Crush injuries are often discussed when considering the forces that caused them. In a truck accident, the discussion centers less on the instant the crush force was applied and more on what happened when it was removed. Unlike traumatic injuries that reach their maximum severity at the moment of impact, a crush injury may continue […]
One of the most unusual medical problems that can result from a catastrophic truck accident is a diffuse axonal injury, which can affect a person’s life long before it shows up in medical evidence. Family members may notice profound changes in the days after the accident. Employers may see a decline in performance. Friends may […]
Truck accidents in Pennsylvania and New Jersey generate some of the most severe traumatic brain injury claims. There is an enormous disparity in size and weight between commercial trucks and passenger vehicles. In a collision, there is a high energy transference often caused by violent acceleration, deceleration, rotational movement, compartment intrusion, and multiple occupant impacts. […]
In catastrophic truck accident litigation, there is one deceptively simple question that arises: What injuries did the collision cause? However, in cases with “secondary injuries,” that question does not resolve the most important causation dispute. Difficulty occurs when the plaintiff’s ultimate condition results from trauma sustained at impact or from a later period of physiological […]
Catastrophic truck accident litigation often involves individuals who have multiple injuries that do not operate independently. A plaintiff may sustain multiple fractures, internal organ damage, a severed limb, and psychological trauma during a truck collision. While each injury will be evaluated individually at the hospital, the court will ask how those injuries interact to produce […]