INJURED BY A TRUCK IN A PHILADELPHIA CAR ACCIDENT: THE TRUCK STOPS HERE (PART II)
Our Philadelphia injury attorneys litigated this actual truck accident case: It was 5:30 A.M on a still dark, rainy winter morning when a young Philadelphian approached an intersection intending to make a left turn from a multi-lane highway and began negotiating the turn after traffic had stopped in the opposite direction at the controlled intersection. While making that turn he was crushed by a colliding Mack Truck that went through a red light carrying a full load of quarry stones. Three uninvolved drivers indicated that the victim had either begun turning on a red or yellow light when the truck entered the intersection. Obviously this was not helpful to our client’s case. However, the driver in front of the truck, whose vehicle had come to a stop when the light turned red, testified that the light had been red for a number of seconds before the truck passed her in the left lane.
Our catastrophically injured client, after emergency life saving surgery, remained in a coma for three days and could be of little help in providing key evidence to uncover the true facts of the incident. Police officers and accident reconstructionists who came to the scene testified: three implicating the truck driver and one being less than conclusive. Naturally, the truck driver said that our client ran a red light and turned in front of him as he came through the intersection while the light was turning yellow.
Because the witnesses were not completely unanimous in their accounts of how the accident had occurred, other objective evidence had to be added to the mix.
Modern Technology Saves The Day:
Because of computers and modern technology that our Philadelphia car accident lawyers were aware existed concerning the mechanics of the accident, our firm was able to prove that the one clearly favorable witness was right about this catastrophic accident. The four (4) witnesses, who indicated that our client was in the wrong, didn’t see what they thought they saw.
First, we secured the Electronic Data Recorder (“EDR”) that was factory installed by the Mack Truck manufacturer. We then made sure that the EDR was sent to Mack, which has its own proprietary programs that can read the data stored on the hard drive of the computer. We secured information which included segmented road speed times from the moment that the brakes were hit, the distance traveled, how long it took for the truck to stop before contact and the speeds that it was traveling at distinct points in time. Our experienced Pennsylvania injury attorneys were able to use this information, along with data secured from the Pennsylvania Department Of Transportation (“PENNDOT”), which included exact measurements and schematics of the roadway, overhead views, light sequence times and other critical materials needed in a contested serious injury matter, to contradict the potentially-damaging witnesses.
Using the electronic data our skilled lead counsel, my partner, Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Norman Perlberger, was able to convince the defendant’s carrier during mediation that virtually all of its policy limits (and the UIM carrier’s excess coverage) should be used to compensate our client for his catastrophic injuries.
But that’s not all…. Our car accident attorneys found more evidence from an off sight surveillance camera blocks away that showed the headlights and traffic lights of the vehicle collision and not much else in the dark rainy early hours. With the use of this data which was secured through the local police Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis was able to be settle this serious injury case for slightly less than 3 million dollars in less than eight months time!
In all probability the scientific evidence that we know where and how to secure will be able assist us in winning your serious injury case. If you or a loved one is in a car versus truck accident in Pennsylvania or New Jersey highway or TurnPike, please be aware that a prompt investigation must be accomplished before things are “innocently” moved, tampered with or destroyed. Contact the Philadelphia car and truck accident lawyers at Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis now for our expert help.
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