Car crashes can happen to anyone. It does not matter if you are a brand new driver or have been on the road for decades. Sometimes, serious accidents that result in injury are simply out of your control. This is because many car accidents are caused by someone else being negligent. This can seem incredibly unfair. After all, why should you have to manage severe injuries and giant hospital bills when someone else messed up?
Fortunately, there are options available to you, including going to court and fighting for justice and financial compensation. Our attorneys have represented many plaintiffs involved in car accidents. Let us put our experience to work representing you.
To have a free analysis of your claim, call (844) 876-4357 and talk to our car accident attorneys with Howe Law.
Types of Motor Vehicle Accidents in Bristol, TN
Car accidents can happen in a lot of different ways. In law, however, car accidents can be treated somewhat similarly, no matter what kind of accident it is. The way that our car accident attorneys file your case and go through the legal procedures remains more or less the same whether you had a head-on collision or were T-boned at an intersection. What can change is how our lawyers argue the case in court. The evidence and methods used to prove a head-on collision, for example, may differ from those used to prove a rear-end collision.
Head-On and Rear-End Collisions
Some of the most common kinds of car accidents are when one vehicle hits another head-on or slams into the other vehicle’s bumper. These are called head-on collisions and rear-end collisions, respectively.
Head-on collisions can be very dangerous because the area most likely to be impacted is the driver’s seat. Modern vehicles are designed to absorb frontal impact and shield the driver from serious harm, but sometimes, especially at high speed, these safety measures are not enough to stop serious injuries from happening. Head-on crashes often happen because of speeding or a failure on the driver’s part to pay attention. A distracted driver may drift into a lane with oncoming traffic and may not notice an oncoming vehicle.
Rear-end accidents do not immediately impact the driver, but they can be dangerous in other ways. If there is anything in the back of a car, a sudden impact to the rear can result in those items flying forward and hitting the front passengers.
The driver of the vehicle who was hit in a rear-end accident can also be responsible for any injuries. For example, if a driver suddenly hits the brakes and slows down for no good reason, a responsible driver behind them may crash and get hurt. If you were injured in a situation like this, you may have a claim against the driver whose vehicle you hit that our lawyers can help you with.
T-Bone Collisions
T-bone accidents happen when one vehicle strikes another in the side, creating a T-like shape at the point of impact. These accidents are most common at intersections or when a vehicle is pulling in or out of a parking area, but T-bone crashes can happen anywhere. The main danger of T-bone accidents is that there is, simply put, less “car” in between passengers and oncoming vehicles. Consequently, passengers may be more likely to suffer severe injuries in T-bone collisions, especially to the pelvis, legs, arms, and ribs.
Rollover Accidents
A rollover accident is when a vehicle, well, rolls over onto its side. There are a lot of different things that can lead to a car getting flipped.
There are several circumstances that frequently lead to rollover accidents. One of the most common reasons for a rollover is when a car hits something like a pothole, ditch, or other obstruction that violently jerks the vehicle around, causing it to flip. A rollover accident can also happen if your vehicle is hit with sufficient force by another car.
Rollover accidents can be extremely dangerous because the roof of the vehicle may not be a particularly strong point. Moreover, rollover accidents have a higher likelihood of fuel or other chemicals igniting or even exploding.
Damages in Bristol, TN Car Accident Lawsuit
If you are injured in a car accident, chances are you want financial compensation. If you successfully demonstrate the defendant was liable for your injuries, the court will award you damages based on a number of factors.
First, your economic situation will be taken into account. You can get damages to cover your present and future medical expenses as well as lost income. Lost income can include income you did not get because of missed time at work, income disparity between a lower-paying job you had to take and your prior job, and predicted income for the remainder of your career if you can no longer work.
Second, you can seek damages for less immediately tangible things. For example, many car accident lawsuits will ask for damages for “pain and suffering.” Since it is hard to objectively value things like “pain” or “suffering,” our attorneys will work towards convincing the court of their worth to you in your situation.
Finally, you can be awarded something called “punitive damages” if you can prove that the defendant acted especially badly. To get punitive damages, you must prove the defendant was more than just negligent. Under T.C.A. § 29-39-104, you have to prove that the defendant was malicious, fraudulent, or reckless on purpose in order to be awarded punitive damages. This can be tricky to do, so you should raise the prospect of seeking punitive damages early on in your talks with our car accident attorneys.
Chat with Our Bristol, TN Car Accident Attorneys Today
To have a chat about your case, call Howe Law’s car accident lawyers at (844) 876-4357.
