FMCSA violations
Over the years, we have watched closely as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) has tried to keep up with commercial trucks that are rapidly becoming too big, too fast, and too powerful. Many of our Indiana roads and highways simply aren’t built to handle the increased demand and speeds of the trucks that use them.
Over nine billion tons of consumer and business product move by over-the-road commercial truck every year in America. The truck industry is very aware of the financial rewards that are at stake for promising the fastest delivery. Unfortunately, nearly 300 people are killed in truck accidents on Indiana highways every year, including many because of truck company negligence and truck drivers who routinely ignore Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations in order to chase a quicker dollar.
Common FMCSR violations:
- Failure to follow maintenance regulations
- Log book violations
- Truck driver fatigue
- Freight loading violations
- Negligent hiring and supervision
- Expired commercial truck license
- Improper emergency stops
- Insufficient meals and rests
Why do you need a lawyer?
FMCSA safety regulations are difficult to understand and interpret. If you have been injured in a truck accident, you may be offered a quick settlement by the insurance company. Don’t accept any offer until you have talked with a personal injury attorney who knows how to thoroughly investigate to determine whether the accident happened because of FMCSR violations.
We know the current FMCSA regulations, and we know how the law currently interprets liability for your injuries when violations have occurred. You deserve to have an experienced, knowledgeable truck accident trial lawyer on your side, and we can help.
Henderson v. Zone, Vision and Chicago Trailer Pool Corp., et. al.
On October 10, 2007, Police Officer Gary Henderson was assisting in an investigation on the shoulder of I-74 in Shelby County, Indiana. Officer Gary Henderson had exited his police car and began photographing a vehicle they had stopped on the shoulder of the interstate. At that time and place, a semi-tractor owned by Defendant Zone Express, Inc, which was leased to the Defendant Vision Transportation, Inc, and pulling a trailer owned by the Defendant Chicago Trailer Pool Corp was moving in an easterly direction on I-74.
As the semi-tractor trailer drove past the location where Officer Henderson was photographing the stopped vehicle, the rear set of dual tires on the trailer came off of the axle, rolled across te right hand lane of eastbound I-74 and across the merging lane for the entrance tamp and struck Officer Henderson, killing him. The above-described incident is the direct and proximate result of the carelessness and negligence of the Defendants in operating, inspecting, servicing, maintaining and repairing the semi-tractor trailer.
Tabor Law Firm successfully represented Gary's wife in a wrongful death claim against the driver, Zone Express and Vision Transportation, and is continuing their efforts to successfully prosecute the remaining defendants.
