Cases we take
Truck crashes
A crash with a commercial truck brings in a carrier, its insurer and its records. We go after the records first.
Semis, fuel and propane haulers, delivery vans and work trucks all answer to rules about how long a driver may drive, how the truck is maintained and how the load is secured.
Those rules leave a paper trail: driver logs, electronic logging data, inspection reports and dispatch messages. We send a letter in the first days asking the carrier to keep all of it, before ordinary retention schedules erase it.
Current matter
When a truck was involved
A trucking company keeps its driver logs, inspection reports and the truck's own crash data for a limited time. A letter from us in the first weeks asks it to keep them.
If you were hurt, or someone in your family was, here is what helps most in the first weeks:
- Keep every medical bill, discharge sheet and pharmacy receipt.
- Don't sign anything from the trucking company or its insurer until a lawyer reads it.
- Write down what you remember about the truck, the weather and the traffic, while it's fresh.
- Keep your car, or photos of it, until its damage has been documented.
Talking to us costs nothing and doesn't commit you to anything. We'll tell you plainly whether you have a claim.
What we do
What happens on a truck crash case
Faster at the start than a car case, because evidence goes missing.
- 01
A preservation letter
Within days, we ask the carrier in writing to keep the truck's data, the driver's logs and its maintenance file.
- 02
The truck and the scene
We photograph the road and, where we can, have the truck's electronic data downloaded by an independent expert.
- 03
The carrier's history
We check the company's inspection and safety records, and its rules for hiring and training drivers.
- 04
One claim, many parties
The driver, the carrier, the shipper and the truck's owner can all share fault. We name each one who does.
Questions
Truck crash questions
The trucking company's adjuster already called me. Is that normal?
Yes. Carriers often have someone on a serious crash within hours. Be polite, take their name, and don't give a statement until we've talked.
How is a truck case different from a car case?
There are more people who may be at fault, more insurance, and federal and state safety rules the driver and carrier had to follow.
Who pays my medical bills while the case goes on?
Usually your own health insurance or medical payments coverage, at first. We keep track so those payers are dealt with at the end.
Talk it through with a lawyer
The first meeting is free, at our office or at your home.