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Any trucking company that handles goods that are involved in interstate commerce must comply with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Carriers from Canada and Mexico are included in these regulations. Some of these regulations require the trucking company to save documents that may prove liability in a collision. This would make most tractor-trailer cases all about their preserved documents. Failure to keep such documents is one of the most regularly occurring problems in these cases. In many serious cases caused by a commercial truck the fault does not lie with the driver, but in fact the fault lies with the trucking company. The best way to prove that the company is at fault is to prove it with their own documents.
One significant problem with these cases is that trucking businesses are required to only keep the documents for a certain allotted time. This is an incentive to seek representation as soon as possible. The sooner you seek out a lawyer to represent you, the sooner you can preserve the documents that will show the company’s liability. If you do not immediately file suit, it recommended that your lawyer at least send a spoliation letter to prevent the company from destroying the necessary documents. Accidents involving these large carriers often end in serious injury and thus you should make sure to receive the proper records to get compensation from such an accident.
About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton personal injury law firm (VA-NC law offices) edits the injury law blogs Virginia Beach Injuryboard, Norfolk Injuryboard, as well as the Northeast North Carolina Injuryboard as a pro bono service to consumers. Lawyers licensed in: VA, NC, SC, WV, DC, KY, who handle car, truck, railroad, and medical negligence cases and more.
Looking for the best personal injury attorneys in North Carolina? Well, legally we can't claim that's us, our injury lawyers have been recognized for many achievements and awarded numerous honors for representing injured victims and family members of people who suffered wrongful deaths.
Rick Shapiro and Jim Lewis have been recognized as Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010, an honor fewer than 5 percent of attorneys received. Our attorneys have also been listed among the Best Lawyers in America for Injury Law since 2008. Overall, our North Carolina injury law firm have been recognized as one of the Best Injury Law Firms in North Carolina for personal injury plaintiffs since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report.
Also, two of our NC injury attorneys have been listed in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009, and our NC injury law firm is a member with Primerus, an organization for a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms.
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In terms of North Carolina personal injury cases we serve all areas of the Tar Heel State, including Elizabeth City, Edenton, Raleigh, Durham, Rocky Mount, Roanoke Rapids, Greensboro, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Halifax, Northampton, Greenville, Goldsboro, Havelock, Kinston, New Bern, Tarboro, Wilson, Ahoskie, Currituck, Camden and the Outer Banks towns of Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Manteo, Corolla, Currituck and Dare.
For clients in South Carolina, we are prepared to help injury, wrongful death and accident victims in Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Summerville, Orangeburg, Columbia, Florence, Greenvile, Anderson, Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Clemson, Darlington and any other town, city or county in the Palmetto State.
Our injury lawyers are also licensed in Virginia (VA), West Virginia (WV), Kentucky (KY), Florida (FL) and Washington, DC.
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