substance abuse, DUI
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration takes truck driver drug and alcohol abuse seriously. Commercial truck drivers are held to very strict federal standards regarding the use of narcotics or consumption of alcohol on the road. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) specifically state that no driver may use or be under the influence of alcohol or narcotics within four hours of going on duty or operating a commercial truck. Any driver who violates the alcohol or narcotics rule must be removed from driving for a full twenty-four hours by the truck company. There is no “legal limit” for truck drivers.
The law states that any truck driver who appears to be under the influence of an FMCSR-controlled substance, or has any measurable presence in the bloodstream, must be removed from behind the wheel.
We take truck driver DUI accidents seriously.
At Tabor Law Firm, we sincerely wishe that truck drivers and their employers would take these FMCSA regulations seriously. Unfortunately, truck operators drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs everyday, and hundreds of Indiana people suffer the serious consequences on our highways every year.
Our attorneys provide aggressive, serious truck accident injury representation. We help families recover full compensation for serious injuries or a death resulting when a truck driver or truck company ignores FMCSA drug and alcohol regulations.
Cunningham v. "Anonymous Trucking Co."
Mike Cunningham, a tow truck operator, responded to a call from a stranded motorist and parked his tow truck on the right shoulder of U.S. 41 South near Princeton, Indiana.
Mike loaded the stranded vehicle into his tow truck and began to walk back to his truck to complete the necessary paperwork when a semi-tractor trailer traveling southbound in the right lane suddenly drove into the shoulder, struck Mike's tow truck, and then struck Mike. Mike was killed. Mike left behind his wife, Emilee, and two small children.
Tabor Law Firm represented Mike's wife in a wrongful death action against the Defendant truck driver and his employer, ultimately helping her reach a multi-million dollar settlement with Defendants.
