Massachusetts Personal Injury Library
Recovering From a Truck Accident (Part B)
Mental Health
While you are busy recovering from your physical injuries, don’t neglect your mental health. Truck accidents can cause profound emotional trauma, in addition to the physical pain they cause.
Accident victims can suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for years. Victims with this condition will have strong feelings of fear or uneasiness, especially when driving. Unlike normal feelings of fear, these feelings will not subside with time. To help you cope emotionally with the truck accident, join a support group for accident victims or see a psychologist who specializes in accident victims. It can also be helpful to talk to your family and friends about the truck accident.
The GiftFromWithin.org is an organization dedicated to helping victims of trauma, and they will link you with email pen-pals or support groups in your area. You can also locate a psychologist or therapist in Massachusetts at PsychologyToday.com.
Choosing the Right Truck Accident Attorney
If you decide to pursue a personal injury lawsuit, you will want to choose a personal injury lawyer that specializes in truck accidents in Massachusetts. Ideally, your injury attorney will have years of experience representing accident victims and getting high-dollar settlements from trucking companies.
Depending on the circumstances of your truck accident, you can:
- sue the driver,
- sue the trucking company or
- both.
Most lawsuits involving truck accidents center on negligence. Truck drivers can open themselves up to charges of negligence if they were speeding, driving recklessly, suffering from driver fatigue after being on the road for long hours, or driving under the influence.
Trucking companies can also be sued by truck accident victims if their actions contributed to the crash. If the trucking company did not perform adequate maintenance on their trucks, or if they encouraged their truckers to skirt work-hour regulations, they can also be sued.
What to Ask Your Personal Injury Lawyer
You wouldn’t want to give your Massachusetts accident case to just about anybody, would you? To avoid novice and inexperienced lawyers, look for indicators of expertise in your personal injury lawyer. It is ok to interview several attorneys and ask them questions like:
- How long have you been practicing personal injury law in Massachusetts?
- What is the largest settlement or verdict you have won for your clients?
- Do you have experience with truck accidents in Massachusetts?
Based on the answers to these questions you should have a clearer idea of the type of lawyer you are dealing with.
The personal injury lawyers at Kiley Law Group have a 30-year expertise in representing injured victims and winning 7-figure settlements in motor vehicle accidents in Massachusetts.
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