Why Experts Are So Important in Your Trucking Case
As Atlanta truck accident lawyers who know how important it is to have at least one very qualified truck accident expert early on in your case. Tractor trailer accident cases involve many more regulations and data that is collected about the carrier and truck driver than in other types of personal injury cases. Some of the reasons why experts are so important are not readily apparent to those that do not a lot of truck accident cases.
The first reason to hire an expert quickly is because you want your expert to immediately inspect the tractor trailer involved in the accident for mechanical failures that may have led to the accident and to identify areas where the trucking company may be in violation of certain regulations such as having the correct amount of reflective tape and in the correct locations. An atlanta accident lawyer should be aware of this need for trucking experts but other reasons are less apparent.
The next reason to hire an expert in your truck accident case is to review the trucking companies system for monitoring its driver’s hours of service. This is because in many truck accident cases, the truck driver is negligent because he was overly fatigued at the time of the accident. Often the trucking company is found to not have an adequate system to monitor its drivers’ hours leading to these problems and liability for your accident.
In some cases it is necessary to hire an accident reconstructionist to reconstruct exactly how the accident occurred. This is obviously very important in cases where the truck driver is claiming no responsibility for the accident and/or where the police are unable to determine who was at fault for the accident. This also plays into the need for an expert regarding reflective tape as where the tape was and was not may lead to fault on the part of the truck driver when how the accident occurred is taken into account.
If you are in need of an experienced atlanta trucking accident attorney, please give us a call today.
