Our Indianapolis truck accident lawyers do not base the value of your possible collision settlement on the average value of settlements for truck accidents in Indiana. There are too many factors that go into each truck accident to accurately establish a statewide estimate.
Truck accidents in Indiana can be worth nothing, if you are at fault, but they can be worth many millions if you are not at fault and seriously injured.
So, how can you determine the value of your settlement if you take legal action against the driver, company, or third party responsible for your recent truck accident? You can work with our attorneys to determine the value of your economic and non-economic losses. Our calculations can help you fight for the accident support you need to recover.
How to Get the Settlement You Deserve After a Truck Accident
Most truck accident survivors want to file insurance claims with negligent drivers’ providers immediately following a collision. While this isn’t a bad idea, filing an insurance claim won’t always get you the comprehensive support you need to recover from your losses. In fact, most insurance companies will go to extremes to deny your claim or minimize your losses.
If you’re struggling to negotiate for a fair truck accident settlement with an Indiana insurance provider, don’t panic. You retain the right to sue the party liable for your losses, be that a corporation, trucking agency, independent contractor, or third party. You can work with an Indianapolis personal injury lawyer to compile and file your claim.
Personal injury claims allow you to recover damages based on your economic and non-economic truck accident losses. Insurance claims primarily allow you to recover damages based on your economic losses. You can discuss the differences between an insurance and personal injury claim in more detail during a free case consultation with our team.
When to Contact an Indianapolis Truck Accident Lawyer
If you want to figure out what the average settlement for a truck accident like yours is, we recommend you get in touch with an experienced Indianapolis truck accident lawyer sooner rather than later. While, again, there’s no “average” settlement amount that we can pull from, we can assess your specific circumstances and estimate your case’s value accordingly.
Moreover, we can help you take legal action against bad actors before Indiana’s IC 34-11-2-4 statute of limitations expires. The statute of limitations gives you no more than two years to file a claim against the party responsible for your losses. If you miss your deadline, you may waive your right to accident compensation, no matter who’s at fault for your accident.
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How to Calculate the Value of Your Desired Truck Accident Settlement
When it comes time to calculate the value of your settlement for a truck accident in Indiana, our team will account for the economic and non-economic expenses you sustained due to someone else’s unchecked negligence.
The most common economic losses to appear in truck accident claims include the ones that generate invoices or bills directly related to injuries and property damage. You can also use pay stubs to prove that you’ve lost wages as a result of mandatory time away from work.
Your non-economic losses may not generate invoices, but they do have a concrete economic impact on your life. You have the right to request compensation for your reduced quality of life, stress, and emotional distress so long as you can tie these emotional states–and their economic impact–back to your collision.
How to Prove Your Right to a Truck Accident Settlement
Arguing for a truck accident settlement requires you to submit enough proof of negligence to Indiana’s civil courts to meet or exceed the state’s burden of proof. In other words, you need a wide array of data points when arguing that someone else:
- Behaved negligently on the road
- Caused your accident
- Caused you economic distress
Our Indianapolis truck accident attorneys can connect you with investigators who can gather essential forms of evidence on your behalf. While you prioritize your recovery, our investigators can meet with witnesses, reach out to expert witnesses, and secure forensic evidence at the accident scene.
We can also fight back if insurance companies or trucking agencies try to deny you access to a truck’s black box. Black boxes can be the greatest sources of data in the average truck accident case. If we can preserve your access to a damaged truck’s black box data, we can more easily argue for your right to fair truck accident damages.
How to Fight for Your Truck Accident Settlement
Should you file a personal injury claim after a truck accident, you can fight for the settlement you deserve using a few different means. Filing a personal injury claim against a trucking company, driver, or another negligent party doesn’t lock you into a civil lawsuit.
While you can commit to a civil trial and the benefit of judicial oversight, you also have the right to request that a liable party meet with you for settlement negotiations. Settlement negotiations put you in control of conversations surrounding your losses and your right to applicable compensation.
Settlement negotiations work best when a liable party acknowledges that their negligence contributed to your accident. If you can’t get a liable party to recognize the severity of your accident, or if you can’t agree on the settlement you deserve, you may forgo negotiations in favor of a traditional truck accident trial.
Let’s Discuss Your Right to Truck Accident Compensation Today
Determining the average settlement for a truck accident in Indiana is an exercise in futility. No two truck accidents look alike. The settlement you receive for a truck accident may significantly differ from the settlement someone else received two, four, or even ten years ago.
Fortunately, our truck accident lawyers in Indianapolis know how to account for the distinctions between truck accident cases. We don’t rely on a pre-established average to determine the value of your case. Instead, we individually calculate the value of the losses you sustained due to someone else’s negligence.
Are you ready to get the compensation you deserve from a negligent truck driver? Don’t let your right to fight for support expire. You can book a free case consultation with our attorneys today.
