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Truck Accidents

Truck Accident Attorneys With Experience to Win Your Case

Truck Accident Attorneys New York City

The New York truck accident attorneys of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, P.C. are experienced in truck accident claims. Truck accidents are more of a concern than ever, as there are over two million more registered trucks in the United States than there were a decade ago. With a higher number of trucks on the road, the risk of truck accidents continues to climb.

 

 

 

 


Common Causes of Truck Accidents

There are several factors that cause truck accidents. Among the most common, are:
• Extreme fatigue due the long hours put in by truck drivers.
• Mechanical problems or defective products including faulty tires or breaks.
• Misjudging the size of the truck or overloading the truck with too much product.
• Reckless driving and speeding in an attempt to meet strict, tight deadlines.
• Negligence or not paying attention to the road.
• Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Truck Accidents are Among the Most Serious of Collisions

Although many truck accidents are caused in the same way as auto accidents, when the vehicle involved in an accident is a truck there are other factors that can compound the problems and serious nature of the accident. For instance, trucks that carry large amounts of cargo or hazardous materials can endanger others lives by exposing them to chemical or toxic spills. This type of situation may not even involve another vehicle.

Types of Serious Truck Accident Injuries

Because of the size of trucks, when they collide with other vehicles on the road, they typically cause a lot of damage. In more serious cases, trucks have been known to completely crush smaller vehicles or cause them to rollover upon impact. Rollover crashes almost always result in serious, life-changing injuries, including:

• Traumatic head and brain injuries that can result in permanent brain damage and a decreased quality of life.
• Spinal cord injuries that can result in full or lower body paralysis.
• Burn injuries in cases where individuals get trapped in a burning car or truck.
• Death, which of course is the most devastating outcome of any vehicle collision.


How Our Truck Accident Lawyers Can Help

Our New York truck accident lawyers are there when you need them and stand beside you with expert representation from beginning to end.  Impacts with trucks or tractor trailers can result in severe injuries or death, and the actions taken immediately following the accident will have a dramatic effect on the outcome of the case.  When you contact the personal injury lawyers of Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, P.C, you can count on us to be ready on short notice and act quickly to take appropriate steps to preserve physical evidence and build your case.

Recovering Compensation for Truck Accident Injuries

At Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, P.C., we understand the devastating losses involved with truck accidents and work hard to produce the best possible results for successful verdicts, judgments and/or settlements for the injured and their families. We fight tirelessly to recover compensation for damages including:

• Financial costs including medical expenses and treatment programs for individuals who suffer permanent disabilities that call for long-term care.
• Physical losses including pain, disfigurement and permanent disabilities.
• Emotional damages including mental anguish, pain and suffering and a decreased quality of life.

If you have been in a truck accident or tractor trailer accident, you may have grounds for a personal injury case, product liability case, or wrongful death accident case.  Our lawyers work on a contingency basis, which means that you don't pay a cent until you receive compensation, at which point you are charged a percentage of the settlement.

There is no fee for our services unless a recovery is won.

Our New York law firm offers a free initial consultation. Click here to contact our New York truck accident attorneys and find out whether you have grounds to make a claim, at no cost to you. You may also call us toll free at: 1-800-9-LIPSIG for a free consultation.

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May 26, 2009 - Our client, Amanda Dinnigan, a ten-year-old passenger in a GMC Envoy, was so seriously injured that she is now permanently a quadraplegic due to a defective seat belt in this General Motors designed car. Her medical expenses are estimated at approximately a half million dollars a year. Unfortunately, with the bankruptcy of General Motors, little Amanda may not be able to receive any compensation whatsoever for her devastating injuries nor for these very high continuing medical costs. Click here to see the full Daily News article of May 26, 2009. Click here to see the full New York Post article of May 26, 2009.

September 4, 2008 - Attorney Thomas Moverman's Article on Preservation of Evidence

June 16, 2008 - Lipsig Lawyers obtain $4.3 million for Albanian Client

June 13, 2008 - Manhattan Jury Awards $540,000 to Lipsig client struck by "Hit and Run" vehicle 

April 29, 2008 - Jury Awards $12.72 Million Verdict in Infant Lead Poisoning Case

January 22, 2008 - Stamina Products to Pay $105,000 Civil Penalty for Failure to Report Defects with Mini-Trampolines

January 15, 2008 - Toy Wrestler Figures Recalled by A.A. of America Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

January 17, 2008 - Cranium Cadoo Board Games Recalled Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Lead Poisoning Case - Plaintiff settled a case involving childhood lead poisoning at a mediation, for the sum of $1,300,000. This case involved a young girl who sustained lead poisoning from ingesting lead-based paint that was peeling and chipping from the walls of two apartments in Brooklyn, where her uncle and maternal grandparents lived. The settlement was paid by the two insurance carriers for the two building owners. The settlement will provide substantial payments to the child when she turns 18, and is greater than any reported sustained verdicts for lead poisoning cases in Brooklyn.

Infant Lead Paint Poisoning Case - Jury Awards $12.72 Million Verdict in Infant Lead Poisoning Case

Lead Paint Poisoning Case - Won a $50 million verdict for a young child who developed severe brain damage as a result of lead poisoning. The building owner where the child lived was found negligent.

Faulty Traffic Light Case - Won a $39 million verdict for a 12-year-old boy who was struck by an automobile because the City failed to install a traffic light.

School Assault Case - Won a $10 million verdict for a young girl who was violently assaulted in the stairwell of a City public school.

Subway Accident Case - Won a $9.3 million verdict for a 29-year-old man who lost his left arm and suffered an open skull fracture as the result of being struck by a subway train.

Automobile Accident Case - Won a $7.6 million verdict for a 65-year-old woman who lost her leg as a result of being struck by a vehicle that had skidded on an icy roadway.

Intruder Assault and Defamation - Won a $6 million verdict for a woman who was brutally attacked and stabbed in her apartment building due to poor security.

Defective Seat Belt - Won a $9.5 million verdict for the family of a woman killed by a defectively designed belt during a low-speed collision at a Bronx intersection.

Have you been seriously injured? You may be entitled to recover money.

We work on a contingency basis, which means that you don't pay a cent until you receive compensation, at which point you are charged a percentage of the settlement. There is no fee for our services unless a recovery is won.

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