Truck Accidents
An 18-wheeler case is an evidence race, not a paperwork exercise. The data that decides it sits inside the truck and inside the carrier's own files, and none of it stays there indefinitely.
A trucking case has a company, not just a driver
Commercial carriers answer to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations: hours of service, maintenance and inspection, drug and alcohol testing, driver qualification. Every one of those is a rule a carrier can fall short of, and every shortfall is evidence. That is the difference between this and a car wreck.
The evidence overwrites itself on a schedule
The engine control module holds speed, braking and throttle in the seconds before impact. The electronic logging device holds hours behind the wheel. Both are overwritten in the ordinary course of business, which is why a preservation demand goes out immediately rather than eventually.
The company's own decisions are reachable
A carrier answers for its driver under respondeat superior. Past that, negligent hiring, training, supervision and entrustment reach the company's choices directly, and that is usually where the meaningful coverage sits.
Who is on your case
Josh Powell held a CDL and worked around this equipment before law school. Justin Dewett was lead counsel on the settlement TopVerdict ranked No. 1 in the United States for an unsafe lane change in 2024.
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