Holding Trucking Companies Responsible for Negligence
Truck accidents cause thousands of injuries and hundreds of deaths each year in Texas alone. While sometimes a careless motorist or inattentive pedestrian is partly at fault, trucking accidents often trace back to the actions or inaction of truck drivers, employers and truck owners.
To collect compensation for serious injuries, it may be necessary to establish that the trucking company was negligent. You need an experienced attorney to stand up to demonstrate liability and stand up to the insurance companies for full damages.
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Tracing the Negligence in Truck Accidents
Potential causes of action against a trucking company and its driver may include:- Negligent hiring and retention — Failing to conduct background checks; failing to verify proper licensure and claimed experience; continuing to employ a driver after serious trucking violations, traffic violations or accidents
- Negligent training — Failing to provide mandated or industry-specific instruction in operating a tractor-trailer or other regulated truck
- Negligent entrustment — Allowing a person to operate an 18-wheeler or another large truck without a valid CDL (commercial driver’s license) or while under the influence of drugs or alcohol
- Negligent maintenance — Bald tires, worn brakes, noncompliant lights or reflectors, broken doors, loose mudflaps, or other neglect in maintenance and repair
- Other negligence — Speeding, unsafe lane changes, failing to maintain a safe distance, running a traffic signal; texting while driving or other prohibited behavior; weight limit violations; federal Hours of Service violations (too many hours behind the wheel)