Chicago Truck Accident Attorneys Serving Illinois

Commercial trucking often involves multiple parties, including the driver, carrier, maintenance shop, broker, and shipper. Federal and state regulations govern hours of service, inspections, and record keeping that can shape liability. Lipkin & Apter builds cases with logs, electronic data, and expert analysis to identify all responsible parties.

Key items include electronic control module data, driver logs, dispatch records, cargo documents, and vehicle inspections. Early preservation letters help prevent spoliation of critical information. Our team moves quickly to secure this proof and to interview witnesses while memories are fresh.

Illinois follows comparative negligence rules that reduce recovery by your percentage of fault. If you are 50 percent or less at fault, you can still pursue damages reduced by that share. Accurate reconstruction and prompt evidence collection can significantly influence the fault analysis.

Act quickly so vehicle data, surveillance video, and scene evidence are not lost. Carriers often deploy investigators within hours, which can put you behind if you wait. Lipkin & Apter starts with preservation steps and a plan to document medical and economic losses.

Compensation may cover medical treatment, rehab, lost wages, diminished earning capacity, pain and suffering, and future care needs. In catastrophic injuries, life care plans and vocational assessments are often necessary to prove long-term costs. We coordinate experts to present a complete damages picture.