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Liability in Commercial Truck Crash Claims Explained

Liability in Commercial Truck Crash Claims Explained Unlike many car crashes, a semi-truck crash often involves several potentially responsible parties. The driver, the trucking company, the trailer owner, the shipper that loaded the freight and the maker of a failed part may all play a role. Identifying every responsible party is an early job for a truck accident lawyer, because each party may carry its own insurance. The truck driver The starting point is usually th

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Civic · 15:35

How to Choose a Truck Accident Lawyer

Choosing a Tractor-Trailer Crash Attorney: Questions to Ask Choosing a truck accident lawyer is a different task from choosing a lawyer for a minor fender bender. Tractor-trailer claims often involve federal safety regulations, electronic evidence and several insurance policies, and the trucking company often has its own lawyers and investigators involved from the start. The questions below can make a consultation more useful. Check the license and the record Before m

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Council · 15:22

Driver Fatigue and Hours of Service Rules in Truck Accident Claims

Hours of Service Violations in Semi-Truck Crash Claims When a tractor-trailer crash happens late in a long run, one of the first questions is whether the driver was within the federal hours-of-service limits. Fatigue rarely leaves skid marks, so the answer usually comes from records rather than the roadway. A truck accident lawyer reviewing one of these cases usually starts by comparing the driver's logs against every other record of the trip. How the federal hours-of-se

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Watch · 15:10

What NHTSA Data Show About Car Crashes

NHTSA Car Crash Statistics on Speeding and Drunk Driving Federal crash data shows how many people die on American roads each year and which driver behaviors are involved. Every figure below comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and each is labeled with its year. A car accident attorney might use numbers like these for context, but statistics describe patterns across many crashes rather than what happened in any one of them. Overall traffi

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