Truck accidents involving intoxication are much more prevalent than people realize. Even though there is mandatory drug testing after serious trucking accidents, intoxicated driving is still a big problem in the industry. Methamphetamine use is common among truck drivers because it keeps people awake, and many of these drivers are encouraged to drive very long hours, some well in excess of what is allowed.
When tractor-trailers are involved in accidents, the effects are often catastrophic for the rest of the driving public. If you were hurt in an accident caused by an intoxicated truck driver, you should seek the services of a McKinney lawyer. You may be entitled to compensation for your injuries, and an experienced attorney could help you pursue it. Call today for a consultation.
A DUI should be a death knell to future employment for a truck driver. Unfortunately, while impaired driving should prevent the driver from getting future employment, sometimes the employers do not do the background check that the law requires them to do. As a result, there are situations in which these drivers are hired in which they would not be eligible to be hired if the employer had done the proper background checks.
With those sorts of wrecks, it pays to do the research to determine, “Should this person have been fired?” or, “Should they have been eligible for hire?” That can lead to a direct action against the trucking company, not for the employee’s negligence but for their own negligence in hiring the person to begin with. Those are going to be very good cases.
If you are in need of a personal injury attorney in North Texas, please contact the team at McCraw Law Group today. We are ready to help you in a broad range of serious accident and injury legal issues, and offer multiple ways to reach us.
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If you are in need of a personal injury attorney in North Texas, please contact the team at McCraw Law Group today. We are ready to help you in a broad range of serious accident and injury legal issues, and offer multiple ways to reach us.