Trucking Accidents
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If you have been injured in a trucking accident then contact our San Diego trucking accident attorneys today
Our San Diego Trucking Accident Attorneys are experienced in getting full and fair compensation for the harms that our clients suffer in trucking accidents. We are nationally recognized and award winning attorneys who fight for those who have been injured by negligent truck drivers and trucking companies. With offices available in San Diego, Carlsbad, Escondido, Irvine, San Bernardino, Riverside and Los Angeles, the Mason Firm represents injury victims throughout Southern California.
Types of Trucking Accidents
There are many types of trucking accidents - and we cover them all
We represent those who have been injured in all types of trucking accidents, including:
- rear-end collision trucking accidents
- truck drivers running red lights
- truck drivers speeding
- truck drivings violating hours of service rules
- truck drivers violating weight limits rules
- truck drivers violating rest break rules
- trucking companies negligenting putting inexperienced drivers behind the wheel
- trucking companies negligently maintaining their fleet of trucks
- trucking companies violating the rules regarding background checks of drivers
- trucking broker companies negligence
- and more...
Damages for your Injuries
You are entitled to damages for the injuries you have suffered
In a trucking accident, you may be entitled to recover damages for the following:
- Past and future medical bills
- Past and future lost wages
- Future lost earning capacity
- Past and future pain and suffering
- Property damage to your vehicle and other damaged items
- Loss of Use of your vehicle
- And more....
Types of Injuries
The injuries in a trucking accident are usually much more severe than that of a car accident.
Trucking accident injuries often result in serious and permanent injuries or death. We represent victims who have suffered serious trucking injuries, including but not limited to:
- Permanent disability or death
- Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
- Spinal Injuries
- Orthopedic Injuries
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Whiplash
- Shoulder Injuries
- Wrist Injuries
- Knee Injuries
- Hip Injuries
- SI Joint Injuries
- Cervical Spine Injuries
- Thoracic Spine Injuries
- Lumbar Spine Injuries
- Radicular Pain and Numbness into arms
- Radicular Pain and Numbness into legs
- Disc Herniations
- Nerve Injuries
- And more....
Special Rules Apply in Trucking Cases
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration carefully regulates truck drivers.
If you or someone you know has been injured in a trucking accident, it is important to find a San Diego trucking accident attorney who is experienced in trucking accidents because the rules for truck drivers are different than that of regular drivers. Our attorneys are experienced and knowledgeable when in comes to the special rules provided by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for regulating truck drivers, trucking companies, motor carriers, broker companies, and everyone involved with the use of commercial trucks. Some of those special rules of the FMCSA include, but are not limited to the following:
- Property Carrying Truck Drivers are limited to driving a maximum of 11 hours after 10 consective hours off duty
- Property Carrying Truck Drivers may not drive beyond the 14th consecutive hour after coming on duty, following 10 consectuve hours off duty. Off-duty time does not extend the 14-hour period.
- Property Carrying Truck Drivers may drive only if 8 hours or less have passed since the end of the driver's last off-duty or sleeper berth period of at least 30 minutes.
- Property Carrying Truck Drivers may not drive after 60/70 hours on duty in 7/8 consecutive days. A driver may restart 7/8 consectuve day period after taking 34 or more consectuve hours off duty.
- Property Carrying Truck Drivers using the sleeper berth provision must take at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, plus a seperate 2 consecutive hours either in the sleeper berth, off duty, or any combination of the two.
- Before hiring a driver, trucking companies, also known as motor carriers, must obtain motor vehicle records of any prospective driver.
- Motor carriers must investigate the applicant's safety performance history prior to hiring them.
- Motor carriers must check with previous employers to determine if the applicant has violated any drug or alcohol policies in the past.
- Motor carriers must conduct a pre-employment drug test.
- Motor carriers must obtain the driver's medical examiner's certificate by a certified medical examiner.
- And many more....
Some Recent
Trucking Accident Statistics
4,889
large trucks and buses involved in fatal crashes in 2017 (FMCSA, 2018)
116,000
injury crashes involving large trucks or buses in 2017 (FMSCA, 2018)
10 mph
National data shows that even a 10 mph speed increase ups the risk of a crash by 9.1% (Fortune, 2016)
10,111
Speeding killed 10,111 people in the US in 2016, accounting for more than 1/4 of all traffic fatalities. (NHTSA, 2018)
Our Most Recent Trucking Accident Results
$1,075,845.00
$1,075,845.00 jury verdict in disputed mild traumatic brain injury against a school district.
$1,800,000.00
$1,800,000.00 settlement in car accident case resulting in cervical fusion surgery.
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