East Tennessee Trucking Accident Lawyers
Knoxville is a major hub for commercial truck traffic. Too often, tractor trailers collide with other vehicles on the highway, with disastrous effects. If a negligent truck driver or an 18-wheeler that was not roadworthy caused serious personal injury or death, The Hurley Law Firm, P.C. can act quickly to try to preserve critical evidence for your lawsuit.
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Our veteran trial attorney has obtained substantial monetary damages for truck accident victims of Knox County and surrounding areas of East Tennessee. We know that a truck wreck often results in catastrophic injuries — head, face and chest injuries, multiple broken bones, or spinal cord injuries. We work hard to obtain full compensation for the long recovery ahead. Contact our Knoxville firm for aggressive representation.
Investigating Trucking Accidents
Increasingly, truck accidents are the result of aggressive negligence by the driver of a big rig. Some truckers have an attitude that they own the road, coupled with the desire to meet unreasonable delivery deadlines. Accidents occur when they fail to signal while changing lanes, exceed speed limits, tailgate or crowd other drivers off the road.
Trucks are heavily regulated by the federal government and the State of Tennessee. We immediately investigate to determine if the truck driver violated laws regarding hours behind the wheel or weight restrictions. We obtain the driver's logbooks to see if it matches with actual schedules for pick-up and delivery. We have the 18-wheeler inspected to see if it was properly maintained and examine the "black box" data recorder, which provides a wealth of information about the trucker's speed and actions leading up to impact.
We Know What to Look For
D. Scott Hurley has handled many trucking accident claims in over 20 years of practice. He visits the scene of the truck crash himself and knows what to look for. We obtained a major settlement in the case of a woman and her teenage son killed when a concrete truck ran a stop sign. An extended bumper on the truck sheared off the top of the car. We sued the trucker, the trucking company and the manufacturer of the truck, proving that no one could survive an impact with the dangerously designed bumper.
We have taken cases throughout East Tennessee, including accidents that occurred on I-40, I-75, I-81 and other commercial trucking corridors. Contact us today for a free consultation. We can come to your home or hospital. In most cases, we operate on a contingency — no attorney fees unless we recover compensation through settlement or trial.
