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you know you handle a trucks accident
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from a a client standpoint pretty much
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the same way you give your statement to
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the police you go see a lawyer you start
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getting treat treatment that’s fine but
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truck accident cases are a little
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different because usually they focus on
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the the trucker the driver of the truck
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the driver of the tractor that pulls a
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trailer usually is he’s credentialed
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he’s got a license however what happens
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with these these types of cases is a lot
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of times the truckers drive too long and
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other there are federal regulations that
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control how long a trucker can drive a
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truck and they violate it all the time
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so one of the first things you do as an
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attorney is you’re going to have to file
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a lawsuit those cases rarely resolve
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without filing a lawsuit when you do one
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of the first things you want are the
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logs for the trucker
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showing how long he was driving the day
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of the crash and more often not you’ll
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find out that he exceeded the federal
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requirements which gives you an
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additional predicate for liability apart
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from whatever negligence he committed
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that caused the crash so they’re handled
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differently uh you file litigation
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earlier and you get that early discovery
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of that trucker’s log to find out how
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long he was behind the wheel