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La Crosse, Wisconsin, is a major transportation and manufacturing hub located on the Mississippi River. As such, a large number of trucks transporting goods across the country travel through the city each day. With these trucks comes the risk of other individuals on the road sustaining injuries in a truck accident. Due to the large size and heavy weight of these trucks, such injuries could prove severe.If you sustained an injury in a La Crosse truck accident, contact our La Cross truck accident lawyers to determine whether you qualify to pursue compensation for your injuries. The legal team at Nicolet Law Office has decades of combined experience, and we focus our practice on representing individuals injured in accidents, including La Cross truck accidents.
At Nicolet Law Office, we have experience successfully recovering compensation for individuals who have sustained injuries in all types of accidents, including La Crosse truck accidents. Oftentimes, simply retaining legal counsel to handle your truck accident claim will result in the at-fault insurance company immediately increasing its settlement offer.One of our former truck accident clients was initially offered $75,000 by the insurance company, but we successfully increased the final settlement amount to $700,000. While we cannot guarantee a favorable result in your case, we can promise to use our experience and resources to help recover maximum compensation based on the specific circumstances of your accident and injuries.If you were injured or have lost a loved one in a truck accident in La Crosse, you may pursue compensation for the expenses and impacts to your quality of life that your injury has caused. Read on for more information.
Certain intersections pose more dangers than others, whether due to the roadway’s design, the amount of traffic, or another reason, and those intersections unsurprisingly experience the highest amount of traffic accidents.The most dangerous intersections in the La Crosse area include:
The economy in our country depends greatly on the trucking industry. In fact, nearly every product in your home was transported on a commercial truck at some point. According to data from the American Trucking Associations, the trucking industry transports nearly 12 billion tons of freight each year, accounting for $791.7 billion in gross weight revenues.Unfortunately, for all of its importance, the trucking industry also leads to hazards for motorists and others who use the country’s roadways—and La Crosse is no exception.Each year in the U.S., approximately 5,000 people die and more than 100,000 people are injured in truck accidents. Much of the danger that arises when there are commercial trucks on the roadway is related to the size of the vehicles. The average length of an 18-wheeler is between 70 to 80 feet, the vehicle has a standard height of 13’6”, and a fully loaded tractor-trailer can weigh up to 80,000 pounds, making it many times larger than most other traffic on the roadway.This causes:
Many things can cause a La Crosse truck accident, most of which relate to human error. Here are some of the most common causes of truck accidents:
The scene of a truck accident is often a chaotic place to be. After the accident ends and you begin recovering from your injuries, it is not unusual for that chaos to turn to confusion and frustration when attempting to navigate the truck accident claims process. Here are the answers to some of the questions our clients most frequently ask about obtaining compensation after a truck accident.
When a truck accident occurs, the liable parties may include:
After a truck accident, you can pursue the recovery of both economic and non-economic damages. The word “damage” in the legal realm refers to a payment to compensate for harm.Economic damages refer to a payment made for financial harm.Expenses in an economic damage claim often include:
Non-economic damages are a payment made for the quality-of-life impacts that the claimant experienced as a result of the injury.Common impacts included in non-economic damage claims include:
Not necessarily, though you should be aware that it is a possibility. The vast majority of truck accident cases are resolved outside of the courtroom. Your attorney will work tirelessly in an attempt to negotiate a fair settlement offer on your behalf. The settlement process requires patience as it often takes some time to reach a figure that both sides can agree to. Insurance companies will often avoid making their best settlement offer until just before the trial begins or even after the trial has begun but before a judge or jury renders a verdict.
For the most part, no. According to the Internal Revenue Service, compensation for La Crosse truck accidents is not income or taxable. There is an exception, however, when it comes to punitive damages. Punitive damages are a payment ordered not for the sake of compensating the victim for the expenses and impacts of the injury he or she suffered, but as a way to punish the defendant for particularly egregious behavior. Because this portion of the damages does not reimburse someone for injuries, the IRS considers it income and subjects it to tax.On the subject of taxes, if you claimed a deduction for your medical expenses and then later received a settlement or award that included payment for medical expenses, you will need to return the amount of that deduction to the IRS.
Truck accident cases can be difficult. The injuries incurred in this type of accident are often catastrophic and result in a need for lifetime care. There is a lot to the investigation that requires quick action to retrieve records from the trucking company while those records can still be accessed.There is the task of holding all liable parties responsible while dealing with the high-powered corporate attorneys often hired by trucking companies and the insurance providers who issue their policies.There is the potential for violations of federal regulations, and—through it all—the court formalities and the requirements built into the state’s civil tort laws. These are all issues that would tend to be overwhelming for an individual who has not been specifically trained in this area of the law.Let the dedicated truck accident attorneys from Nicolet Law Office bring their collective experience to the table in your La Crosse truck accident case. For answers to your legal questions and guidance in the options for pursuing compensation, contact us online or call us at 608-527-0876 for your free case evaluation.
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