Who is Liable in a Truck Accident in Virginia?

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So in truck accident cases, which often result in more serious injuries like broken bones and traumatic brain injuries, you’ll find that there can be various defendants. So there’s the truck driver himself, but typically we don’t want to so much blame that person who’s just doing their job– maybe poorly, but just doing their job. We want to bring it to the corporate level and explain how the trucking company put that driver in a dangerous condition and endangered everybody, including the public. And so we really search hard to find all the right defendants. It could include shippers; it could include the direct employer of the worker, or the driver. And so there’s often various levels. And then you’re also trying to accumulate more insurance and make sure there’s enough insurance to cover the injury that’s been caused. [jingle] No need to worry, Call Cooper Hurley. The Car Crash Experts. 333-3333.

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