With New Jersey’s busy roads, you likely share highways with multiple trucks on your daily commute, but your life can change instantly when you get injured in an accident with these oversized vehicles. The damages you may suffer due to someone else’s negligence deserve compensation and determining how much you can recover can be challenging. Factors like the severity of your injuries, your earning capacity, emotional damages and long-term needs, as well as having a lawyer’s support, can help you better understand your claim’s value.
Our experienced, Spanish-speaking attorneys at Mandelbaum Barrett PC understand the complexities of truck accident claims and how to properly value your case for maximum compensation. With decades of experience handling commercial vehicle accidents throughout New Jersey with high-quality, personalized services, we’ve secured substantial settlements and verdicts for victims who suffered serious injuries.
5 Factors That Determine How Much Compensation You’ll Recover After a New Jersey Truck Accident
Every truck accident claim is different, so each has a unique value depending on the circumstances. Our seasoned lawyers consider every detail of your case when determining how much compensation you can recover after suffering injuries in a truck accident, including the following:
Severity of Injuries
Due to their size and weight, trucks often cause serious injuries that require extensive medical treatment. Therefore, the more severe your injuries, the more damages you may recover. We use your medical bills, invoices and receipts for your injuries to calculate these damages accurately.
Earning Capacity
Your injuries have left you temporarily or permanently out of work with no way to earn an income for you and your family, which can lead to instability. With our help building a strong claim, you may recover damages for your lost wages and the loss of earning capacity, which we calculate using your pay stubs and tax returns.
Emotional Impact
In addition to the physical impact of your injuries, they can also take an emotional toll, causing pain and suffering, reduced quality of life and mental anguish that requires counseling and therapy. With truck accidents, these emotional damages can be significant, so we can help you calculate their value and prove them in your claim.
Long-Term Needs
Your truck accident injuries may require ongoing medical treatment, therapy, caregiving services, home modifications, and assistive devices, like wheelchairs, which can add up quickly. We can help you consider all the future costs related to your injury and include them in your damages.
Modified Comparative Negligence
If you’re partially responsible for a truck accident, you may still recover damages thanks to New Jersey’s modified comparative negligence rule. With this system, each party involved in the crash receives a percentage of fault, which gets deducted from their total compensation. For instance, if you’re 20% responsible and your claim is worth $350,000, you’ll receive $280,000. However, drivers whose liability is over 50% responsible cannot collect any damages.
Comparative negligence allows you to receive compensation for your injuries even if you’re partially to blame for the truck accident, insurance companies use tactics to give you an unfair portion of the responsibility. With the help of the knowledgeable lawyers at Mandelbaum Barrett PC, you can better understand how comparative negligence may impact your damages and give you the best chance of achieving a fair settlement.
Seek Justice for Your Truck Accident Injuries With the Help of the Experienced Lawyers at Mandelbaum Barrett PC
When insurance adjusters call with lowball offers that don’t begin to cover your medical bills after a truck accident, you need advocates who understand the true value of your claim. At Mandelbaum Barrett PC, we’ve stood beside New Jersey truck accident victims for decades, building cases that account for every dollar you deserve — from today’s medical treatments to tomorrow’s therapy needs. Our attorneys have successfully challenged trucking companies’ defense tactics, uncovered critical evidence in driver logs, and negotiated settlements that reflect the life-altering impact of your injuries.
With decades of experience handling personal injury claims, our experienced attorneys include Certified Civil Trial Attorney Andrew Bronsnick and Co-Chair Joseph J. Peters. Each case we handle receives the personal attention of these senior attorneys, who have earned reputations for their meticulous case preparation and formidable courtroom advocacy. When you’re ready to discuss your truck accident claim, call our personal injury team at (973) 585-5100 or reach us through our contact form for a free consultation.