Negligent Hiring & Negligent Supervision
Tabor Law has been watching it happen for more than thirty-five years. Increasingly, the trucking industry has been balancing its books by hiring unqualified drivers that make our roads and highways more dangerous every year. Undocumented workers who cannot read English road signs, drivers with suspended licenses, and convicted drunk drivers are often hired to deliver products too fast, and with little regard for regulations. This year, more than 5,000 people will be killed on U.S. roads in accidents involving commercial trucks, many of them operated by unqualified and unsupervised drivers.
At Tabor Law, we think trucking companies and their insurers are increasingly taking advantage of people injured by improperly trained and unsupervised truck drivers. If you think you may have a legitimate negligent hiring lawsuit, contact our offices to schedule a consultation about your truck accident and injuries right away. When you hire us to represent you, we handle every aspect of your case. We have the professional resources to thoroughly investigate your accident, in order to determine whether FMCSA hiring, training, and supervision regulations were properly followed.
Negligent hiring and supervision results in accidents caused by:
* Unlicensed drivers
* Inability to read English signs
* Improper maintenance
* Operator error
* FMCSR violations
* DUI accidents
Our negligent hiring lawsuit attorneys help you fight back against the truck industry negligence and illegal hiring practices. We don’t let the trucking industry turn a blind eye to your injuries. We don’t let truck companies tell you that their negligent hiring and operating practices don’t contribute to truck accidents on our Indiana highways. We know they do.
Case Study
Clark v. EFCO Corp. et. al.
A chain of events, beginning with a driver who struck the right side of a semi-tractor-trailer while attempting to pass on the right shoulder of I-70 eastbound in a construction zone, led to injury and devastation for our clients, the Clark family. After the semi-tractor trailer was struck, it lost control, crossed the westbound lane of (-70, and collided with Byron Clark's vehicle, causing Byron to collide with George Clark, who was operating a vehicle just behind Byron. Byron's wife was killed, and Byron and his two children were injured. Investigation into the accident revealed that the defendant trucking company has insufficiently equipped the truck for safe operation and had failed to train its drivers adequately. Tabor Law Firm helped Byron recover an amount from defendants for the loss of his wife and the injuries to him and his children. In addition, George Clark, Byron's father, was injured. Tabor Law Firm also represented George and helped him reach a settlement with Defendants.