Buffalo Truck Accident Attorney

Looney Injury Law Will Fight to Protect Your Future

When a tractor trailer, semi-truck or 18-wheeler collides with a passenger vehicle, the results are almost always catastrophic. Because trucks are so much larger and weigh more than passenger vehicles, injuries suffered in truck accidents are almost always severe, many are even fatal. If you or someone you know was injured or killed in a truck accident, you need an experienced truck accident attorney who can protect your rights and fight for the compensation you deserve.

Obtaining compensation for injuries suffered in a truck accident is notoriously complex and would be very difficult without assistance from an experienced truck accident attorney. In many cases, multiple parties share responsibility for causing a truck accident. In addition, complex federal and state laws regulate the trucking industry. An accident injury attorney can navigate these laws to help identify who was at fault for causing the accident and hold them responsible for the harm they caused.

Buffalo truck accident attorney John Looney has dedicated his career to representing people who were injured and the families of people who were killed because of someone else’s negligence. He is a talented and sought-after accident attorney who has earned a reputation for obtaining outstanding results for his clients. As a result of his past successes, Attorney Looney has been named a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is limited to lawyers who have obtained verdicts or settlements of one million dollars or more on behalf of their clients. Since 2014, he has been selected to New York Super Lawyers based on a rigorous selection process that takes into account peer recognition, professional achievement, and other factors.

If you or someone you know was injured or killed in a Buffalo trucking accident, Looney Injury Law can help. We are committed to providing honest, forthright, and aggressive legal representation to injured people and their families, and we will fight for the compensation you deserve.

Why You Need a Truck Accident Attorney

Truck accidents are significantly more complicated than crashes involving passenger vehicles. When a truck accident causes injuries, the truck driver, the trucking company, the truck manufacturer, shippers, brokers, loaders, and maintenance providers could all share responsibility for causing the crash. Each of these companies is backed by a large commercial insurance policy and a team of lawyers who will work tirelessly to ensure their client is not found liable for causing your injuries. To level the playing field, you need an experienced truck accident lawyer who understands truck accident injury law, will not back down, and has a reputation for obtaining superior results.

Identify All Responsible Parties

In many truck accident injuries claims, the driver is usually the one responsible for causing the crash. However, other factors may have contributed to the crash, and it is important to identify all the parties who could be responsible.

In many truck accidents, the driver’s employer may share responsibility for contributing to the cause of the crash. In addition, shippers, brokers, loaders, maintenance providers, and others could also be responsible for causing a truck accident. An experienced truck accident attorney can uncover the relationships between these companies and hold the proper parties accountable to ensure you and your family receive the compensation you deserve.

Use Federal Regulations to Prove Liability

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulates the trucking industry and enforces rules intended to improve trucking safety across the country. When truck drivers and trucking companies violate these regulations, they put other drivers at risk. A truck accident attorney can use these rules to prove who was at fault for causing the crash and obtain the compensation you and your family deserve.

Request and Analyze “Black Box” Data to Help Prove Your Case

Modern tractor trailers and semi-trucks are equipped with “black box” recording devices that track information about the truck’s movement and the driver’s behavior in the hours, minutes, and seconds leading up to a truck accident. There are two primary types of trucking “black boxes.”

• An Event Data Recorder (EDR) records technical information about the truck in the seconds before a crash.
• An Electronic Logging Device (ELD) records information about the driver’s activities and can be used to prove violations of federal regulations.

A truck accident injury lawyer can request and analyze this black box data to better understand the cause of the truck accident and prove who was at fault for causing the crash.

Act Quickly: Hire a Truck Accident Attorney to Protect Your Rights

If you or someone you know was injured or killed in a truck accident, you and your family may be entitled to compensation. But you must act quickly to protect your rights. Preserving evidence is crucial to success in a truck accident injury claim. Unless your truck accident attorney acts quickly to preserve this crucial evidence, it could be destroyed or lost.

Looney Injury Law can take steps to ensure crucial evidence is preserved. We also have a network of accident reconstruction experts who can inspect the vehicles, analyze black box data, and evaluate skid marks, the position of the vehicles after the crash, roadside debris, and other evidence to establish the cause of the accident.