Truck Accident Lawyer Resources

Commercial truck crashes are governed by a layer of federal law that ordinary car accident cases never touch. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sets detailed rules on driver qualifications, hours of service, vehicle inspection and maintenance, drug and alcohol testing, cargo securement, and record retention. Every one of those rules is a potential source of liability and a potential source of evidence, if counsel knows where to look and moves fast enough to get it before it is destroyed.

The other thing that makes truck cases different is the defendant list. A typical passenger vehicle crash has one driver and one insurance policy. A truck crash can involve the driver, the motor carrier, a separate trailer owner, a freight broker, a shipper, a loading company, a maintenance contractor, and sometimes a parts manufacturer, each with their own insurance and their own possible theories of liability. Identifying every responsible party and every applicable policy is what separates a case with modest limits from a case with enough coverage to actually make the client whole.

George Goldberg has handled commercial trucking cases for more than 32 years. We send spoliation letters immediately to preserve electronic control module data, driver logs, hours of service records, dash cam footage, and maintenance records. Commercial carriers are allowed to destroy certain records on short schedules, and a day of delay can cost the case critical evidence. With more than three decades of practice,

The articles below cover how FMCSA regulations apply, how to prove an hours of service violation, how electronic data is preserved, and how multiple defendants are identified. The FAQ covers the questions we hear most often in the first call.

If you or a loved one was hurt in a commercial truck crash, call us today before evidence disappears. 1-888-352-9243