
Commercial trucking cases are nothing like car crashes — multiple defendants, federal regulations, black-box data, driver logs, and corporate legal teams. We know the playbook because we've been running plays against it for years.
Quick answer: 18-wheeler crashes often involve the driver, the trucking company, the cargo loader, the truck manufacturer, and maintenance contractors — each potentially liable. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rules on hours of service, drug testing, and inspections create multiple theories of liability. Evidence must be preserved within days of the crash.
We send spoliation letters to the trucking company and insurer within hours — demanding preservation of the truck, ECM/black-box data, logs, dashcam, and driver records.
Electronic Control Module data reveals speed, braking, and hours behind the wheel. FMCSA logs reveal whether the driver violated hours-of-service rules.
Driver, carrier, broker, shipper, maintenance provider — any negligent link can be a defendant. We build liability theories against each.
Accident reconstructionists, human-factors specialists, and trucking-industry experts rebuild the crash for juries.
Commercial trucking policies are $1M to $10M+ — we push for every available dollar, including excess layers and corporate assets.
Federal regulations, multiple defendants, electronic data, corporate defense teams, and policy limits measured in millions rather than thousands. They require trucking-specific expertise.
Immediately. Trucking companies have rapid-response legal teams at the scene within hours. Evidence disappears fast — ECM data can be overwritten, logs can be 'lost', drivers can be quietly reassigned.
Trucking companies often claim drivers are independent contractors to dodge liability. Federal law and careful pleading often defeat that defense.
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