Sharing the road with trucks is a situation that is often fraught with danger.

What are you, as a responsible and law-abiding driver, supposed to do to keep yourself and your family safe from such carelessness?

What should you do if the unthinkable happens and you are involved in a serious truck accident, especially a collision that involves a catastrophic injury?

* Truck Accident Attorney - You Can Fight Back

You need the services of a truck accident attorney experienced in fighting the insurance and trucking companies.

Those big companies fight tirelessly to place the blame on the innocent driver and attack your injuries and medical treatment as unnecessary or unreasonable.

While this sounds ridiculous, it happens in virtually every truck accident case - given the amount of money at risk.

If you are in a Washington truck accident, it is important that you do everything you can to document the events surrounding the accident.

Your observations, photos, relevant eyewitness accounts, doctor diagnosis, and more are essential elements of your truck accident claim.

This information, and your participation in your case with your truck accident attorney, greatly assists us in obtaining the maximum settlement you are entitled to under Washington law.

* Our Truck Accident Lawyers - What We Do

Traffic accidents involving trucks that hit passenger vehicles or motorcycles can cause catastrophic injuries.

Unfortunately, a case involving a truck is not simply a big automobile accident.

Truck accident lawyers have to fight highly complex cases that involve a web of state, federal, and sometimes international regulations. This requires a lawyer with extensive experience in this area.

Our Washington truck accident lawyers from Foster Law Offices take great pride in holding insurance and trucking companies responsible to the greatest degree available under the law for the careless and reckless actions that truck drivers regularly demonstrate on our Washington roadways.

It takes considerable knowledge and resources to adequately investigate and prepare a truck accident case to ensure that the victims' rights are protected and the maximum settlement is obtained for the innocent victim.

Insurance companies may attempt to deny coverage for an accident, so it is important to have experienced legal representation. In Washington, a truck accident attorney at Foster Law Offices can investigate your case and help recover the compensation in which you are entitled to under Washington law.

Tractor-trailer or semi-truck accidents, and commercial truck accidents in general, can be more complicated than car accidents. Sometimes the victim of a truck driver's negligence can sue the individual driver as well as the trucking company, the owner of the trailer or even the owner of the load being carried by the truck. Numerous defendants and insurance carriers might be involved.

Washington, as well as the United States government has special laws that apply to trucks. Our truck accident lawyers know those laws, and how to use them to defend and protect you.

These laws limit the number of hours a driver can drive without resting, the weight of the load being carried, the lanes a truck may lawfully travel on certain roadways and virtually every aspect of trucking.

Frequently, the violation of these laws is the reason that the accident occurred.

Our experienced truck accident lawyers know how to work with truck experts to get to the facts of each accident that are necessary for you to win.

* Reasons for Truck Accidents - Why They Are Dangerous

There are many different reasons for accidents involving large trucks include negligence on the part of the truck driver or the other vehicles involved.

Others include:

• Aggressive drivers
• Unrealistic schedules
• Failure to inspect tires, brakes and lights
• Tailgating
• Long work-shifts
• Driver fatigue
• Cell phone use
• Failure to install blind spot mirrors
• Jackknifing
• Speeding and ignoring reduced truck speed limit

An 18-wheeler truck traveling at 70 miles per hour has twice as much energy and force as one traveling at 50 mph.

In addition, automobiles are designed under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards to encounter like size vehicles, not 80,000 pound trucks.

Added hazards include the absence of rear and side bumpers and high front bumpers that punch into automobile passenger compartments. Together, these factors account for the high percentage of serious injuries and deaths in these crashes.

* Truck Accident Lawyers - Contact Information

Our truck accident lawyers represent injured victims in truck-related personal injury claims against insurance companies and the large corporations that operate tractor-trailer, semi-truck and commercial trucks. We know how to maximize results on behalf of our injured clients.

If you are injured in a truck accident of any kind, we can assist you in receiving compensation for your injuries, lost wages and related damages. We always handle truck accident personal injury cases on a contingent fee basis, so no matter how complex the case becomes, there is no fee unless we recover money for you.

To discuss your case with an experienced truck accident attorney at Foster Law Offices, or to inquire about your legal rights associated with your truck accident please contact us to schedule a free consultation.