Utility Truck Accident

Utility trucks are heavy-duty vehicles for a specific purpose as designated by a local municipality for various services, such as cable trucks, dumpster trucks, lawn maintenance trucks, and the like. Just like any other type of car, they still pose a risk to others, especially given their large weight driving around suburbian and residential areas. If you or a loved one has been in a utility truck accident, contact us for a free consultation to see if you may be entitled to compensation.

What kind of accidents or injuries can result?

Firstly, utility truck accidents can happen in the same way as any other type of motor vehicle accident. That would be by drunk driving, fatigued driving, distractions, failure to follow traffic lights, failure to follow traffic signs, and more. However, the car that the utility truck gets in a collision with will almost certainly experience more damage due to the much greater weight of the truck. These accidents can result in anything from minor bruising and some scrapes to death.

Another type of accident is if the utility truck driver is inexperienced, unqualified, or poorly trained. Utility truck drivers require certain training to be able to safely operate the truck. When they do not have one of these requirements, the truck may make too sharp of a turn causing a rollover accident or another type of preventable accident that can occur due to the driver’s lack of knowledge. These injuries can also range and be very severe. They may include bruising, broken bones, fractures, whiplash, concussions, neck or back injuries, or death.

It is imperative that utility trucks are regularly maintained and inspected to ensure that they are as safe as possible and no parts are defective or malfunctioning. If it does malfunction due to a lack of inspection by the truck’s company, then the injuries can be devastating and cause you to lose control of the vehicle – the same goes for an inherent defect in the truck.

Who is liable?

These cases are based on negligence, which is determined by finding if the other party owed you a duty of care, breached that duty of care, your injuries directly resulted from their actions, and you suffered actual damages and losses.

If the accident was a motor vehicle collision with any other type of vehicle, then liability would fall on whichever party was behaving against the law and failing to follow traffic laws and rules of the road. Your attorney can use their ample resources to investigate the accident and determine this answer for you. If the accident was due to driver inexperience or poor training, the employer may be liable for the negligent hiring of an unqualified worker. This is because it is the employer that is putting the rest of the drivers on the road in danger by sending his or her driver out on the truck. If the truck has a defective part, the auto manufacturer or product manufacturer can be held liable under product liability laws. The manufacturer would be responsible for releasing a defective and potentially dangerous product to the public. If the accident was due to a lack of proper maintenance and inspection, the employer can be held liable, once more, since that is their duty to provide a safe working environment for their employees. Ultimately, failing to do so is negligent and so leaves them liable for the accident.

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