The totality of injury from a trucking accident is often enormous. For trucking accident victims, the personal and economic burden demands a thorough and aggressive inquiry by a competent and experienced team of legal and medical professionals. Unfortunately, as many soon find out you will not generally be financially compensated and protected simply because the law recognizes a right of recovery for your trucking accident injury. Self-education is a useful and important starting point for victims of trucking accidents.

Due to the sheer size of the vehicle(s) involved, impacts occurring in trucking accidents can result in serious injuries including but not limited to the neck and back, spinal cord, brain injuries and even death.

Trucks are larger and heavier than other cars on the road, which explains why 77 percent of those injured and 86 percent of those killed in large truck collisions are the drivers or passengers of smaller vehicles, including cars, SUVs and motorcycles. Those victims and their families are left to face a life-changing tragedy, while the trucker often escapes with minor injuries.

At Gorospe & Smith P.L.L.C. our Oklahoma injury and accident lawyers fight to hold truckers and trucking companies responsible for the harm they cause by negligent or reckless driving.