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A truck crash is not a bigger car crash. Commercial trucks follow federal safety rules on driving hours, maintenance and driver training. The trucking company, not just the driver, can be responsible. And the most important evidence, the truck's electronic logs and black-box data, sits with the carrier, who can legally overwrite some of it within weeks. That is why we move in days.
Generally 3 years to file a lawsuit in New York. No-fault still needs a claim within 30 days, and electronic logs and dash-cam video can be overwritten long before that, so preservation letters go out first.
Cases we handle
If it just happened
More detail in our after-an-accident guide.
How we build the case
Rule breaks: hours-of-service logs (ELD data), dispatch records and driver qualification files checked against federal FMCSA rules
The truck itself: black-box speed and braking data, inspection and repair records, and how the load was secured
Every responsible party: the driver, the carrier, the trailer owner, the loader or the repair shop
Compensation
Medical care, including surgery and long-term rehabilitation
Lost wages and lost future earning power
Pain, suffering and permanent limitations
Wrongful death damages for families
Every case is different, and no lawyer can promise a result. Our settlement calculator shows how claims are first estimated, with the math visible.
Who leads these cases
“A semi pushed my car into the median and the trucking company's insurer called me the next morning. Daniel's team had a letter out to the carrier before I got home from the hospital.”
Example results
Example result Settled two weeks before trial
$2,400,000
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Truck crash Truck Accidents Tone: Favorable
A 46-year-old school custodian broke his pelvis and needed shoulder surgery after a distribution company's truck hit his sedan. The carrier blamed 'sudden brake failure.' The truck's black-box data showed no braking at all.
Black-box data can be overwritten. The preservation letter went out on day two.
Example result Settled without a lawsuit
$310,000
Illustrative amount, not a real case
Tractor-trailer sideswipe Truck Accidents Tone: Modest result
A driver needed knee surgery after a tractor-trailer drifted into her lane. Logs showed the trucker was within his legal driving hours, so fatigue wasn't the story. Lane-departure data from the truck still proved fault.
Not every truck case involves a rule break. Strong data can carry a case anyway.
Example results for a sample website, not real cases. Past results never guarantee a future outcome.
Common questions
Yes. Trucking companies follow federal FMCSA rules on driving hours, rest breaks, maintenance and drug testing. A broken rule can prove fault. Most interstate carriers must also carry at least $750,000 in liability coverage, far more than a typical car policy, so the insurer defends these cases hard.
The truck's electronic logging device (ELD), its engine 'black box,' dash-cam video and dispatch messages. Carriers only have to keep some of these records for months, and some video loops much faster. A preservation letter tells them, in writing, to keep everything. We send it in the first days.
Maybe. Truck drivers sit high up and have large blind spots, and the data often tells a different story than the driver does. New York also lets you recover even if you were partly at fault, reduced by your share. Let us look at the evidence before you decide.
More answers on our FAQ page. General information for New York, not legal advice about your situation.
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