If you or a loved one suffered an accident with a UPS truck, you can pursue damages from UPS, but you’d be going up against their insurance provider or even their attorneys. They may not be willing to compensate you fairly.
Instead, the truck accident lawyers from Laborde Earles can seek your damages for you. One of our lawyers will negotiate your settlement on your behalf or, if necessary, sue UPS for a court verdict. If you consult with us, we’ll tell you about our 250 years of combined personal injury experience and explain what you can expect from your Alexandria UPS truck accident lawyer.
What Happens When a UPS Driver Gets Into an Accident?
If a delivery truck driver, like a UPS driver, causes an accident, the delivery truck company is likely liable for compensating the victim. So, in your case, UPS is likely liable for compensating you.
However, it isn’t necessarily that simple. Another party, like another driver, could be liable or share liability if they caused or contributed to the accident.
If you take on your case yourself, you’d have to identify the liable party and eventually prove their liability for your damages.
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What Damages Can I Get After an Alexandria UPS Truck Accident?
As a result of your accident, you likely have a number of economic and non-economic damages. In an insurance claim through UPS’s insurance provider or a lawsuit directly against UPS, you may be able to recover all of those damages.
If you take on your case yourself, you’d have to identify and estimate the worth of all of your damages, including intangible, non-economic damages that can be difficult for a claimant to identify. A personal injury lawyer from our firm can do all of that for you and pursue such damages as:
- Physical pain and suffering due to your injuries
- Disability, if applicable
- Disfigurement
- Mental anguish due to your injuries or the incident
- Emotional trauma
- Loss of consortium
- Lost income-earning ability/lost income while you’re recovering from your injuries
- Expenses for medical and related services
- Expenses for property repair, like the repair of your vehicle
- Wrongful death damages, like loss of familial support and lost family income, if a loved one lost their life in the accident
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Should I Hire an Alexandria UPS Truck Accident Lawyer?
You should consider hiring an accident lawyer from our firm. Your lawyer will take over your case from you so that you’ll be able to focus on other matters, like your recovery and your family. Your lawyer will manage every component of your case so that you won’t have to.
Establishing Liability
To identify the party or parties liable for compensating you, your lawyer will seek out evidence that indicates liability. For example, data from the UPS truck’s black box could indicate that UPS is liable, or footage from a traffic camera could indicate another driver caused the accident and is liable.
To prove liability, however, your lawyer may need additional evidence, like testimony from a truck accident reconstructionist. Your lawyer will also need to show each of the elements of negligence in your case. For example, your lawyer could show that the UPS driver breached their duty of care by driving recklessly on the road. Proving liability can be especially difficult and complicated for a claimant to do themselves.
Establishing Your Damages
Your lawyer can retrieve your financial documents and refer to your medical history in order to determine what some of your damages are. But to determine what all of your non-economic damages are, your lawyer can also evaluate your health and wellness or refer you to another professional who can. Your lawyer may be able to identify many non-economic damages you can claim.
Next, to establish your non-economic damages with UPS’s insurance company (or UPS’s attorneys and a judge), your lawyer will assign fair monetary values to these damages using a fair valuation method.
Resolving Your Case
Finally, your lawyer will negotiate with the insurance provider and possibly also the opposing attorneys in order to reach a fair settlement. If they aren’t willing to agree on one, your lawyer will threaten to sue UPS and possibly even the insurer.
If you and your lawyer decide to sue at any point in your case, your lawyer will take care of the entire litigation process for you. This includes preparing a lawsuit, serving it to UPS, taking the lawsuit to court, and resolving your case with a judge.
It can be really difficult for a claimant to sue or even negotiate with a major commercial entity like UPS. YYou can focus on your physical recovery while we handle the legal process.
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Our Alexandria Truck Accident Injury Lawyers
If you hire one of our firm’s accident attorneys, you’ll be able to rely on them to manage your case for you. Our firm has about a decade of experience with personal injury cases like yours, and our attorneys have more than 250 years of experience combined. This experience includes much courtroom experience, so your attorney will know how to manage your case and handle UPS in court if necessary.
Also, since we’re a client and family-oriented firm, you can also rely on us to do everything necessary in order to recover your due compensation for you. We won’t hesitate to take UPS to court if necessary. Over the years, our attorneys have recovered hundreds of millions for their clients and their families.
Additionally, since we’re members of the Alexandria community, we support various charitable community service activities. We’re committed to our community in many ways, such as by representing them in the face of large entities like UPS.
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Contact Us for Your UPS Truck Accident Lawyer in Alexandria, LA
If you or a loved one suffered an accident with a UPS truck, let our firm collect damages for you. One of our attorneys will negotiate with their insurer or sue UPS directly for you. Your attorney won’t back down from UPS and their representatives.
If you consult with us, we’ll tell you more about our team. And if you decide to hire a UPS truck accident attorney in Alexandria, LA, your attorney will work your case at no cost until and unless they recover compensation for you. To consult with us for free, contact Laborde Earles today.
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