Most major insurance companies who offer truck insurance have "Quick Response Teams" who are on retainer to drop what they are doing and get to the scene. We have had numerous situations where members of the quick response team for the insurance company have been at the accident site with in one hour of the accident. The purpose of such teams is to provide ammunition for the defense of a truck accident lawsuit which generally involves attempts to shift responsibility to the victim or even phantom vehicles who are long gone, if they even existed. Many "interviews" are conducted by defense attorneys for the trucking company are done not to find the facts but to ask leading questions in an effort to conform the facts to a defense. Usually such things as time and distance are time targets of the interviews with the questioner controlling the answers by how the questions are posed.
Photographs are taken to show the scene from the best vantage point of a blame shifting defense. Experts on accident reconstruction are typically hired and at the wreck site with in 24 hours after the insurance company learns of the accident, if the company perceives significant exposure on a potential claim.
The best way for victims to combat the responsibility shifting defenses of the insurance company is to get a competent attorney who has a successful track record of winning truck accident lawsuits and getting full monetary justice for the victim's family.
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