California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer
California Waste, Trash, Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, Named a Top Lawyer 14 Years in a Row
The Right Choice in California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyers. Over 45 Years of Experience.
Garbage and waste disposal, trash and recycling trucks are big, even massive, they’re heavy (as much as 50 tons fully loaded), they’re cumbersome, some have potential blind spots and poor visibility, they move in a herky jerky fashion, they have to frequently back up and they can be deadly as California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson will tell you.
Unlike the movements of other trucks involved in truck accidents in California, the movements of trash and garbage disposal trucks are much more unpredictable. They stop, start, back up, move forward a couple of feet, sometimes back up again and then move forward another couple of feet.
In short, garbage and waste recycling trucks are driven erratically. They can make stops without warning and individuals walking or on bikes and motorcycles and even large cars are no match when these massive trucks come roaring toward them.
For the pedestrian, homeowner, child, bicycle rider or motorcyclist, predicting the movements of a waste or recycling truck can sometimes be impossible. But when a person is injured or killed as a result of the negligence of a garbage or recycling truck accident they can pursue a personal injury claim or a wrongful death suit that can be made with the assistance of trash and waste recycling truck accident attorney Sebastian Gibson.
On top of their potential erratic movements, it always seems as if trash and recycling trucks are in a big hurry. They roar down residential streets and then pull to a screeching stop. They empty one or two trash container and then may roar to the next garbage container, suddenly stop, and sometimes move slightly forward again before barreling off to the next containers.
It’s therefore no surprise that waste, trash, garbage disposal and recycling trucks are involved in a great many accidents in California or that children, the elderly and anyone walking, riding a bicycle or motorcycle and even those in cars are at risk of being in a serious accident with a truck that weighs on average 32 tons empty and even more when it is loaded.
The Right Choice in California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyers, Sebastian Gibson
California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has over 45 years experience as an attorney. He has been named one of the Top Lawyers in the field of personal injury for the past 14 years in a row by the prestigious Palm Springs Life Magazine and California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has also been named a “Superb” lawyer by Avvo, their highest rating, which rates attorneys all across the U.S.
If you or a loved one has been injured in a trash, waste, garbage disposal or recycling truck accident involving a landscaping truck in California, call California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson at (760) 776-1810.
Garbage disposal and waste recycling truck companies and their insurance companies work fast to tie up witnesses and obtain evidence to reduce the strength of an individual’s case in these accidents and you must do the same. Call us immediately after an accident so we can put our investigators on the case and preserve evidence.
At the Law Firm of California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, we handle these cases on contingency, so we get nothing unless we obtain a settlement, a mediation, arbitration or jury award. We advance all of the costs of a case and are not reimbursed even for these costs unless we’re successful.
The first step you must take in a garbage, trash or waste disposal truck accident or in a recycling truck collision is to call us for a free consultation to evaluate your case.
California Waste and Recycling Collection and Disposal Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson
These are among the largest waste and recycling collection and disposal companies in the U.S. and California. With an average weight of from 25 to 32 tons when empty and as much as 50 tons loaded, they can weigh more than a fire truck, a plow truck or a cement truck.
With anywhere from 130,000 such trucks or more on the roads today, stopping and starting suddenly or roaring down a highway loaded with refuse, when a truck of this size collides with the average passenger car, catastrophic injuries can and often results.
With a focus on the largest garbage, refuse, recycling and hazardous material collection and disposal companies in the U.S. with a focus on California, these are the waste disposal trucks one is most likely to see on the streets of and in the cities within the state of California.
Waste Management. Inc.
Waste Management, Inc., the country’s largest waste management company has over 32,000 trucks serving California as well as other states. Today it is said to earn over $14 billion annually.
Services provided by Waste Management include residential waste and recycling pickup as well as business waste and recycling pickup.
In both Southern and Northern California alone, Waste Management, Inc. serves 106 locations including such major cities and areas as Berkeley, Burbank, Camp Pendleton, Costa Mesa, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Modesto, Newport Beach, Oakland, Orange County, Pasadena, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, and Westlake Village.
In 2020 Waste Management, Inc. bought out Advanced Disposal Services which was also one of the largest waste disposal and recycling service companies providing services to commercial properties, residential properties, industrial complexes, government institutions, and construction companies.
Republic Services
Republic Services, the nation’s second largest waste management company operates over 16,000 trucks in the collection of non-hazardous trash items.
In California, Republic Services offers service in such major cities and areas as Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Brea, Brentwood, Cabazon, Carlsbad, Chatsworth, Chula Vista, Corona del Mar, Del Mar, Encinitas, Escondido, Fremont, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Glendale, Half Moon Bay, Hayward, Healdsburg, Hemet, Hermosa Beach, Hesperia, Huntington Beach, Indian Wells, Irvine, La Jolla, Lake Forest, Livermore, Loma Linda, Malibu, Menifee, Montebello, Moreno Valley, North Hollywood, North Palm Springs, Oakland, Oceanside, Pacific Palisades, Palm Springs, Pasadena, Rancho Cucamonga, Redondo Beach, Sacramento, Salton City, San Clemente, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Monica, Seal Beach, Thousand Oaks, Union City, Vacaville, Venice, Ventura, West Hollywood, Westminster, and Whittier.
Stericycle
Stericycle, the third largest waste trucking company focuses its trucks on the handling and disposal of extremely hazardous waste including medical waste, needles, and pharmaceuticals for hospitals, outpatient clinics, pharmaceutical manufacturers, dental offices and funeral homes.
Stericycle has service locations in California in San Francisco, Irvine, Sacramento, Fontana, Fresno, San Jose, Hayward, Hollister, Lakeport, McKinleyville, Rancho Cordova, Redding, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Yuba City.
Clean Harbors
Clean Harbors is also a hazardous waste disposal company and waste management provider for local, state and federal levels of government in the U.S.
With over 10,000 trucks, Clean Harbors operates from California locations in Sacramento, Benicia, Redwood City, San Jose, Buttonwillow, Bakersfield, Camarillo, Los Angeles, Carson, Compton, Wilmington, Highland, San Diego, and Westmorland.
Recology
Based in San Francisco, Recology owns 40 operating companies and is also one of the largest waste management companies in the United States and operates 1,300 trucks.
Cities and areas in California which Recology serves include Redway, Wheatland, Auburn, Davis, Vacaville, Crescent City, Maxwell, Vernalis, Mountain View, Brownsville, Novato, Petaluma, Modesto, San Carlos, San Jose, San Martin, Gilroy, Wheatland, Yuba City, Dixon, Santa Rosa, Vallejo, Modesto, and Lamont.
US Ecology
US Ecology provide waste collection services for, among others, the United States Army Corporation, Government branches, medical facilities, and nuclear plants.
With over 600 trucks, US Ecology operates from California locations in Eureka, Chico, Dixon, Alameda, West Sacramento, Port Hueneme Harbor, Vernon, Fontana, Long Beach, and San Diego.
Burrtec and Edco Disposal Corporation
Burrtec operates over 3,000 refuse trucks and its sister company Edco Disposal Corporation operate another 200 collection, transfer, flatbed and pickup trucks.
Burrtec’s service areas in California include Adelanto, Apple Valley, Cathedral City, Coachella, Duarte, Fontana, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Los Angeles County, Montclair, Palm Desert, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Mirage, Rialto, Riverside, Riverside County, Salton City, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, Santa Clarita, Twentynine Palms, Upland, Victorville, Yucaipa and Yucca Valley.
CR&R Environmental Services
Operating roughly 100 trucks, another leading waste management and recycling company in Southern California is CR&R which operates residential and business waste and recycling trucks in Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County and Imperial County.
Causes of Waste and Trash Truck Accidents in California
Based on information that’s available, it’s quite possible that more people are killed or seriously injured in waste, trash, garbage disposal and recycling trucks per million miles driven than by other type of truck involved in accidents.
Millions and millions of miles are driven by garbage disposal and trash recycling trucks but as most of these miles are in residential neighborhoods. The risk to bicycle riders, motorcycle riders, children and adults walking is therefore that much greater.
Garbage disposal and waste trucks have the potential for extremely poor visibility and can have blind spots. Rear view mirrors are not feasible. Consequently drivers of these trash and recycling trucks must rely on their side view mirrors or on backup cameras if the truck utilizes them.
In cul-de-sacs, the trucks must often back out from the dead end street due to the fact that their turning radius makes it impossible to turn around.
Garbage disposal and waste recycling trucks can make jerky movements making it difficult for people walking or riding a bicycle or motorcycle to predict their next movement, and even when their movements can be predicted, many of these garbage and waste truck drivers seem to drive at breakneck speed to get to their next container, their next street, their next development, or their home base.
When an individual is hit by one of these 32 ton waste and trash recycling or garbage disposal trucks, the consequences can be serious if not fatal. It is not uncommon for people walking or cycling to not only get hit, but to be run over and crushed when a garbage or waste disposal truck driver doesn’t see them walking or on a bike.
In today’s age when everyone is using their cell phone at any time of the day, a garbage, waste or trash recycling truck driver’s attention can be elsewhere including having it directed to their cell phone.
Garbage and waste disposal and recycling truck drivers can be fatigued, poorly trained or simply fail to check their side mirrors when backing up. The driver of a garbage, waste, trash or recycling truck may not disregard traffic laws, but some drivers will still do so either intentionally, carelessly or negligently.
Trash and waste disposal and recycling truck drivers operate on a tight schedule. On certain days, such as on days after a holiday when they need to cover more ground, or when regular drivers are out sick, garbage and trash recycling drivers may feel the need to drive at a higher rate of speed in order to get their job done.
The waste, trash, garbage and recycling trucks themselves can be poorly maintained or repaired and their brakes in particular can be faulty or worn. There may also be complex products liability aspects to such a case, issues of comparative negligence and insurance issues as well.
All too often, unfortunately, children can be fascinated by a garbage or waste disposal truck. They will walk up to them, ride their skateboard or scooter up to the back of the truck or along side them where they can’t easily be seen by the driver (who sits up much higher) and remain there when the truck suddenly backs up or makes a turning movement.
In such situations, the consequences can be devastating if the garbage or recycling truck doesn’t have a backup camera or if the driver of the waste or trash disposal truck is impatient for the truck camera to turn on (unless it remains on constantly) and begins backing up without seeing the child or children who may be behind the truck.
Although garbage, trash and waste disposal and recycling trucks today in most cities have a number of safety features, a safety feature is only good if trash truck drivers avails themselves of their use or pay attention to what the safety feature may be telling or showing them.
Choosing the Right California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson For You
California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson can represent you and your family when you’ve been injured in a semi truck accident, big rig truck accident, 18 wheeler truck crash, landscaping truck accident, garbage disposal truck collision, gardening truck accident, slow moving truck that causes your injury, a truck accident in which the truck driver has fallen asleep, driven for too many hours or has failed to check over his or her truck for mechanical problems.
When you need a California Truck Accident Attorney for a truck accident on the freeway or on city roads, a Fed Ex truck that causes your injuries, a UPS truck that causes your accident, or any other type of commercial truck or delivery truck that is involved in your truck accident, the right choice is California Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson.
Whatever your needs for a truck accident in which you’ve been involved, California Truck Accident Attorney Sebastian Gibson is the right choice in truck collision lawyers to assist you in your truck accident claim when a truck accident in California causes serious or catastrophic injuries or loss of life, loss of earnings and significant pain and suffering to your and your loved ones.
Whether your truck accident has occurred on the freeway, in the city or even within your home development, the California Truck Accident Lawyer to call when you need immediate help is Attorney Sebastian Gibson. With over 45 years of experience, we’re heavily involved in representing truck accident victims within California and we stand ready to assist you in receiving the compensation you deserve for your California truck accident.
Call California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson for Your Truck Accident
In the future, it’s likely there will be self-driving trash and waste disposal and recycling trucks that can see and prevent accidents when a child or adult is walking, riding a bicycle or motorcycle in close proximity, but that’s still years away and for now, we must all rely on the drivers of these massive trucks to exercise caution at the places in California where we live.
At the Law Firm of California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, we have years of experience in California representing victims of various types of truck accidents, and we’ve obtained millions and millions of dollars for our personal injury clients and the families of wrongful death victims in traffic accidents, not just those involving trucks, but individuals and their passengers in cars, on motorcycles, pedestrians and bicycle riders as well over the past few decades.
If you’ve been seriously injured in a trash, garbage disposal, waste or recycling truck accident in California, you deserve compensation for your injuries, your medical bills, your wage loss, pain and suffering and for any future medical bills, treatment and losses you can expect to incur as a result of your accident.
Call California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson today so we can start to compile the evidence and the medical records and bills of your treatment and where necessary, to refer you to medical experts so we can obtain the medical reports to assist us in our representation of you regarding your landscaping truck accident.
Complexities of California Garbage, Trash, Waste and Recycling Truck Accident Cases
Waste and trash disposal and recycling truck accidents can be complex and can require expert testimony regarding the specific type of truck involved in your accident. The actions of the trash, waste or recycling truck driver may additionally need to be evaluated by a truck driving safety expert.
At the offices of California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, we can take the load off of your shoulders as we track down witnesses, obtain traffic reports, driving records, locate and copy medical records and bills and deal with the insurance company or insurance companies involved in your recycling or trash disposal truck accident.
California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson will also correspond with your medical insurance company paying the bills from your garbage or recycling truck accident as well as with Medi-Cal, Medicare and with any lien doctors in order to seek reductions of any amounts that need to be repaid out of your settlement thereby putting more money in your pocket at the end of your garbage or waste disposal truck accident case.
There can also be multiple insurance companies and insurance policies or a city which insures a waste or trash recycling truck. Failing to retain an experienced garbage and waste recycling truck accident attorney can result in leaving money on the table when your truck accident is settled.
As California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson pursues the parties responsible for your garbage or waste recycling truck accident in California, we’ll guide you along during each step of the legal process so you can simply focus on returning to the health you enjoyed prior to your trash or recycling truck personal injury.
Choosing the Right California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson For Your Type of Truck Accident And Your Unique Injuries
California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson’s practice areas in the field of truck accident law is today focused on the representation of individual victims who have been seriously injured and families who have lost a loved one when their vehicle has been involved in an accident with a big rig truck, tractor-trailer truck, semi-trailer truck, 18 wheeler, Fed Ex, UPS or other delivery truck, landscaping truck, garbage disposal truck, dump truck, cement mixer, flatbed truck, refrigerated truck, tank truck, heavy hauler, mobile crane, military truck, box truck, construction truck, car transport truck trailer, a fire truck or a heavy duty pickup truck.
We at the California Truck Accident Law Firm of California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson look forward to assisting you in your recovery from what has undoubtedly been an extremely traumatic event in your life and hope to be speaking with you in the near future and answering any questions you might have about your truck accident and personal injury case.
California Waste Trash Garbage Truck Accident Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has been named a 2024 Top Lawyer by Palm Springs Life Magazine for the 14th year in a row.
