You can recover compensation for your medical bills, property damages, lost income, pain and suffering, and more when a faulty head-up display (HUD) causes a truck accident. Other damages might apply based on the circumstances of your crash.
You do not have to pursue compensation alone. Most local law firms will review your case at no cost or obligation. A Fort Lauderdale truck accident attorney can help you understand the claim-filing process, including what compensation you can seek after a truck accident caused by a faulty HUD.
What Does Faulty HUD Truck Accident Compensation Include?
An HUD device projects information and images onto a truck driver’s windshield, allowing them to keep their head up and eyes on the road while driving. However, the HUD device can:
- Project its information across a driver’s eye line.
- Experience electrical problems caused by misconnected wires.
- Fail to calibrate accurately, causing faulty displays.
- Have malfunctioning sensors and software glitches.
Financial recovery for accidents caused by these issues includes economic and noneconomic recoverable damages. It can also include wrongful death damages if an accident is fatal. Your lawyer will collect the documentation establishing the value of your recoverable damages and submit it with a settlement demand letter.
They will also submit your evidence file to prove the accident’s causes and contributing factors and protect you from a decreased financial award due to Florida’s comparative negligence law.
Recoverable Economic Damages for a Truck Accident
Assessing the compensatory damages you can recover typically starts with economic damages because they are easily quantified and documented. In most cases, they will have accompanying paperwork like bills, receipts, or estimates.
According to Florida Statutes § 768.81, your recoverable economic damages can include:
- Medical bills: Ambulance, emergency room, hospital stays, rehab, therapy, surgical procedures, medications, assistive medical devices, and other related expenses.
- Lost income: Lost wages from all income sources (including gig and freelance work), lost benefits and vacation days, and diminished ability to earn in the future.
- Property damage: Vehicle and personal property repair, replacement, or diminished resale value after repairs
Your lawyer will wait for all documentation before starting the negotiation process since rushing into a speedy settlement can lead to insufficient financial recovery.
Noneconomic Damages for a Truck Crash Caused by HUD Failure
Intangible damages can be challenging to assess accurately since they are not documentable with bills and receipts. They typically include:
- Physical impairment: Disfiguring injuries that impede your usual function and disfiguring injuries that alter your physical appearance
- Pain and suffering: Physical trauma and discomfort caused by your injuries and the rigors and demands of the recovery process
- Psychological trauma: Mental and emotional anguish related to your injuries, including PTSD, depression, or anxiety.
- Diminished quality of life: Accident- and injury-related inability to participate in previously enjoyed hobbies and activities
Your truck accident lawyer will collect evidence like your medical records and written prognosis to establish the value of your noneconomic damages. This part of your file can also include your written statement describing the accident’s toll on your life.
Wrongful Death Damages for a Fatal Truck Accident Case
Nothing can atone for the loss of a loved one. However, you can recover damages for the financial upheaval of an unexpected loss, including:
- Funeral expenses: Services, coffin, burial vault, and cremation costs.
- Financial losses: Loss of financial support, inheritance, and benefits.
- Loss of support: Lost consortium, companionship, care, society, and guidance.
- Survivors’ damages (where applicable): Personal injury damages the decedent could have recovered
A Wrongful death attorney can guide your family through this legally and emotionally challenging financial recovery process. While they manage your claim, you can focus on caring for each other.
Is There a Time Limit for Filing HUD Truck Accidents Lawsuits?
You generally have two years to file your personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit, according to Florida Statutes § 95.11. Failure to file your lawsuit on time could mean you can never file it. A lawyer for HUD truck accident cases will interpret the statute of limitations and file your lawsuit on time and in the appropriate legal venue.
Do You Need a Lawyer to File a Truck Accident Injury Claim?
While nothing requires you to hire a lawyer to seek compensation after an accident, having one can help you prove how a truck crash due to HUD failure can happen. A lawyer can also negotiate on your behalf and fight for the best possible financial recovery.
How Much Does it Cost to Hire a Truck Accident Lawyer?
It costs nothing out of your pocket to hire a truck accident lawyer. Most work on contingency, meaning they cover all the costs of preparing your case, including:
- Inspecting the HUD device
- Consulting relevant experts
- Deposition and discovery fees
You will only compensate the law firm if they recover compensation. If you do not win your case, you will not owe the law firm any fees.
Call (954) 633-8270 for a Free Review of Your Faulty HUD Truck Accident Claim
Were you injured in a truck accident? If so, you do not have to fight for compensation alone. The truck accident lawyers at the Law Offices of Wolf & Pravato will handle your case from start to finish, including determining the compensation you can seek after a truck accident caused by a faulty HUD.
Find out how hard we will work for you. Contact our case review team today for a free consultation.
