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With over 20 years of experience, Nagle & Associates, P.A. are your trusted, aggressive personal injury attorneys serving the entire state of North Carolina.
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Truck Accident Injury Attorneys in Pinehurst, NC
A crash with a tractor-trailer or commercial truck is rarely a simple case. Trucking companies have insurers and lawyers involved within hours of a wreck, working to limit what they pay before you even know the full extent of your injuries. Nagle & Associates is North Carolina's only law firm that handles exclusively motor vehicle accident cases. We turn away or refer out every other type of personal injury matter, concentrating all of our attention on roadway crash claims. See why Pinehurst clients choose our firm. Our Pinehurst office, at 7780 Brier Creek Pkwy, represents drivers, passengers, and families throughout the Triangle who have been seriously injured or lost a loved one in a truck accident.
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Carl’s Truck Crash Experience
Before dedicating his career solely to assisting NC crash victims, Carl Nagle worked in the insurance industry. Before law school, he was a claims adjuster for Progressive Insurance. During this time, he worked standard auto claims and he was also an on-call adjuster for the Commercial Lines Division. He handled truck accident cases as an adjuster for the other side. On-call adjusters were available all hours, and were rushed to the scene after a serious truck crash was reported. Carl warnes truck crash victims that “claims adjusters in these cases begin from the first moments looking for ways to defeat or minimize victims’ claims, even in cases involving catastrophic injuries”.
After law school, Carl worked as an insurance defense lawyer. In this role, he defended at-fault drivers and their insurance carriers in court. He worked several truck accident cases from the other side, and he knows the insurance carriers’ playbook. He also knows how to build the strongest case for truck accident victims, how to unlock multiple insurance policies and fund sources, and how to motivate the truck driver and his/her legal and insurance representative to pay maximum value for truck accident injury claims.
Why Truck Accident Cases Are Different
Truck accidents are rarely as simple as two drivers and two insurance policies. Commercial trucks are governed by federal safety regulations covering driver hours of service, vehicle maintenance, and cargo loading, and a violation of any of these federal safety rules can be powerful evidence in your case. Trucks also carry electronic control modules, often referred to as “a black box”, that record speed, braking, and other data in the moments before and during a crash. That data can disappear or be overwritten if it is not preserved quickly, which is why an early investigation matters in a truck accident claim in a way it often does not in an ordinary car accident case.
Truck accident cases are typically higher value cases. A loaded tractor-trailer weighs 80,000 lbs., and when these huge vehicles strike an ordinary car, resulting injuries are typically severe and life changing. Also, unlike typical car crash cases with lower-limit auto policies, trucks often have $1 million or more in coverage to pay victims’ claims. With so much money at stake, the best adjusters are assigned in these cases and they fight truck crash injury claims aggressively. We stand ready to fight back and win these cases. With severe injuries, it is also essential to carefully develop all medical evidence to ensure the highest possible tax-free settlement for the crash victim.
Finding Every Layer of Coverage
Carl Nagle's insurance background and coverage knowledge helps our firm uncover all at-fault parties and multiple hidden coverage layers, including umbrella, excess liability, commercial, and underinsured motorist policies, to expand the money available for our client. Commercial trucking policies are often written in layers, with a primary policy followed by excess or umbrella coverage that only applies once the primary limits are exhausted. Insurance companies rarely volunteer that this additional coverage exists. Because Carl spent years on the inside of the insurance industry, he knows where to look for these additional policies and how to make sure every funding source is identified and pursued on your behalf.
State and Federal Court Experience
Our firm practices in both state and federal court, appearing in federal court frequently for tractor-trailer and trucking cases, with the same reduced fee structure. Many serious truck accident claims end up in federal court because the trucking company is based out of state or because the case involves federal trucking regulations. Not every personal injury firm is comfortable litigating in federal court. Also, most cases settle and some of these cases are litigated in state court in our client’s home county. We choose the venue that promises the best results. Our Pinehurst area truck accident clients pay the same 25% contingency fee that we offer in standard auto accident cases. This is the lowest legal fee for crash victims in NC. We are not a discount firm. Rather, due to our success in large loss cases, we are able to offer a better fee structure for our clients.
Identifying Every Responsible Party
The firm identifies and pursues every responsible party, including at-fault drivers' employers, product manufacturers in defect cases, and careless freight brokers who hire careless truckers to transport heavy & dangerous cargo. Truck accident liability rarely stops with the driver. The trucking company may be liable for negligent hiring, inadequate training, or pressuring a driver to exceed legal hours of service. Shippers may be liable for failing to properly secure loose cargo. A parts manufacturer may share liability if a brake or tire failure contributed to the crash. Identifying and pursuing every party who bears responsibility is often what separates a full recovery from a settlement that only covers a fraction of what a Pinehurst area truck crash victim actually needs.
Trucking Routes Through the Pinehurst Area
Pinehurst sits at the intersection of major freight corridors, including I-40, I-440, and I-540, all of which carry heavy commercial truck traffic through Wake County every day. Interchanges near RDU, the industrial areas along Capital Blvd, and the stretch of I-40 connecting Pinehurst to Durham and the rest of the Triangle see a steady flow of tractor-trailers, box trucks, and delivery vehicles. A fully loaded truck can weigh twenty times more than a passenger car, and a crash involving one often results in catastrophic injury or death. If you or a family member was hurt by a commercial truck anywhere in the Pinehurst area, our office is ready to investigate the crash immediately and help you take full control of your legal case.
A Lower Fee on Every Truck Accident Case
The firm's contingency fee is 25% of settlement, compared with the 33.3% most personal injury firms charge, so clients keep 75% of every settlement dollar instead of about 66%. Truck accident cases often involve large settlements because of the severity of the injuries involved, which makes the difference between a 25% and 33.3% fee especially significant for Pinehurst tractor-trailer accident victims. See a full breakdown of our fees.
Frequently Asked Questions
It depends on the facts of the crash, but potential responsible parties can include the truck driver, the trucking company that employs the driver, the company that owns the trailer or cargo, a maintenance contractor, or a parts manufacturer if a defect contributed to the crash. Learn more about how we handle truck accident cases statewide. Our investigation identifies every party who may be legally responsible so that no available source of compensation is left unpursued.
Trucking companies are only required to keep certain records, including electronic logging data and maintenance records, for a limited period of time. Some of this evidence can be lost or overwritten if it is not requested promptly. An early investigation gives your attorney the best chance of securing the driver's hours-of-service records, black box data, and other evidence before it disappears.
Some do. Cases can end up in federal court when the trucking company or driver is based outside North Carolina, among other jurisdictional reasons. Our firm handles cases in both North Carolina state courts and federal court, so you do not need a separate attorney if your case is filed in federal court.
North Carolina follows a strict contributory negligence rule. If you are found even 1% at fault for the crash, you can be barred from recovering anything. This is especially important in truck accident cases, where the trucking company's insurer will often look for any way to shift blame onto the smaller vehicle involved.
Nothing up front. The firm's contingency fee is 25% of settlement, and you owe us nothing unless and until we recover money for you. If your injuries make it difficult to travel, we also offer free home visits to help get your case started..
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