Truck drivers often travel long distances over a course of several hours, resulting in fatigue. As such, driver fatigue is a significant safety concern. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulates how long commercial truck drivers may remain behind the wheel before taking a mandatory break—known as Hours-of-Service (HOS)—which is found in 49 C.F.R. […]
Many truck accidents begin with the driver. A collision occurs, investigators examine the accident, including the driver’s conduct, and then litigation turns to the decisions made leading up to the impact. In some cases, however, a different theory is pursued. Rather than treating the crash as the product of an individual mistake, the plaintiff may […]
Once a truck accident occurs, investigators immediately begin examining trucking data to determine whether the company complied with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). Driver qualification files are requested. Hours-of-service logs are scrutinized. Yet, that is only the beginning of the analysis. A trucking company may accrue a number of FMCSA violations without causing […]
Neonatal hypoxic injury cases begin with the existence of a hypoxic event being apparent from the beginning. Fetal monitoring records, blood gas studies, neurological findings, imaging results, or the infant’s clinical condition after birth may all point to hypoxia. The more difficult question is whether the resulting brain injury was fixed before delivery or whether […]
In intensive care settings, sedation is often necessary. Mechanically ventilated patients may require sedative medications to tolerate life-sustaining treatment, control agitation, reduce metabolic demand, or facilitate recovery from serious ailments. Yet the same medication that promotes stability can also complicate one of the most important functions of critical care medicine: the ongoing assessment of neurological […]