Making a decent living as a truck driver is hard work. Tight schedules, long hours each day and long stretches of time away from home are common. Semi-trucks with a full load can weigh up to 80,000 pounds. Put them on the interstate at 65 miles-per-hour and the unfortunate result is often a serious trucking accident. Due to the sheer size of an 18-wheeler truck, accidents involving trucks often result in death or serious personal injuries.

While the cause of every trucking accident is unique to the facts of the case, driver fatigue from failure to follow federal guidelines regulating the number of hours a trucker is allowed to be on the road contributes to many trucking accidents. When a trucking accident is caused by driver fatigue, it is critical to obtain the driver logs and other relevant documents. These documents often prove that the driver and trucking company have not complied with the law. The laws are in place to protect other drivers and the truckers themselves from inattentive drivers and unsafe trucks. Unfortunately, the pressure to make more money often leads to truck drivers exceeding the permissible number of hours they can drive in a day and/or safety violations to the trucks themselves.

As experienced trucking accident lawyers we start working for you as soon as we are retained to represent you. The first course of action is to send correspondence to the trucking company demanding that no records (such as daily logs and maintenance schedules) be destroyed. We then fully investigate every trucking accident case. This includes hiring experts such as Accident Reconstructionists and trucking industry veterans who work with us to prove how the accident happened and who was at fault. Among other things that our experienced trucking accident lawyers do are: investigate all potential defendants; uncover all insurance that can pay for your damages and proactively manage your lawsuit to ensure that you receive the help you need to fully recover for the injuries caused by the accident.

Many people that are injured in trucking accidents suffer serious injuries such as brain injuries (often referred to as traumatic brain injury or TBI), closed head injuries, amputation and loss of limbs, serious back injuries, third-degree burns, other catastrophic injuries, and even wrongful death.

Serious injuries usually result in large amounts of damages in the form of medical bills, pain and suffering, lost wages, disfigurement, future medical bills, and a diminished quality of life. In addition, the spouse of an injured person is entitled to be fully compensated for their “loss of consortium” which is the loss that occurs when a spouse is injured and the other spouse loses their companionship, services, and marital relations.

If you or a family member has been injured in a trucking accident, you are entitled to be fully compensated for your injuries. At Fleming Law, P.C., we are experienced trucking lawyers who work hard to get you all that you are entitled to under the law.

If you would like to discuss your trucking accident case with an experienced injury lawyer, call Fleming Law, P.C. at (404) 923-7497 or contact us online. We are here to help.