TRUCKING ACCIDENTS

     Motor Vehicle Accidents  that involve semi-truck or commercial trucks may vary from a "regular" motor vehicle accident involving non-commercial vehicles  for several reasons.  There are more complexities and additional federal laws that may apply when a commercial truck is involved.  Because of the additional complexities, these cases should be handled by attorneys who are experienced in both the State and Federal legal systems and specialists in the Michigan No-Fault and the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs). 

     Trucking laws may extend to a multitude of trucks, including but not limited to  commercial freight (18 wheelers, semi-trucks or tractor trailers), Delivery Trucks (Amazon, UPS, Fed-Ex), tow trucks or other utility type trucks including flat beds, garbage trucks, electrical trucks or dump trucks. 

     Because Trucking accidents involve federal laws and regulations, and may involve interstate Defendants who operate in Michigan, it is also important that your attorney be licensed in the United States Federal District Courts, and familiar with the process and procedures of those courts.  

     Additionally, trucking accidents may involve multiple insurance policies and multiple insurers and those policies will have much higher liability limits.  The complexities and higher limits are partly in place because commercial trucks are larger vehicles and have a much higher tendency to cause severe or catastrophic injuries or even death.  Because of the  higher liability policies, more money is at stake, and you can guarantee that those insurers will fight harder to minimize or exclude you from recovering... 

     Multiple parties could be at fault, which may entitle you to additional awards for recovery.  Because of the multiple policies and parties usually involved in a trucking accident, multiple parties may have liability, each holding their own insurance policy.   This can include the truck’s driver, the truck’s owner, the driver’s contract company, the freight company, mechanics and truck servicers and others depending on the situation of that individual company.

     If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident with a truck, you may qualify for entitlement to awards for injuries that you have sustained. This can include a serious impairment of a body function, which may involve pain and suffering, emotional distress, disfigurement or scarring, lost-wages and future medical care that arises from the accident.

We will never charge a fee unless you recover, so there is no cost to you. 

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