A California man has filed a forklift accident lawsuit against American Wood Fibers Inc., alleging personal injury.

The plaintiff, Norman S., has file the forklift accident lawsuit in California federal court. The lawsuit was filed on Feb. 15, 2018.

According to the forklift accident lawsuit, Norman worked as a truck driver for AC Trucking. On March 24, 2016, he says that he drove his truck into American Wood Fibers to pick up a load of wood. While the defendants were loading his truck with wood, he says, he started to secure the load of wood with straps around his truck.

Norman says that soon after, someone from American drove a forklift at “a high rate of speed” and struck him from behind as he was securing the load. He says that he was “flung to the ground, sustaining severe personal injuries.”

The forklift accident lawsuit was filed on multiple counts including negligence and premises liability.

Norman says that he seeks economic damages including non-economic damage such as mental suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, past and future physical pain, physical impairment, grief, humiliation, emotional distress, anxiety and inconvenience.

Filing a Personal Injury Lawsuit

If you have been injured due to someone else’s negligence you may have a claim that can lead to the filing of a personal injury lawsuit.

To qualify for a lawsuit or settlement there are only a few basic questions to ask yourself. Some of these questions may include whether you suffered physical injury, psychological injury, and if those injuries were in fact because of another person or party’s negligence.

A personal injury lawsuit generally seeks compensation for injury suffered because of another person’s negligence. According to the law, negligence is defined as “the failure to do an act which a reasonable careful person would do, or the doing of an act which a reasonably careful person would not do, under the same or similar circumstances to protect oneself or others from bodily injury, death, property damage.”

Types of personal injury cases may include:
• Catastrophic injury
• Dog bites
• Slip and fall accidents
• Medical malpractice
• Work injury claims
• Car accidents, transportation accidents
• Other types of accidents

Incidences of slip and fall accidents can be the result of damaged floors or stairs, slippery and wet floors, potholes, insufficient lighting, and damaged sidewalks. Medical malpractice incidences may be the result of anesthesia errors, birth injuries and surgical errors.

Other accidents that may lead to a personal injury lawsuit and settlement can be because of workplace accidents, construction accidents, and swimming pool accidents.

If an individual or party are found negligible and liable for the cause of personal injury accident some different kinds compensatory damages include:
• Permanent disfigurement or disability
• Lost income or missed work time
• Medical bills and related expenses
• Loss of consortium
• Property damage
• Pain and physical suffering
• Loss of enjoyment of life
• Emotion distress because of the above

The Forklift Accident Lawsuit is Case No. 2:18-at-00186, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division.