A truck accident is not the same as a regular car wreck. While many people may assume the two are the similar enough and treat them as such when pursuing a legal claim, this is a critical mistake. Truckers must abide by certain state laws and regulations, and a failure to do so makes them—as well as other potential parties— responsible for the damages suffered due to their negligence.
Collecting Evidence
One of the reasons that it is so important to contact a lawyer quickly following a truck crash is so that they can start preserving evidence. A truck accident can result in a person suffering severe, catastrophic injuries due to the sheer size of the vehicles involved and the amount of force they emit on impact. In these cases, it is crucial to retain a legal professional who can immediately take actions, not only to preserve physical evidence such as taking pictures and measurements, but also to write spoliation letters to the trucking company to preserve and gain access to additional evidence that is kept under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act. This often includes the trucking logs, drug testing results, the vehicle’s repair records, and fuel receipts. If the evidence is not collected and preserved soon after the wreck, it could disappear forever. When this happens, it becomes especially difficult, and often near impossible, to prove another person or entity’s fault for an accident. Thus, one role of a lawyer in Frisco truck crash claims is to ensure that this does not happen.
