Denver Personal Injury Law Blog

Denver is an important thoroughfare for many trucking routes. Whether using the state as a conduit to the West Coast or simply making deliveries to a local department store, our roads can quickly become congested with commercial trucks. Unfortunately, collisions involving 18-wheelers often result in devastating injuries and the destruction of smaller vehicles. 

Winter weather conditions are slowly but surely replacing the warm autumn days. On Thursday, October 10th, the weather proved a problem for Denver commuters as the first unexpected icy roads of the season made driving conditions more dangerous.

Police reported 193 accidents throughout the day, which caused mile-long backups and major closures on highways and interstates in the metro area.

Insurance companies in Denver have their work cut out for them when a major storm hits the city. Suddenly they start getting hundreds of calls from homeowners wanting to file a claim after the hail put dents all over their roofs. Since filing these claims typically have a limited amount of time, it's important for you to act fast so you can get coverage on your hail damages as soon as you can.

Unfortunately, some insurance companies make it harder to get that coverage than they initially promised. They typically send someone to inspect your roof to determine if you're eligible for storm compensation. If you can see that there is clear damage to your house that they are refusing to help you cover, you should know what common excuses they may use to justify their actions and what you can do in response.

Denver area residents are obviously used to seeing large trucks on the roadways in and around the city, but the sight of an accident that involves a large truck, such as a semi-truck, can be jarring. These types of accidents often involve extensive damage to all of the vehicles involved and, unfortunately, usually fatalities as well.

Truck drivers, like all other drivers on the roads, are not immune from the draw of distractions, like cellphones, eating in the vehicle and even talking to passengers as well. And, like some other drivers, truck drivers might also be intoxicated or drowsy behind the wheel. All of the things that can cause the driver of a regular passenger vehicle to get into a crash can be involved in truck accidents also, but the consequences of a truck accident can be far more devastating.