A simple text message can change the life of another person on the road, and yet, each year, thousands of accidents occur as the result of such preventable reasons. As a victim of such an accident, you are angry and overwhelmed with how much your life has changed. At Slam Dunk Attorney, our Duluth texting while driving accident lawyer can help you.

We have decades of combined experience you can trust. Call our Duluth car accident lawyer now. We offer free consultations for injury victims.

Why Texting and Driving Happens

Texting and driving is not just something teens do because they are inexperienced. In many ways, other drivers make the same mistakes, believing they can just take their eyes off the road for a moment. Consider the following causes of distracted driving accidents like this:

• A person receives a text message and looks at their phone. It could be work, an emergency, or an important update.
• A text message notification comes in on the infotainment center of the vehicle. They take their eyes off the road to tap a button to read what it says.
• An employee receives a text message with a work-related update and looks at their watch while behind the wheel to read what it says.

In any situation, these instances take a person’s eyes off the road for a long enough period to cause serious injury. When a person takes their eyes off the road for just five seconds to look at a text message in any form while driving at 55 miles per hour, it is the exact same thing as driving with your eyes closed for the length of a football field. When you are the victim, let our Duluth personal injury lawyer guide you in holding those who did this accountable.

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Distracted Driving Causes Serious Injuries and Losses

Victims of accidents caused by texting while driving often face ongoing devastation. For 3,308 people in 2022, such accidents led to a loss of life, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s distracted driving dangers and statistics. For thousands of others, serious injuries include:

• Spinal cord injuries resulting in paralysis
• Broken bones and complex fractures
• Head injuries, including concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)
• Internal organ injuries
• Disfigurement
• Permanent disability
• Emotional trauma

The devastation and uncertainty you feel as a victim is hard to comprehend, but for our Duluth texting while driving accident attorney, it is something we have navigated many times. We help victims to hold insurance companies and at-fault parties accountable. We can help you in the same way.

How We Prove a Person Was Texting While Driving

There are some situations where a driver admits to texting while driving and communicating that to the police at the scene. Most of the time, people know not to do that because it creates a direct indication of guilt. However, there are strategies our texting while driving accident lawyer in Duluth can use to find out what was really happening behind the wheel.

• We can request phone logs. If you believe the other person was texting, it may be possible to get phone records to indicate what was happening at that time.
• Witnesses in the car or otherwise may have seen what occurred and can attest to that when asked about it.
• Commercial drivers texting behind the wheel may have a vehicle log that can provide insight into what the driver was doing.
• Navigational systems and onboard technology may have a similar log that provides clarity about what occurred.

If the data is there, you can expect our attorneys to find it to prove the other party was responsible. More so, we can use accident reconstruction tools to verify that information. When you are sure they were texting, let Slam Dunk Attorney help you prove it.

What Your Case May Be Worth

If you were hurt in a serious accident with a driver who was texting, you may have the right to pursue financial compensation for any of the losses you have, including medical, emotional, and financial. Our legal team can help you determine what your losses may be by examining all aspects of your case to create a clear understanding of the impact it has had on your life. Some examples of losses you may be able to recover in a distracted driving personal injury case include:

• Medical bills from emergency care
• Ongoing medical costs for rehabilitation and recovery
• Lost wages from missed hours at work
• Property damage to repair or replace your car
• Mental anguish-related losses for post-traumatic stress disorder or anxiety
• Pain and suffering

Those who have significant injuries, including catastrophic losses such as loss of limbs, paralysis, or loss of vision, may need additional legal guidance to support them as they recover or to meet their ongoing needs.

Our legal team has experience working with victims who have had such losses and who deserve to receive full and fair compensation after an accident like this. Do not settle with the insurance company for less than you believe you are owed until you speak to our texting while driving accident attorney in Duluth.

We Help Families Who Lost a Loved One to Texting While Driving Accidents

For those victims who lose their lives, leaving family members to struggle for decades to recover, we can offer guidance and legal representation as you pursue a wrongful death case. With decades of experience helping victims in these very difficult situations, you can expect our team to help you assess who is at fault, all of the losses your family is experiencing, and what can be done to get justice for your loved one. 

We encourage you to set up a free, no-obligation consultation with our Duluth wrongful death lawyer if you are a close family member or the representative of the individual’s estate so we can guide you.

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Your future has been changed by other people’s mistakes, and our legal team at Slam Dunk Attorney offers the resources you need to recover. 

Set up a free consultation, and then let our Duluth texting while driving accident lawyer start working on your case. We always provide intentional, purposeful legal services to our clients.

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