Truck crashes
Truck crash claims
A trucking company sends people to the scene within hours. Your file should start just as fast, with letters that keep the logs, the dispatch records and the camera footage from disappearing.
Commercial trucks run on records. The driver logs hours, the truck logs speed and braking, dispatch logs the route, and the company logs every repair. Each of those can show why the crash happened, and each can be deleted on a schedule.
Our first letter goes out the week you call and names every record we want kept. Then we find out who is responsible: the driver, the company, the company that loaded the trailer, or the shop that last worked on the brakes. A truck case often has more than one insurer, and the file has to reach all of them.
The file
What goes in the file
Hours and logs
The driver's electronic logs, matched against fuel receipts, tolls and delivery times.
The truck's own data
Speed, braking and engine data from the truck's computer, and any camera inside the cab.
Maintenance
Brake, tire and inspection records for the truck and trailer.
Everyone responsible
The carrier, the shipper, the broker and the repair shop, each with its own policy.
Questions
What people ask after a truck crash
How fast do I need to call after a truck crash?
As soon as you're able. Some records are kept for only weeks. A call doesn't commit you to anything, and it lets us send the letter that keeps them.
The truck was a delivery van, not a semi. Is that still a truck case?
Often, yes. Box trucks and delivery vans driven for a company are usually covered by that company's commercial policy, and their records work the same way.
The trucking company's adjuster called me. Should I talk to them?
You can say you're hurt and that a lawyer will be in touch. Don't give a recorded statement or sign anything until someone on your side has read it.
Hit by a truck? The records have a clock. Call this week.
Signe takes most of these cases from the Seattle office. The first call is free.
No fee unless we recover money for you. Case costs, like records and expert reviews, come out of the recovery; if there is no recovery, you owe neither.