New Jersey Truck Accident Wrongful Death Attorneys
Truck Accident Wrongful Death
With so many vehicles on the road at once, traffic accidents in New Jersey are a seemingly unavoidable part of the driving experience. For those accidents that result in wrongful death, the attorneys at Lependorf & Silverstein are here to help. With experience and vast know-how on their side, our New Jersey truck accident attorneys will make sure that you receive compensation from the negligent party involved for your truck accident wrongful death case.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, large trucks were involved in 8.5% of 2006 accidents resulting in fatalities. When taking all other types of vehicles into account, 8.5% may seem like a relatively small number by comparison, but it is too high nevertheless. Due to their tremendous size, trucks are capable of massive amounts of destruction. Though most accidents resulting in fatalities may not involve trucks, there are still many accidents that do. Negligence usually plays a factor in these cases, and can take on various forms.
Negligence often is in the form of a weary truck driver in New Jersey truck accident wrongful death cases. Many truck drivers attempt to deliver goods in unreasonable time frames. That is, trucking companies give their drivers delivery time frames that are sometimes impossible for their drivers to safely handle. As a result, truck drivers resort to drastic measures to ensure that they meet their delivery deadlines. Many truck drivers choose to drive long hours, keeping sleep to a minimum in order to increase time spent on the road each day. However, sleep deprivation can significantly alter a person's judgment, and a person who is deprived of sleep should never drive any sort of vehicle when affected by it. Some drivers even resort to relying on medications and other substances to keep themselves awake and alert for driving. These substances can quickly cloud a driver's judgment, leading that driver to reckless behavior while on the road.
An equipment malfunction, such as a runaway trailer, can also lead to a New Jersey wrongful death accident involving a truck. Some trucking companies may fail to ensure that preventative maintenance is applied towards their trucks in order to, again, keep to deadlines. They instead opt for that time to be spent on the road because, if their trucks are not making deliveries, they are not making a profit. If trucking companies are taking time to instead repair their trucks, then those companies are spending their own money in the process. All too often, greed overrides safety until it's too late, and trucks that shouldn't be on the road are sent out on deliveries. These trucks are dangerous additions to the road, especially since they are capable of creating a much larger radius of catastrophe than typical, passenger cars can.
Truck accident wrongful deaths are extremely hard on any family. Lependorf & Silverstein New Jersey truck accident wrongful death lawyers realize that compensation cannot make up for the loss of a loved one, but also realize that that compensation can help bring down the cost of hospital expenses, funeral arrangements, and other financial matters that a grieving family has to deal with. Call us today for a free consultation.
If your loved one has died as the result of a serious truck accident in New Jersey, contact Lependorf & Silverstein today for a free consultation.