A trucker’s job is tough. Wrestling a 40-ton juggernaut every day under tight (and sometimes unrealistic) deadlines can make the urge to take chances on the road nearly irresistible. The combination of such deadline pressure with endless miles of highway, loneliness, detours, bad food, and the psychological weight of the load itself can produce tremendous stress in many truck drivers – stress that can lead to a serious truck accident.
High stress levels and truck accidents go hand in hand. Drivers of large trucks often work extended hours, travel long distances, carry heavy (and sometimes hazardous) cargo – and always with that deadline ticking away in the background. As stress and fatigue increase, so do the chances of you becoming the latest entry in the yearly total of truck accident injuries.
A truck accident injury as a result of a crash caused by driver stress is legally actionable. If you are injured in a semi-truck accident as the result of driver error, whether due to stress or another reason, you deserve to be compensated for that injury. A truck accident caused by stress is an avoidable accident – and one for which the driver and his or her employer should be held responsible.
Our personal injury attorneys can help you get the compensation that you deserve. Contact the Johnson Law Group at 1-888-311-5522, or contact us by email to discuss your case.
