Commercial trucking cases are unlike any other. They require different expertise, different investigation, and different firepower.
When an 80,000-pound semi-truck collides with a passenger vehicle, the results are devastating. The sheer disparity in mass almost always produces catastrophic injuries or death. But what makes trucking cases legally complex — and why firms without trucking experience routinely under-recover — is the regulatory and corporate infrastructure surrounding commercial trucking.
Commercial trucking is governed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and a dense set of federal regulations covering hours of service, drug and alcohol testing, vehicle maintenance, driver qualification files, and cargo securement. Violations of these regulations establish negligence per se — meaning fault is legally presumed if a regulation was broken. But you have to know those regulations exist, know how to find the violations, and know how to prove them at trial.
The trucking company will have specialized counsel on-site within hours of a serious accident. Their team begins preserving evidence favorable to the company while letting unfavorable evidence disappear. We match that urgency by sending our own team — including an investigator — to accident scenes in serious cases. Evidence gets locked down. Spoliation letters go out the same day.
Unlike a standard car accident, multiple parties may share liability in a trucking case. Identifying all of them is critical — because each represents a separate source of insurance coverage and recovery.
Don't face a corporate legal team alone. Our firm has the resources and experience to go toe-to-toe with the largest carriers and their insurers. Call now for a free, confidential case evaluation.