AAA Cooper Truck Accident Attorneys

Pay-by-mile incentivizes drivers to haul as fast and for as long as they can. In trucking school, drivers are told that if they're as efficient as possible, sleeping minimally and taking breaks infrequently, they'll be able to make a good living. New drivers aren't trained on how to load their own trailers, making them dependent on whomever the freight provider hires to load it. Drivers are sold solutions that minimize their involvement in the process—all they're told to do is haul for long stretches, resent federally-regulated rests and resets, and stretch their hours of service to the limit. This has created an industry of exhausted, overworked drivers who are barely making enough to make a living. All of us are paying for their exhaustion—for instance, experts estimate that 1 in 8 truck crashes are caused by fatigue. The number may be even higher, as drivers often don't report fatigue voluntarily.

It depends. In most cases, the truck driver involved in your accident will be a direct employee for the trucking or shipping company, which makes the company legally and financially liable for your injuries. However, there are many truck drivers out there who are “self-employed contractors,” who are technically not trucking company employees. Regardless, if your lawyer can prove that the trucking contractor was leasing the truck from the shipping company and did not have control over how their work was conducted, you may be able to prove that there was an employer-employee relationship.

Arnold & Itkin trucking accident lawyers have recovered billions of dollars for the victims of negligence and accident injuries. We've represented motorists, independent contractors, and carrier employees against trucking companies for practices that led to injury or wrongful death.

Our clients' verdicts and settlements:

• Paid for medical bills
• Put food on the table
• Paid the mortgage or rent
• Replaced lost income and future earnings

When a trucking accident happens, the company immediately sends out investigators to cover their liability and sweep the causes of the accident under the rug. Regular people and employees deserve to have their own investigator working to reveal why they were injured in a devastating truck accident. That's what our AAA Cooper truck accident lawyers provide. We cover each case from beginning to end. Every investigative expense, every court fee, and all of our time and effort comes out of our pocket. Our firm only wins if you get a recovery—and if you don't win, then we pay for it. Our clients either get money or they pay nothing. It all begins with a free consultation with one of our trucking lawyers.