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Trucking Accident Defendants
In a trucking accident, there is usually more than one defendant. While the driver is ultimately the person who hit you, the trucking companies, contractors, employers, and insurance companies could also be obligated to compensate you for your injuries. Your lawyer should thoroughly examine all potential defendants in order to maximize your monetary compensation.
Negligent Drivers and Companies
Trucking companies are required to follow the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act as adopted in Texas. This rigid set of rules is designed to keep individuals safe on the roadway. Often times, trucking companies and their drivers violate these rules. As a result, accidents happen and unfortunate injuries and deaths can occur. Some of the basic rules drivers and trucking companies are supposed to follow are enumerated here and below:
- Did the driver have a valid CDL?
- Did the driver have a poor driving record?
- Did he have an accident history?
- Did the driver submit to and pass a drug test? Did he have a drug abuse history?
- Was the driver medically qualified to drive a commercial truck?
- Does the employer routinely hire incapable drivers?
- Does the employer have a history of employing people with drug or alcohol abuse problems?
Time and time again, Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys has established results through utilization of experts revealing trucking company documents, truck driver documents, and various violations of the law. Some violations of the laws have been serious enough to place trucking companies at risk of being temporarily stopped from operating in Texas and the United States. Further, through lawsuits handled by Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys many violations have been found that were not found by state and federal auditors who professionally audit trucking companies. These findings occur through diligent lawsuit discovery enclosing depositions and interrogatories.
Accident History of Truck Drivers and Companies
When facing the defendant, it's important to understand the accident history not only of the truck driver, but of the trucking company. At Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys, diligent research is completed to look at both the truck driver and the trucking company and their accident history. It is not unusual to find truck drivers and trucking companies to have had a poor driving record, poor accident history record, and poor hiring practices. Through the use of experts, we have been able to illuminate how poor management practices have led to the hiring of a bad truck driver and eventually resulted in an accident.
Truck Company Alcohol Policies
Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys have also been successful in uncovering some companies with DOT vehicles that actually have alcohol policies. Hidden in human resource documentation have been policies that give company management the discretion to allow alcohol at functions for companies where drivers were eventually allowed to drive vehicles. Of course, the company policies against alcohol use conflict with their human resource policies. As a result of diligent research and use of numerous types of experts, Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys have been able to expose the underside of some of the largest corporations in the United States who utilize alcohol policies allowing alcohol consumption in the operation of motor vehicles.
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Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys have a proven track record of success in handling trucking accident cases and fighting for what injured victims deserve.
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$4.5 Million
Net to Client: $2,389,596.95
Expenses: $85,403.05
Attorney Fees: $2,025,000.00
Trucking Accident – Wrongful Death -
$3.6 Million
Net to Client: $2,069,185.00
Expenses: $102,814.00
Attorney Fees: $1,448,000.00
Trucking Accident – Back Injury -
$2.9 Million
Net to Client: $1,560,796.17
Expenses: $135,453.83
Attorney Fees: $1,253,750.00
Trucking Accident – Neck Injury
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