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Executing a wide turn in a tractor-trailer requires significant training and practice. Drivers operating commercial vehicles are required to abide by safety standards in a variety of areas, including procedures for completing a safe wide turn. One of the more common types of truck accidents results when tractor-trailers make swinging turns and crash into other vehicles. At Katz, Friedman, Eisenstein, Johnson, Bareck & Bertuca, our Chicago truck accident lawyers represent injured individuals in civil lawsuits for damages. If a negligent truck driver has made a careless wide turn that led to your injuries, our dedicated team can aggressively pursue compensation on your behalf.

Hold Truck Drivers Accountable for Harm Resulting from a Careless Wide Turn

Commercial vehicles, due to the size of their cabs and trailers, have blind spots that may affect a driver’s ability to safely make a turn. Semi-truck drivers typically need to swing wide, and these blind spots may make it challenging for the driver to avoid crashing into others on the road. Victims may assert the negligence of a truck driver if they failed to operate their truck with reasonable care.

Driver error accounts for many wide turn accidents. Failing to check blind spots or use a turn signal may lead to devastating harm. Additionally, some drivers are inexperienced or inadequately trained. Others drive while intoxicated or extremely fatigued. These examples of reckless or careless behavior may indicate negligence, since truck drivers must meet their legal duty of avoiding causing foreseeable harm to others on the road. Additionally, trucking companies must maintain their trucks and conduct background checks of their drivers to ensure that they are qualified to operate such a massive vehicle.

Truck accident victims may hold a trucking company directly responsible if the company failed to properly train the driver or failed to maintain the truck in proper operating condition. The legal theory of vicarious liability may apply if the truck driver was acting for their employer at the time of the collision. A trucking company may also be directly liable for the resulting harm. In some cases, wide turn accidents may have been caused by multiple factors, including a driver’s failure to check blind spots and a trucking company’s decision not to adequately train the driver in how to properly execute a wide turn.

Victims who demonstrate liability may collect damages from any at-fault party. These cover both economic and noneconomic losses. Economic harm includes hospital bills, medical costs, and lost wages from work. Emotional suffering and other harm that cannot easily be quantified may also be recovered in a personal injury lawsuit.

Retain a Skilled Tractor-Trailer Crash Lawyer in the Chicago Area

Injured individuals have a legal right to pursue compensation from another person or entity that causes an accident. Truck drivers who carelessly execute a wide turn may be held accountable by an accident victim, as may truck companies that fail to adhere to safety protocols. At Katz, Friedman, Eisenstein, Johnson, Bareck & Bertuca, our Chicago attorneys represent truck accident victims as they seek to prove the full extent of their harm. We can investigate the causes of an accident and pursue all potential avenues of relief. Our motor vehicle collision lawyers help injured people and their families throughout Illinois, including in Aurora, Champaign, Springfield, Rockford, Quincy, and other areas of Cook, Kane, Winnebago, Sangamon, Champaign, and Adams Counties. We can be reached online or by phone at 312-724-5846, and we provide a free consultation with an attorney.