Commercial Trucking Collisions
A collision with a commercial vehicle is a fundamentally different case from an ordinary car accident. Federal motor carrier regulations govern driver hours, vehicle maintenance, and cargo securement, and violations of those rules frequently establish negligence directly. Electronic logging data, maintenance records, and driver qualification files all become central evidence.
That evidence is also perishable. Carriers are permitted to overwrite electronic data after defined retention periods, and a spoliation letter sent within days of the collision is often what preserves the record that ultimately proves the case.
An Insider's Perspective
Elena Marchetti spent seven years defending commercial carriers before joining the plaintiff's bar. She knows how these files are evaluated internally, which defenses are raised as a matter of routine, and where the genuine exposure usually lies.
That perspective changes how a case is built. We know which records to demand immediately, which corporate representatives are worth deposing, and how a carrier's own risk management assesses a claim well before it makes an offer.
