East Lansing Truck Accident Lawyer: Michigan Semi Truck Accident Attorneys

Our experienced truck accident lawyers know that when a serious semi crash occurs in East Lansing, the semi driver almost always calls the dispatcher, who then calls the risk manager (sometimes even at home in the middle of the night), who immediately calls in what is known as a “rapid response team.” 

This team typically includes an investigator and a defense attorney (in the state where the crash occurred). They are usually the first people on the scene of the crash, arriving before the debris is cleared so they can begin working right away to claim “work product privilege” over whatever they learn about the negligence that caused the crash.

All too often, the result of this team’s “rapid response” is the disappearance of critical evidence, which greatly impacts the police investigation. Electronic evidence may be deleted within a matter of days of the crash and incriminating documents may be destroyed as soon as the law permits. It is not uncommon for driver logs to vanish and GPS data downloads to be tampered with. 

Importantly, because police reports are prepared without input from the injured parties (who were too injured to speak and were transported to the hospital), the negligent driver – with assistance from the rapid response team’s investigator and defense attorney – has the opportunity to tell his or her uncontradicted and unchallenged version of what happened to the police officer. A case can be lost before it even begins without the benefit of important physical evidence, key eyewitnesses, and the account of the crash victim.

Getting an experienced truck accident lawyer involved as soon as possible after your semi crash in East Lansing often means the difference between winning and losing your case. When our attorneys get involved, we get to work immediately, launching a rapid investigation of our own before vital evidence and information is lost forever. We immediately visit the crash scene, gather and preserve debris, observe and document skid marks, speak with the responding officer, get a copy of the police report, obtain witness statements and photographs, interview all known witnesses, and start the complicated process of reconstructing how the crash occurred. 

We are also usually able to obtain photos from sources other than the police, including firemen, towing personnel, EMTs, local media, and other governmental agencies that participate in cleanup of tractor trailer crash sites. 

Finally, we enlist the help of the best experts in the country to prove our clients’ cases and help them recover full compensation for their injuries, losses and harms.