If You Have Been Injured in West Palm Beach, You Have Thousands of Questions Racing through Your Mind. Get Answers.

Q: How are trucking accidents different from other motor vehicle accidents?

A: Trucking accidents present unique problems both in proving the fault of the trucking company and also in the often catastrophic injuries that can result from such crashes.

Trucking companies often have very sophisticated systems for reacting quickly in the event of a crash of one of their vehicles. They will often have investigators on the scene of a crash within hours, gathering evidence in their favor.

Reconstructing trucking crashes is often more difficult than reconstructing car crashes because of several factors:

1. Only certain accident reconstruction experts are experienced in the dynamics of trucks, the rules relating to maintenance, the Federal and industry standards as to the number of hours a driver can operate the vehicle, a reconstruction of the last moments before a crash by downloading the information contained in the truck's EDR (electronic data recorder) and multiple other factors that are not present in a car crash.

2. Both because truck crashes often result in catastrophic injuries and because of the intrinsic difficulty in proving fault against a determined opponent, a person injured in a truck crash needs an attorney experienced in handling truck crashes.