Contact the truck accident attorneys at Christensen Law in Ann Arbor, Michigan to help you investigate
commercial driver negligence and get your damages covered.
Not exact matches
More so these accidents are often caused by
negligence of the truck
driver or the
commercial trucking company that is responsible for that
drivers actions.
Improper braking technique that rises to the level of
negligence happens when a
driver breaches his duty to operate the tractor - trailer with the reasonable care expected of a skilled
commercial truck operator and causes an accident that leads to harm to another person.
Despite the fact that
drivers of
commercial vehicles require a federally mandated CDL license, they are susceptible to
negligence on city streets and highways alike.
If the other
driver was over the legal limit — 0 percent for
drivers under 21 years,.08 percent for
drivers over 21, and.04 percent for
commercial drivers — then this may also be evidence of recklessness, or gross
negligence, and can support you in asking for punitive damages.
When a
commercial truck accident occurs, if an employment relationship is established between the truck
driver and a trucking or shipping company, then that company can be held liable for the
driver's
negligence under a legal theory known as «respondeat superior.»
There is a higher threshold for
negligence for
commercial truck
drivers and trucking industry operators.
When a
commercial truck
driver kills or injures a person while driving under the influence, truck accident attorneys will not only seek
negligence against the
driver, but seek out punitive damages too.
For those injured when travelling with an Uber
driver, the
commercial policy provides protection for the
negligence of an Uber
driver and additionally for circumstances in which an accident is the other motorist's fault, and a
driver has inadequate insurance coverage or no insurance.
A CDL
driver's time logs are often the key to proving a
commercial driver's
negligence.
If you have been in a serious truck accident, your Third Party lawsuit will depend on your truck driving attorneys» ability to prove the
commercial driver's
negligence.
Luckily, there are state and federal laws that will help you prove
negligence by
commercial drivers.
Some cases that can lead to the highest values (assuming there was
negligence on the part of the other
driver) are semi-truck accident cases,
commercial vehicle accident cases, ride share accidents (i.e., Uber & Lyft), construction accidents,
commercial (not city) bus accidents, and the like.
TRUCK ACCIDENTS: A majority of truck accident caused by
driver negligence and collisions with large
commercial vehicles on busy highways are likely to cause serious injury, catastrophic injury to the brain and spinal cord, and injuries which can lead to death.
Negligence of
driver or company —
Commercial truck driving or any truck driving requires special skills.
We know that protecting future
drivers from suffering the results of carelessness and
negligence by
commercial truck companies and
drivers means lives saved.
In our experience,
commercial truck
drivers and their employers tend to avoid accepting responsibility for their
negligence or recklessness.