Personal Injury Attorney
How an Accident Injury Lawyer Can Help
When you’ve been in a serious accident, injury and pain go hand in hand with stress and worry. Physical and emotional suffering has thrown your life out of whack. While medical treatment can help you get back on your feet, being unable to work can create financial burden.
The good news is that a personal injury lawyer can help you put your life back in balance. Our firm has years of experience dealing with accident cases. We know how to negotiate settlement offers with insurance companies. We also can recognize when a settlement offer is inadequate to cover your needs. Furthermore, if trial is the only way to get fair compensation, we have lots of experience with taking cases to trial. We have achieved notable success in winning cases and maximizing compensation for our clients.
Personal injury law is full of language and procedures that are foreign to most people. Even people who are somewhat familiar with the legal system can get lost. Just as you would hire a travel guide for a safari in Africa, you need an accident injury lawyer to guide you through the processes of injury claims and court procedures.
Our objective is to provide you with basic information and vital details. Sometimes a little understanding can go a long way to make a struggle feel less challenging.
In addition to the information we cover here, you can also visit our Frequently Asked Questions and our Accident Lawsuits pages.
Our Legal Focus Is Personal Injury
At Stucky Injury law, personal injury cases are all we handle. In fact, most of our cases involve vehicle accidents of one type or another.
Types of Injury Cases We Handle
Personal Injury
Personal injury happens when someone fails to be responsible, and their negligence or reckless actions lead to harm.
18 Wheeler Accidents
18-wheeler truck accidents involving semi-truck tractors and trailers often result in life-threatening injuries or the death of a loved one.
Car Wrecks
Every year close to 500,000 car wrecks take place in Texas, which occur at the rate of one crash every one hour and 57 seconds. (TXDOT 2021 statistics)
Rural Road Accidents
Did you know that the majority of accidents in Texas and throughout the United States take place on rural roads and highways?
Hwy 80, 30 & 20 Accidents
Car wrecks are common in Texas where Farm-to-Market (FM) roadways intersect with other highways, such as HWY 20, 30 and 80.
Wrongful Death Lawsuit
In a wrongful death lawsuit, family members sue another person or persons who knowingly or negligently caused the death of their loved one.
Other types of cases we handle include:
- Commercial accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Heavy equipment injuries
- Forklift injuries
- Railroad accidents
- Construction site car accidents
- Bus accidents
- Jackknife accidents
- Underride truck accidents
- Truck rollover accidents
What Is Negligence?
“Negligence” is a word that pops up a lot in personal injury cases. In plain English, it refers to careless or irresponsible actions or failures to take action that end up harming someone else. From a legal standpoint, the individuals involved would owe others a reasonable level of care. For example, drivers must pass written and driving tests that show they can apply the rules of the road. They learn things like obeying speed limits, stopping at redlights and traffic signs, and yielding the right-of-way. When a driver violates driving laws, crashes into another car, and injures someone, they are negligent. During a case, the accident injury attorney must prove that the driver who crashed into his client was negligent.
Why Is Medical Treatment Vital?
If you are injured in an accident, it is vital to seek medical treatment right away. Not only does it help you get out of pain and recover more quickly, it is also crucial for your personal injury case. Your attorney must prove that your injuries resulted from the accident. Your lawyer will also need to calculate the medical costs as part of the damages. If you cannot show that the injury or damages resulted from the accident, there is no basis for a claim.
Do you need legal help with your accident?
Reach out to our personal injury law firm. We can discuss your accident and determine whether you have a potential case. We can also handle communication with insurance companies and work to maximize the compensation you will receive.
You can get in touch by filling out our online form or calling our office at (214) 453-1190.
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