18 Wheeler Accidents

Trucking accidents are not just car accidents involving bigger vehicles. At Davenport, Lavette & Cleckler, in Birmingham, Alabama, our 18 wheeler accident attorneys have had significant success handling motor vehicle accident cases involving semi trucks.

Semi tractor-trailers carry loads of up to forty tons. When these vehicles are in accidents with passenger vehicles, the results tend to be catastrophic. Brain injuries, spine injuries, paraplegia, and wrongful death are not uncommon in Alabama trucking accidents.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act and DOT regulations place strict safety rules on truck drivers and trucking companies. However, these rules are often ignored. If you have been involved in an accident with a semi truck, it is important to quickly contact an Alabama attorney with experience handling trucking accidents.

Our attorneys work closely with victims of trucking accidents and their families to help them receive fair and just compensation necessary to recover from their injuries and move forward with their lives. We regularly work with a variety of medical experts, rehabilitation experts, and career counselors to determine the full effects of our client's injuries.

Building a Trucking Accident Case

Trucking companies often dispatch investigators, lawyers, and their insurance representative to the scene of the accident, with the objective of limiting their liability. Once we are contacted we immediately begin to preserve evidence related to the accident. Some evidence can be lost if not quickly preserved, including driver's logs, and vehicle tracking devices that record speed, braking, and engine RPMs at the time of the accident. We also investigate the truck driver's driving record and maintenance records of the truck.