Your airbags did not go off. Or maybe they did, and you are trying to understand what that means. Either way, you are asking this question because something happened in your accident that does not quite add up, and you suspect the answer matters for reasons beyond simple curiosity. You are right that it matters. […]
Most Common Causes of Truck Accident Claims
If you are searching this right now, you are probably not doing academic research on commercial transportation safety. Something happened to you, or someone you care about, and you are trying to understand whether what happened fits a pattern, whether it was preventable, whether someone is responsible in a way that the law recognizes. That […]
What Is MCS-90 and Why It Matters If a Truck Hit You
You probably did not go looking for this term on your own. Someone mentioned it to you, an attorney, an adjuster, maybe something you came across while trying to understand why a trucking company’s insurance seems to be behaving so strangely in the aftermath of your accident. MCS-90 sounds like a bureaucratic code for something […]
What to Wear to Court After a Car Accident
You have been dealing with this case for months, maybe longer. The medical appointments, the phone calls with the insurance adjuster, the back and forth with your attorney, the way this whole thing has quietly taken over a corner of your life you did not budget for. And now you are actually going to court, […]
What to Do After a Rear-End Collision
Your car just got hit from behind. Maybe you saw it coming in the rearview mirror and braced for it. Maybe it came out of nowhere and now your neck hurts and your hands are shaking and you are sitting in a car that may or may not be safe to drive, trying to figure […]
What If the Cargo Company Loaded the Truck Improperly and Caused the Accident
Improper cargo loading is one of the most underlitigated causes of serious truck accidents, and the reason it is underlitigated has nothing to do with how often it contributes to crashes. It has to do with how invisible the loading process is to everyone outside the supply chain, and how deliberately the parties responsible for […]
What Insurance Coverage Do Trucking Companies Have to Carry?
The insurance picture in a commercial trucking case is more complicated than most people realize, and the complications run in directions that can either dramatically expand or unexpectedly limit the coverage available to someone seriously injured by a commercial truck. Federal law sets minimum requirements that are substantially higher than what passenger vehicles must carry, […]
What If the Trucking Company Knew the Driver Had a Bad Record Before Hiring Him
If the trucking company hired a driver they knew was dangerous, or that a basic background check would have revealed was dangerous, the company’s liability for what happened to you is not merely vicarious — it is direct. And that distinction matters enormously for the value of your case, for the availability of punitive damages, […]
What If the Truck Driver Tested Positive for Drugs or Alcohol After the Accident?
A positive drug or alcohol test following a commercial trucking accident is among the most consequential pieces of evidence that can exist in a personal injury case, and it is consequential in ways that go far beyond the obvious fact of the driver’s impairment. The test result does not just tell you something about the […]
What If the Trucking Company Leased the Truck From Someone Else
This is one of the most legally complex questions in commercial trucking litigation, and it is a question the trucking industry has invested enormous effort in making as confusing as possible. The leasing of commercial trucks — equipment leasing, owner-operator arrangements, trip leases, long-term leases between related entities — is standard industry practice, and it […]