Trucking Accidents

Crashes involving commercial trucks—semis, 18-wheelers, delivery trucks, heavy equipment—are especially dangerous because of the size, weight, and speed differential, and because liability often extends beyond the driver to companies responsible for driver training and safety, maintenance, loading, scheduling, or hiring. 

Why Truck Crashes Are Different

• Multiple potential defendants (driver, trucking company, leasing company, maintenance company, loading company)
• Complex regulatory regimes (hours-of-service logs, maintenance logs, cargo loading/securement, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations)
• Significant technical analysis (crash investigation, telematics (GPS, speed, braking), Event Data Recorders (black box), Dashcam Footage, Electronic Logging Devices))
• Often catastrophic injuries: spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injury, multiple fractures, amputations, disfigurement, and death

What It Takes to Win These Cases

Successful truck crash litigation requires thorough investigation, including crash reconstruction, analysis of trucking logs and maintenance history, expert testimony (accident-reconstruction, life-care planning, vocational and economic experts), and understanding of multi-party liability.

These cases are rarely settled without extensive litigation – and often must be decided by a jury at trial – which is why it is critical to hire a team of trial lawyers with the experience and track-record to prevail against the sophisticated and powerful trucking and insurance industries.