Commercial Vehicle Accident Attorney

Commercial Vehicle Accident Lawyers Serving the Lowcountry

An accident involving a commercial vehicle, whether it’s an 18-wheeler, a delivery truck, or a bus, raises the stakes well beyond a typical car accident. Vaux Marscher Berglind, P.A. was founded in 1973 by attorney Roberts Vaux, and our attorneys draw on more than 100 years of combined experience handling the added complexity these cases bring, from multiple potentially liable parties to layers of commercial insurance coverage.

What Makes Commercial Vehicle Cases More Complex

Commercial drivers and the companies that employ them are subject to federal safety regulations that don’t apply to ordinary passenger vehicles, covering things like hours-of-service limits, vehicle maintenance standards, and driver qualification requirements. A violation of one of these regulations can become an important piece of evidence in a claim. These cases also frequently involve more than one potentially responsible party, the driver, the trucking or delivery company, a maintenance contractor, or even a cargo loading company, each of which may carry a separate insurance policy. That complexity is exactly why early, thorough evidence gathering matters more in these cases than in a typical two-car accident.

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