St. Louis, Missouri Truck Accident Lawyer & Attorney Joshua P. Myers specializes in representing individuals seriously injured in crashes with semi-truck tractor-trailers.  It is no secret that a crash with an 18-wheeler can cause significant damage.  Because of their size and destructive power, tractor-trailer truck drivers have to be even more careful than the average driver.  In fact, statistics show that tractor-trailer wrecks account for nearly 12 percent of all traffic fatalities even though semi-trucks make up only 3 percent of registered vehicles. 

What most people do not realize is that semi-truck drivers are governed by special laws, specifically the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMSCR).  These federal regulations govern both the trucking companies and the truck drivers.  As a Tractor-Trailer Accident Attorney, we believe there are two truths in truck accident cases.  First, semi-truck drivers never properly log their driving and resting hours, resulting in a violation of the federal regulations.  Second, the truck companies always push their truck drivers to driver more hours than permitted by federal law.  These violations of Federal Safety Regulations can often result in punitive damages and ultimately a higher truck accident settlement.   

Many Personal Injury Lawyers who do not specialize in truck accidents do not obtain full truck accident settlements for their clients because they do not fight to get all of the internal documents. Often, they do not even know what documents to obtain.  Tractor-Trailer Accident cases are a specialty of their own.  If you have been seriously injured, you do not just want a run-of-the mill personal injury lawyer.  You need a Truck Accident Injury Lawyer Specialist.

It is quite common for the truck company's insurance company to send investigators to the scene soon after your truck crash occurs.  The insurance companies have seemingly unlimited resources and hire specialized defense lawyers to fight against you.  You NEED a truck injury lawyer specialist FIGHTING FOR YOU!

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How We Maximize Your Recovery

We pride ourselves on fighting the truck companies tooth-and-nail until we squeeze every last dime out of them.  Visit our section on Maximizing Your Recovery for more detail on how we do this.  But here is a short summary of the keys to our success:

• We immediately send a team of trucking professionals to inspect the truck and scene
• We immediately have our investigators begin obtaining witness statements
• We immediately request the federal government's file on the trucking company's safety record
• We immediately send a certified letter to the trucking company demanding certain evidence be preserved for our inspection

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Our Truck Accident Attorney Fees

It makes sense that one of the first questions people have when considering a semi-truck accident attorney is "How much does a lawyer cost?"  Because of our past success, we are able to work entirely on a contingent fee.  In fact, you do not have to pay anything to hire us.  Quite simply:

• You do not have to pay us a retainer
• We will never send you a monthly bill
• We will not bill you by the hour
• We will front all case expenses.

Essentially, we put our money where our mouth is.  If we believe in your case, and it is one in which we want to get involved, you do not have to pay us a dime to bring hire us.  At the end of the case, we will take a percentage of the recovery as attorney's fees.  Thus, the more you recover, the more we recover (and vice versa).  How's that for motivation!  Additionally, we will pay all of the case expenses as they become due.  They will be billed to the file as an expense and reimbursed out of the final settlement as well. 

The bottom line is that it will not cost you a thing to team up with our Missouri/Illinois Tractor-Trailer Crash Lawyers.  Finally, it is always free to talk about your case.  And if you need, we will come to you whether by car or plane to discuss your case. 

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Handling Trucking Cases NATIONWIDE

Based in St. Louis, Missouri, we are conveniently located in the midwest.  Licensed in Missouri and Illinois, we are also available to handle your semi-truck injury case across the nation.  We generally file our truck wreck cases in federal court.  However, sometimes it is advantageous to file in state court.  When we are required to file suit in a state other than Missouri or Illinois, we will file a motion with the court asking for admission Pro Hac Vice.  This means the court will allow us to practice law in that state on that particular case. 

Not only are we available to tractor-trailer injury victims, but we are also willing to team up with outside lawyers who feel they need the assistance of an experienced Tractor-Trailer Accident Lawyer.  Depending on the circumstances, we will often agree to take over the handling and the expenses of the case necessary to maximize its value.