Given its proximity to Dallas, Garland sees much more commercial truck traffic than many other parts of Texas. Unfortunately, that means there are many more opportunities for negligent truck drivers to cause serious injuries to Garland residents through traffic accidents. Injuries from semi-truck crashes often have expensive, debilitating, and life-altering repercussions.
What Damages Could Be Recoverable?
The average tractor-trailer outweighs the average commuter car by tens of thousands of pounds. This means that any impact between the two types of vehicles will invariably have much worse consequences for the smaller vehicle. Truck accident victims may be lucky only to suffer injuries like broken bones or soft-tissue damage that they can heal entirely from with months of treatment and therapy. However, in many other scenarios, wrecks of this nature cause permanent, debilitating, and potentially fatal harm. With all this in mind, accounting for future adverse effects of a collision can be especially important when building a civil claim based on a truck crash.
