Pennsylvania Truck Accident Investigation, Preserve Evidence Attorney
Lancaster Lawyer Recommends Prompt, Timely and Thorough Truck Accident Investigations
As an experienced truck accident law firm, Mikus Law Associates, P.C., understands that in the aftermath of a devastating truck accident the accident victim and the family must deal with many pressing matters. There is a strong temptation to put off contacting an attorney, even one who specializes in truck accident cases.
After a Truck Accident, a Trucking Company and Insurers Investigate Immediately
Keep in mind that the trucking company and its insurance carriers will begin investigating the accident within minutes after the dispatcher is notified by a CB message or cell phone call that their truck or truck driver has been involved in an accident. Those who investigate truck accidents on behalf of trucking companies and their insurance carriers are usually well qualified and very experienced. However, their mission is to minimize the responsibility of the trucking company and/or truck driver for the accident.
You Deserve a Fair Fight to Protect Your Rights
Contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation. As a truck accident victim, you deserve a full investigation by an independent multi-disciplinary truck accident investigation team. One call to Mikus Law Associates can make that happen. We advance all of the costs of investigating the accident (as well as all costs of preparing your case for settlement negotiations and trial). You are not responsible for any of those costs until we obtain a recovery for you.
Engineer-Attorney Kent Mikus Explores Every Angle of a Truck Accident
In concert with the truck accident investigation team, the truck accident attorneys at Mikus Law Associates investigate the many causes of truck accidents and explore the potential for recovery from each of the people and companies who may be responsible for the truck accident.
Preserving Evidence
At Mikus Law Associates, our lawyers and staff work closely with the accident investigation team to preserve and obtain the evidence that will support your claim, including:
- Photographing, videotaping and digitally surveying the accident scene (including the location of debris from the accident) to preserve the information that is necessary to reconstruct how the accident happened;
- Photographing, videotaping and taking digital crush measurements of all of the vehicles involved in the crash;
- Documenting and evaluating the road, lighting and weather conditions that existed at the time of the crash;
- Talking with all of the investigating police officers (not just the officer in charge of the “accident reconstruction”);
- Identifying and interviewing all witnesses to document what they know before their memories fade;
- Obtaining court orders to prevent trucking companies from destroying or concealing evidence, such as evidence from truck inspections, driver log books and Electronic Data Recorders (“black boxes” that monitor and record vehicle location and speed and various engine data.);
- Recovering cell phone records, text messages and email messages to evaluate driver conduct;
- Obtaining receipts for meals, fuel purchases, tolls, and hotels/motels to determine when the truck and driver were at various locations, allowing us to calculate speeds evaluate driver fatigue.
The sooner you contact the truck accident attorneys at Mikus Law Associates, the more likely it will be that we can document and preserve critical information before it disappears, witnesses become unavailable, memories fade, or road conditions change.
