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    WINNING IS WHAT WE DO. CARING IS WHO WE ARE.
    Flora Templeton Stuart Accident Injury Lawyers, with offices in Bowling Green and across Kentucky, are available to meet on weekends and often travel to our injured clients in Kentucky and Tennessee when they cannot come to us. As local attorneys we provide personal representation for our clients who have been injured in vehicle collisions which includes car, commercial truck accidents, motorcycle collisions along with slip and falls and dog bite injuries.

    As a dedicated Kentucky personal injury lawyer, we never charge a fee unless we secure a settlement for our clients. For over forty-seven years, we have collected millions in injury claims, achieving the maximum recovery for our clients. You can call us 24/7, including weekends, for a free consultation without any charge or obligation. With conveniently located offices, we are just a call away.

     

    What We Will Do For You in a Drunk Driving Accident Claim
    After you or a loved one is injured in an accident, Flora Templeton Stuart and her team are ready to help.

    • Get our team of investigators to preserve evidence and get witness statements
    • Get you to good doctors for excellent medical treatment
    • Meet wiht you in our office or travel to you if you cannot come to us
    • Assist you in getting your car repaired or replaced
    • Reserve your PIP insurance benefits to pay your medical bills and lost wages
    • Negotiate with insurance companies to get you a top settlement

    With over forty seven years of experience representing clients in commercial and semi-truck accidents we have collected millions for our injured clients. These commercial cases are complex to obtain maximum recovery you need experience truck attorneys on your side.  We have offices in Bowling Green, Glasgow, Greenville and Hopkinsville.  As local attorneys we provide personal representation and if our clients cannot come to us we travel to them.  There is never a fee charged unless we obtain a settlement our clients deserve.  You can call us 24/7 for a free consultation.

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    Damages Available

    Full compensation could mean an award for each of your economic and noneconomic damages relating to the commercial truck accident. Your attorney can help you understand what types of damages you may be eligible to receive based on the specifics of your accident case. Although each claim is unique, state laws in Kentucky allow all truck accident victims to seek the same main categories of compensation.

    • Medical expenses: You could be eligible to receive an award for all past and future medical expenses related to your truck accident. This could include the costs of any surgeries, rehabilitation, hospital stays, treatments, medical devices, and medications.
    • Property damages: The trucking accident might have totaled your vehicle, for which you could receive a compensation award in the amount of the pre-accident value of the car. You could also recover costs for vehicle repairs in minor accidents.
    • Lost wages: If you had to miss work without pay because of your trucking accident, the defendant could owe you a compensation award for your lost income and missed earning opportunities. You could also recover an amount for lost future earning capacity if you suffered a permanent disability.
    • Pain and suffering: A noneconomic damage award could make up for intangible losses such as physical pain, mental distress, emotional anguish, post-traumatic stress, lost quality of life or the lost enjoyment of a loved one’s company.
    • Punitive damages: Some truck accident cases involving a defendant’s gross negligence or malicious intent to harm could receive punitive damages on top of compensatory ones. Punitive damages punish a defendant for especially wrongful acts.

    Kentucky does not impose a cap on any type of damages in personal injury or wrongful death claims. You could receive as much as your lawyer can claim on your behalf. However, a cap of $750,000 on non-economic damages exists in most personal injury lawsuits. A lawyer from Flora Templeton Stuart Accident Injury Lawyers can help you maximize your payout during a trucking accident claim using proven negotiation strategies.

    Trucking Company Negligence

    Many truck accident cases involve the negligence of the trucking company itself rather than a truck driver. The average trucking company oversees dozens of trucks and drivers, as well as operations such as cargo loading and ground traffic control. Trucking companies have many business responsibilities, including hiring reasonably safe drivers and properly training them. Negligence during hiring or training that ultimately leads to a truck accident could point to truck company liability.

    Another common mistake truck companies make is improper fleet maintenance. Big rigs require daily inspections and regular truck maintenance to operate safely and efficiently. Drivers must also conduct daily vehicle checks. Otherwise, trucks could experience serious equipment breakdowns that cause traffic accidents. Brakes going out or tire blowouts, for example, could make a truck driver lose control of the vehicle and crash. It is the truck company’s legal responsibility to properly maintain and repair its trucks.

    Improper load securement and lost cargo loads could also point to trucking company responsibility for an accident. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration enforces strict cargo securement laws all truck companies must obey. Finally, issues such as a trucking company pressuring its drivers to exceed maximum hours of service regulations could lead to liability for accidents. Truck companies can be negligent in many different ways that ultimately lead to accidents, often in the name of profitability. It is our mission to hold negligent trucking companies accountable for their actions.

    Wrongful Death Claims in Truck Accidents

    Truck accidents are often fatal for occupants in passenger vehicles. In 2017, 4,657 fatal accidents in the U.S. involved large trucks. Thousands of victims lose their lives in collisions with commercial trucks each year. If you lost someone close to you in a recent truck accident in Kentucky, hire a wrongful death attorney from the Law Firm of Flora Templeton Stuart for assistance with your claim. A civil lawsuit could bring justice to your deceased loved one, as well as lead to compensation for your damages.

    In both Kentucky, you have one year from the date of your loved one’s death to file a wrongful death claim. You may have grounds for a wrongful death claim if someone else – such as a truck driver or trucking company – negligently or recklessly caused your loved one’s fatal injury. Many fatal truck accidents give surviving loved one’s grounds to bring wrongful death lawsuits against the trucking company and/or other parties. You must be a relative or a representative of the deceased person’s estate for the right to file.

    A successful wrongful death claim could benefit your family in many ways. First, it could bring you much-needed closure, justice, and peace of mind. It could prove the trucking company or another party was negligent, and that this is what caused your loved one’s fatal accident. Second, a successful suit could force the trucking company to improve its safety protocols, potentially preventing future truck accidents. Third, it could end in compensation for your damages. Your family could receive an award for pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of consortium, funeral costs and more. Speak to a Bowling Green personal injury lawyer to find out if you have the power to bring a wrongful death lawsuit today.

    TOP CAUSES OF TRUCK ACCIDENTS IN KENTUCKY

    he top ten driver contributing factors in the 9,137 truck accidents for 2017 were reported by the Kentucky Transportation Center and are as follows:

    Driver Contributing Factor Number of Accidents         Fatal Crashes
    1.      Driver Inattention 3,275         17
    2.      Misjudging Clearance 1591         0
    3.      Not Under Proper Control 1275         26
    4.      Failed to Yield Right of Way 818         10
    5.      Following Too Close 396         0
    6.      Distraction 323         3
    7.      Too Fast for Conditions 207         6
    8.      Disregard Traffic Control 193         7
    9.      Improper Backing 176         0
    10.  Overcorrecting/Oversteering 175         5

    Other notable factors that are not listed, but are contributors to fatal accidents include alcohol or drug involvement and exceeding the speed limit.

    The leading third-party causes of truck accidents in Kentucky, not involving driver error are:

    Contributing Vehicular Factors Number of Accidents
    1.      Load Securement 146
    2.      Tire Failure 107
    3.      Defective Brakes 64
    4.      Oversized Load 47
    5.      Tow Hitch Failure 43
    6.      Lighting Defects 21
    7.      Steering Failure 17
    8.      Overload / Improper Load 7
    9.      Defective Headlights 1
    10.  Other 298