$4.2M— Commercial truck driver fatigue caused multi-vehicle collision
Verdict
Truck Accident 2025
Practice area
Truck Accident
Commercial vehicle collisions governed by federal safety regulations.
Overview
A collision with a tractor-trailer is not a bigger car accident. It is a claim against a regulated motor carrier, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations create duties — on hours of service, driver qualification, maintenance, and cargo securement — that have no equivalent in an ordinary crash case.
Those records have retention periods measured in months. We send a spoliation letter within days so that logs, dispatch records, and telematics data are preserved rather than purged on schedule.
Injuries we see
- Spinal cord injury and paralysis
- Severe traumatic brain injury
- Crush injuries and amputation
- Internal organ damage
- Fatal injuries
Truck Accident results
See all results$720K— Improperly secured cargo caused highway collision
SettlementTruck Accident 2024
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Case results depend on a variety of factors unique to each case.
Truck Accident questions
Who is responsible besides the driver?
Often several parties. The motor carrier, the trailer owner, a broker, a maintenance contractor, or a shipper who loaded the trailer can each carry independent liability.
Why does the carrier's insurer arrive so quickly?
Large carriers dispatch rapid response teams to the scene within hours. They are gathering evidence for the defense before the vehicles are moved.
What is an hours-of-service violation worth?
On its own, nothing. Its value is evidentiary — it establishes that the carrier put a fatigued driver on the road, which supports a claim against the company itself rather than only the driver.
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