Issues That May Require Experts In Truck Accident Cases

We believe that lawyers should work with the top trucking experts in serious truck accident cases. But many truck accident lawyers make the mistake of hiring experts after they have obtained discovery following an accident, only to realize too late that experts should be contacted very close to the crash, to help lawyers build the strongest case possible.

Issues that may require expert assistance in a truck crash case include:

• Maintenance and repair of trucks and trailers
• Crashworthiness
• Construction and manufacture of semi-trucks and tractor-trailers
• Forensic engineering
• Metallurgical engineering
• Failure analysis
• Truck accident reconstruction
• Premises liability of truck terminals and loading dock areas
• Injury causation
• Fastener design
• Truck driving skills and standards
• Heavy truck technicians and mechanics
• Analysis of data from ECMs, black boxes, satellite tracking systems
• Compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations
• Truck driver log book compliance, analysis and audits
• Mechanical engineering
• Tire failure analysis
• Wheel loss causation
• Truck and trailer conspicuity
• Truck underride protection
• Compliance with federal safety standards
• Compliance with Michigan safety standards
• Traffic management
• Commercial vehicle inspection
• Accident site evaluation
• Truck driver training and qualification
• Drug testing and alcohol testing compliance
• Still and video photography
• Computerized semi-truck accident reenactments
• Proper load securement
• Loading and unloading practices
• Safety in transporting hazardous materials
• Speed analysis
• Truck driver fatigue
• OHSA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and Hazmat compliance

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– My friends David Nissenberg, Richard Traulsen, Morgan Adams, and the Truck Litigation Resource Center, LLC contributed to this information.