ATS is one of the largest trucking companies in the United States. Its drivers should receive the training they need to safely operate big rigs on Indiana roadways. Unfortunately, many truck drivers lose focus, lose control, and endanger Hoosiers like you. How can you get back on your feet after a collision? Our Indiana ATS truck accident lawyers can help.
Vaughan & Vaughan brings over 110 years of legal experience to your fight for truck accident compensation. Our Indiana truck accident lawyers are here to help you hold the right parties financially responsible for your losses. Your personal injury claim can secure the settlement you need to pay your bills.
Don’t let your case’s personal injury statute of limitations expire. It’s time to take action against ATS.
Who Can Indiana ATS Truck Accident Lawyers Hold Responsible for Your Losses?
Your right to hold certain parties financially responsible for a truck accident depends on what evidence of negligence you have on hand. Your Indiana personal injury lawyer can help you gather physical debris, video footage, photos, and black box data to lay the foundation of your case. That same evidence can help you argue for loss-based compensation.
However, the evidence doesn’t make up the whole story after a truck accident. Contracts and comparative negligence can also impact your fight to recover. That combination of forces can help you hold parties like the following responsible for your recovery:
ATS
ATS may hire some of its truck drivers to work as employees under the corporate banner. If you get into an accident with an ATS driver who works as an employee, you may have the right to sue the corporation for the damages you deserve.
You can work with our ATS truck accident lawyers in Indiana to assess a driver’s contract and address your personal injury claim to the right party. We can supply Indiana’s civil courts with the evidence needed to establish your right to sue the corporation. We can then represent you in conversations with ATS’s legal team.
You don’t have to let ATS’s reach intimidate you. Like most corporations, there’s a chance ATS will prefer to settle your case out of court. Our representation can prevent the company from minimizing your losses, getting rid of essential black box data, or otherwise complicating your recovery.
Independent Contractors
Most trucking companies want to protect themselves from the fallout of a serious accident. That’s why many prefer to work with independent contractors. Independent contractors view corporations like ATS as clients, not employers. As such, independent truck drivers have to take responsibility for their own accidents. They can’t rely on their clients to take the blame.
Suing an independent contractor is essentially identical to suing a private citizen. Our team can represent you throughout settlement negotiations with an independent contractor, or we can take your case to court. We can take steps to make your experience within the civil system straightforward and calm, especially if you’re seriously injured.
Your Case Will Get
The Attention It Deserves
When Should You File a Truck Accident Claim?
If you want to hold ATS or another party financially responsible for your recent accident, make sure you take action before Indiana’s personal injury statute of limitations expires. Ind. Code § 34-11-2-4(a)(1) allows Hoosiers like you to take up to two years to find the evidence needed to make a case against a negligent party.
Your claim must make it to appropriate civil representatives before the second anniversary of your accident. You cannot file your claim after your personal injury statute of limitations expires, barring certain exceptions.
That’s why our ATS truck accident lawyers in Indiana want to start working with you immediately following your collision. The sooner we start investigating your losses, the sooner we can file your claim.
Should You File an Insurance Claim?
You have as much of a right to pursue an insurance claim against ATS as you do a personal injury claim. However, insurance claims require you to work with insurance claims adjusters. Adjusters have a whole playbook that they can use to minimize your accident settlement, and they’ll use those tactics indiscriminately.
If you want to stay one step ahead of an insurance adjuster’s bad-faith tactics, we recommend that you ask an Indiana truck accident attorney to represent you. Our team can meet with an insurance claims adjuster on your behalf, emphasize the reality of your losses, and make sure an insurance company takes your losses seriously.
There is no fee
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How to Hold Third Parties Responsible for an Accident
Indiana’s comparative negligence policy states that so long as you’re less than 50% responsible for an ATS truck accident, you can sue the other parties involved for damages. If another driver swerves, forces a truck to veer into your lane, and causes your accident, our team can break down fault between all of the parties involved.
We can then hold those independent parties accountable for the percentage of fault they contributed to your accident.
Book a Free Case Consultation With Vaughan & Vaughan Today
You don’t have to let concerns about the cost of legal representation stand between you and the truck accident settlement you deserve. Our ATS truck accident attorneys in Indiana want to make it as easy as possible for you to get back on your feet. That’s why we offer you a case consultation free of charge.
You can meet with our team today to learn more about our services and the steps we’ll take to prioritize your fight for financial support. Your consultation does not obligate you to take your case to civil court or work with our team. What’s more, we work on a contingency fee, meaning you won’t have to pay a deposit to kickstart your case.
Vaughan & Vaughan takes pride in making its legal services financially accessible for all Hoosiers. Don’t let a company like ATS intimidate you–you deserve compensation for your truck accident losses. We can work together to put money in your hands.
