck accidents can include:

• Truck driver is distracted, intoxicated, or exhausted behind the wheel.
• Truck driver breaks the speed limit to complete a route faster.
• Truck is not maintained properly, leading to a mechanical failure.
• Truck is not loaded properly, overweighting or misbalancing the truck.
• Truck company did not properly vet a new driver who is not qualified for the job.

Severe Injuries Caused by Truck Accidents

A commercial truck can weigh up to 80,000 pounds in most situations. This massive amount of weight gives the truck a huge amount of momentum and force, especially when traveling at highway speeds. When a crash occurs, the worst of the impact will be imparted on the smaller, lighter vehicle. For this reason, truck accident cases normally involve catastrophic injuries. Indeed, at McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers, we dedicate our representation to truck accident claimants who have suffered severe and life-changing injuries because they need our help more than anyone.

Our firm can help clients who have suffered severe injuries in truck accidents, such as:

• Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)
• Spinal cord injuries
• Amputations
• Third-degree burns
• Soft tissue injuries
• Permanent disfigurements

Did you lose a loved one to a truck accident? During this painful time, please know that you can rely on our firm for legal compensation and genuine moral support. We can advance a wrongful death claim on your behalf while you take care of yourself and your family.

Significant Compensation Owed to You

If you have been severely injured in a truck accident, then the compensation that you deserve could be significant. With that said, you can also expect that the defendant, insurance company, and opposing counsel will not be fine with the idea of you getting so much compensation. They will fight at every step and in whatever way they can.

Get your truck accident claim ready with our legal team leading the way. You never know which case will go to court. For this reason, we take the time to prepare every case for trial. This early preparation has proven crucial in the past for getting an advantage over the opposition, and your case deserves every advantage that it can get, especially when so much money might be hanging in the balance.
You may be entitled to compensation for:

• Medical expenses
• Lost wages
• Pain and suffering
• Property damage
• Loss of earning capacity
• Wrongful death (in fatal accidents)

How McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA Can Help

Working on a truck accident case is a full-time project. If the defendant doesn’t want to admit liability or the insurance company wants to challenge your damages, then the work needed to handle the case will only increase. You should be resting and taking care of yourself, not dealing with a pile of legal requirements and tasks.

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and our Albuquerque truck accident attorneys are here to help you handle every part of your case. We have been helping locals in situations like yours for more than 35 years, so you know that you can trust in our experience, talents, and resources.

We can help manage your truck accident claim by:

• Investigating the accident and locating evidence of liability.
• Calculating the damages owed to you.
• Filing the claim against the correct defendants.
• Responding to inquiries from the defendant and their counsel.
• Negotiating for a settlement.
• Litigating in court if needed.

Call a Firm with a Big Reputation

Trucking companies and their insurance companies fight back against almost every single truck accident claim. Stand up to them with the help of our highly experienced Albuquerque truck accident lawyers, who have spent their careers focused on life-changing injury claims and lawsuits. Our reputation precedes us, so the liable parties will know to offer a fair settlement or get ready for a tough legal battle.

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