South Carolina Trucking Accidents

Truck accidents on South Carolina highways can be deadly.  Tractor trailers cause about 500,000 of the accidents that occur each year.  While the average car on the road weighs approximately 3,000 pounds, tractor trailers and their cargo can weigh in as heavy as  80,000 pounds.

When you combine the sheer size of an eighteen wheeler truck and negligent driving due to poor training or overworked drivers, trucking accidents happen.   Wrecks can be catastrophic, leaving a victim with serious injuries, and even leading to wrongful death.

South Carolina Tractor Trailer Lawsuits

If you or a loved one are injured or killed as a result of a tractor trailer accident, it is important to contact an experienced attorney as soon as possible.

You can rest assured that immediately after an accident, the trucking company will send its attorney to the scene. You need to have the same competent representation.  While we cannot reverse your current situation, we can hold the tractor trailer company as well as the driver responsible for their actions and obtain the recovery and compensation that you deserve.

After being retained, Strom Law Firm’s South Carolina trucking accident attorneys will carefully analyze all aspects of the sequence of events, road conditions, and mechanical factors which led to the collision.

If retained early enough, Strom Law Firm will report to the scene of the 18 wheeler accident with an expert in accident reconstruction to help understand the accident scene. Often, Strom Law Firm, LLC  finds that the accident report fails to correspond with the true events and conditions that lead to the wreck.

The amount of compensation that a person injured or killed in a semi truck accident, car-truck accident, or trailer disconnect accident receives depends upon several facts, including the financial losses, medical expenses, pain and suffering, and loss of quality of life.

Typical causes of truck accidents include:

• Careless or reckless driving by the truck driver
• Truck drivers impaired by alcohol, controlled substances, or over the counter medications
• Driver fatigue
• Failing to abide by and federal regulation

The South Carolina accident, injury and wrongful death attorneys at The Strom Law Firm, LLC welcome the opportunity for a no cost consultation to discuss the facts of your case.  We have the experience and the resources necessary to establish your claim for damages. Contact our South Carolina tractor trailer attorneys today for a free consultation.