18-Wheeler Accident Investigation

If your loved one has been seriously injured or died in an 18-wheeler accident, it is in your best interests to hire a lawyer to do an independent investigation of the accident. This is important because an experienced lawyer will look for evidence of the following:

Violations of federal trucking laws
Defective truck parts that may have contributed, even in part to the injuries or death.

Violation of Federal Trucking Laws

For an attorney to properly investigate an accident involving an 18-wheeler, the attorney has to know the commercial trucking regulations promulgated and enforced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), an arm of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

When our attorneys investigate an accident involving an 18-wheeler and an auto, motorcycle, bicycle or pedestrian, they look for evidence of FMCSA regulations violations at they:

Inspect the vehicles involved in the accident
Inspect the scene of the accident
Analyze trucking company documents, including the truck driver’s daily log (basically a federally-mandated diary of how the truck driver spent every hour of every day he was driving)
Interview witnesses and trucking company personnel.

Accident Caused by a Defective Truck Part

If a defective truck part causes, even in part, an accident, the manufacturer of the defective part should be held accountable. Defective parts that may be involved in an accident include the following:

trailer hitch assemblies
brakes
tires and axles
steering shaft and gears
dash control valves

Our attorneys have had leadership positions on multistate litigation panels involving product liability cases.

Attorney Eric Hageman is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Interstate Trucking Litigation Group. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. Contact Eric for a free consultation.

Pritzker Olsen law firm represents accident victims throughout the United States. The firm is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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