Common Truck Accident Injuries

Severe injuries require help from an experienced Opelika truck accident attorney

The size and weight of a semi tractor-trailer truck virtually ensures severe injury to anyone in a smaller vehicle who is involved in a truck accident.  Some accident victims are fortunate enough to fully recover over an extended period of time.  But all too often, injuries result in permanent disability or death.  In 2008 alone, almost 800 tractor-trailers caused over 1,100 injuries and almost 150 deaths in Alabama. 

Each truck accident attorney in the Opelika firm of Whittelsey, Whittelsey & Poole has the skills and experience needed to help truck accident victims and their families pursue the full compensation they need after such a life-altering experience.

A truck accident attorney in Opelika helps clients who suffered severe injuries

The force associated with an impact between a large truck and a smaller vehicle often results in the following types of injuries:

• Traumatic brain injury.  Even drivers wearing seat belts can suffer severe brain trauma from blows to the head when severe impact crushes the roof of the car or sends objects careening into their vehicles.  As the control center for the entire body, head and brain injury can cause permanent dysfunction in sensory and cognitive abilities, speech, movement, or proper functioning of internal organs.
• Spinal column injury.  Even with no direct impact to the spine, the lurching movement at impact can easily cause permanent damage to the delicate spinal column—which carries messages from the body to the brain.  Most commonly, this type of injury can result in partial or full paralysis to the limbs, as well as causing many permanent sensory and internal organ dysfunction.
• Crushed bones and other damage.  Any part of the body that receives direct impact may be damaged beyond full repair.

Each truck accident attorney in the Opelika firm of Whittelsey, Whittelsey & Poole has helped clients throughout Alabama to pursue the compensation they need to care for their needs for a lifetime.  We have developed a network of experienced medical experts to ensure consideration of all potential past, present, and future anticipated costs—and to provide expert testimony that supports your case in court.

Contact an experienced Opelika truck accident law firm for a free initial consultation

When you need sound legal counsel from experienced trial attorneys regarding a truck accident or any personal injury caused by the negligence of another party, contact Whittelsey, Whittelsey & Poole to arrange a consultation.