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An 18-wheeler — also called a semi-truck or tractor-trailer — can weigh up to 80,000 pounds fully loaded, roughly 20 times a passenger car. That mismatch is why these crashes cause catastrophic injuries far more often than ordinary collisions. 18 wheeler cases are also legally more complex: liability may fall on the driver, the motor carrier, the trailer owner, a cargo loader, or a parts manufacturer, and federal FMCSA regulations apply on top of state law. Having the right representation from day one matters.
Because of the size disparity, injuries are often severe — spinal cord damage, traumatic brain injuries, crush injuries, amputations, and fatalities. A claim can typically account for emergency and long-term medical care, rehabilitation, lost income and reduced earning capacity, vehicle damage, and pain and suffering.
Commercial carriers dispatch investigators within hours of a crash, and their insurers are not the same insurers that handle car accidents. An 18 wheeler attorney knows to move fast on the evidence that decides these cases: the tractor’s ECM (“black box”) data, driver qualification files, hours-of-service logs, maintenance records, and cargo manifests. Much of it can be overwritten or destroyed on a routine retention schedule, so a spoliation letter usually needs to go out in the first days — not the first month.
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