Trucking, commercial vehicle, 18 wheeler wrecks are different. The weight of an 18-wheeler is about 35,000 pounds empty and can be 80,000 pounds loaded. Passenger vehicles (compact, mid-size cars, SUV(s) and pick-ups) weigh between 2,600 and 5,500 pounds.
In addition to state law, commercial vehicles are heavily regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Understanding and appreciating the interplay between state law and the federal regulatory scheme and the obligations imposed on trucking companies is critical to ensuring that an individual injured or killed by a big rig, tractor trailer, 18 wheeler or other commercial vehicle is compensated to the full extent of the law.
Experience matters
Our firm has successfully held these federally-regulated trucking companies aka motor carriers responsible for injuring or killing innocent victims:
- Falcon Transport
- Pioneer Transport
- US Xpress
- Knight Transportation
- Central Transport
- Commercial Transportation
- Drayage Express
- Cowin Equipment Company
- MasTec North America
- RoadOne Intermodal Logistics
- Total Transportation of Mississippi
- J&L Hauling * Howard Sheppard
- Palmetto Diesel Towing and Recovery
- Coyote Express
- T&A Distributors
- Steven Van Lines
- Jason Taylor Moving Storage
- OneTrans. Logistics
- Ready Truck Lines, LLC
- MET Trucking
- Cargo Transportation
- Coastal Moving
- Beasley Timber
- MDV Spartannash
- Sapp Trucking, Inc.
- Southern AG Carriers, Inc.
- Boaty’s Transport, Inc.
- Michael Duff, Inc.
- Stankovic Transport, Inc.
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