Fieger Law represents victims in high-impact truck and commercial vehicle accident cases across Michigan. We investigate every detail and determine what safety standards were ignored or violated and how they led to your accident. If you were injured or lost someone in an underride collision, we’re ready to help you hold the responsible party accountable and get you the compensation you deserve for your damages.

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Understanding Truck Underride Accidents

We take on truck underride cases involving serious injury or death caused by failure to follow safety standards or install required protective equipment. Truck underride accident cases often involve multiple at-fault parties, including the trucking company, trailer manufacturer, or vehicle maintenance provider, depending on where and how the underride occurred.

Types of Underride Accident Cases We Take on Include:

  • Rear underride
  • Side underride
  • Front override

Each type of case involves different investigative demands. Rear underride cases may involve missing or defective guards. Side underride cases point to poor visibility or failure to use reflective markings. Front override cases raise issues of driver negligence such as speeding and failure to brake in time. We build every case around the specific factors that caused your crash.

Common Causes of Underride Accidents

Underride accidents stem from broader issues such as poor vehicle design, inadequate safety features, driver negligence, and failure to follow federal regulations around commercial trucking. Multiple factors can create a situation where a smaller vehicle becomes trapped under a large truck, including:

  • Poor visibility/lighting on trucks
  • Truck drivers’ failure to adjust braking for large trucks’ larger stopping distances
  • Missing or inadequate underride guards
  • Michigan winter weather conditions
  • Driver fatigue or negligence
  • Heavy traffic on Michigan highways (I-75, I-94, I-96)

Contact us today to determine what kind of case you have and let us help you file your claim with confidence.

Michigan Truck Traffic and High-Risk Areas

Michigan sees heavy truck traffic due to its role in national shipping and cross-border commerce. Major corridors like I-94, I-75, and I-69 provide nonstop freight movement between Detroit, Chicago, and Canada. Border crossings in Detroit, Port Huron, and Sault Ste. Marie increases the volume of commercial trucks on highways, which raises the risk of high-speed collisions and underride accidents.

Manufacturing zones in cities like Flint, Grand Rapids, and Warren see frequent truck traffic near industrial plants. Rural highways across northern Michigan, including US-131 and M-32, create hazards due to limited visibility and narrow shoulders.

Winter storms and poor road conditions add risk on I-96, I-196, and other key routes. Construction zones on major interstates also create tight lanes and sudden traffic shifts, increasing crash potential.

Let our legal team determine the cause of your accident and hold the liable party accountable. Call us today to file your claim.

The Severity of Underride Accident Injuries

Underride accidents involve forceful, direct impact between the bottom frame of a semi-truck’s trailer and the upper cabin of a smaller vehicle, leaving little room for survival space. The resulting injuries are often severe and can be permanently disabling.

Common injuries from truck underride accidents include:

For survivors of these crashes, the consequences can mean lifelong disability, multiple surgeries, and permanent changes in physical or cognitive function. Families may become full-time caregivers while navigating financial strain, emotional trauma, and long-term planning. Your case requires a legal strategy that accounts for all your damages, current and future.

Liability in Truck Underride Accidents

Liability in a truck underride accident depends on the cause of the crash and the safety failures involved. Michigan cases often uncover multiple layers of responsibility, especially when required equipment is missing or road conditions contributed to the impact. Your case may involve several parties with different levels of liability.

Responsible parties may include:

  • Truck driver
  • Trucking company
  • Truck manufacturer
  • Guard rail manufacturer

Federal regulations mandate that rear impact guards on trailers and semi-trailers must withstand crashes up to 35 mph to prevent underride incidents. In Michigan, vehicles required by federal law to have underride guards must ensure the guards are no more than 22 inches above the roadway.

Fieger Law prepares your truck underride claim from day one. We gather black box data, inspection logs, maintenance records, and driver qualification files immediately. Our team may consult with crash reconstruction experts and engineers to examine underride guard design failures. When you hire Fieger Law, you get aggressive, evidence-backed legal representation to help you get the best outcome possible.

Compensation for Underride Accident Victims

Compensation in an underride accident case should cover everything you’re dealing with now and what’s ahead. Emergency care is only part of the picture. You may be facing long-term medical needs, time away from work, and permanent changes to your daily life. We look at the full impact when building your claim.

You may be entitled to compensation for:

  • Medical expenses (immediate and long-term)
  • Lost wages and diminished earning capacity
  • Pain and suffering
  • Disfigurement and disability
  • Wrongful death damages for families

We rely on medical records, expert reports, and financial projections to calculate what the injury will cost over time. A strong case isn’t built on guesses. It’s built on details that show exactly how your life has been changed and what you’re owed because of it.

Why Choose Fieger Law

We’ve handled high-impact truck accident cases across Michigan for decades. Our team understands how to apply federal trucking regulations, investigate violations, and uncover failures in hiring, training, or equipment maintenance. We know the risks on I-94, I-75, and other major routes where commercial traffic and poor road conditions lead to serious collisions.

You also get access to crash reconstruction experts, medical specialists, and economists who help us build detailed, evidence-backed claims. We’ve secured major verdicts and settlements for truck accident victims statewide, and we understand how Michigan’s no-fault laws affect your recovery.

Every part of your case is built with your long-term needs in mind—from liability to compensation—so you’re not left with unanswered questions or uncovered losses.

Contact Fieger Law Today

You’ve been through something no one should face alone. If you or a loved one was hurt in a truck underride accident, we’re here to help. Contact Fieger Law today for a free case evaluation. We’ll listen, answer your questions, and guide you through what comes next—and you pay us nothing unless we win your case.