Catastrophic truck accident litigation rarely involves a single act of negligence. While a commercial truck driver may have exceeded their hours-of-service limits or failed to inspect the brakes, the plaintiff may also have been speeding or distracted. In court, both parties may argue that the other’s conduct was the true cause of the collision, but […]
In many truck accidents, plaintiffs often seek compensation for injuries caused by negligence. However, the plaintiff cannot simply make the demand, they must prove that the defendant failed to exercise care and that the failure caused compensable harm. Occasionally, evidence may suggest that the accident was not an isolated event but the result of conscious […]
Catastrophic truck accidents often produce enormous financial losses. However, one of the more significant damages has little to do with the wages the plaintiff may have missed. The concern is more focused on a difficult question: how should the law compensate someone whose future earning capacity has been permanently altered? The question is one of […]
Visible damage is often the first thing documented when a passenger vehicle collides with a commercial truck. Crushed metal and shattered glass illustrate the severity of the truck accident, but it is not the focus of the investigation. Instead, litigators ask one specific question: how much of the vehicle’s occupant compartment was compromised during the […]
Driver conduct is often at the forefront of commercial truck accident litigation. Was the driver dozing? Did they brake in time? Were they distracted? However, those questions may become secondary when the driver did everything they could possibly do yet found themselves incapable of responding correctly because of the influence of improperly loaded cargo. A […]