Big Rigs Cause Catastrophic Damage. We Build Cases to Match.
Commercial trucking cases involve federal regulations, corporate defendants, and massive insurance policies. We litigate them like the high-stakes cases they are.
You may have a case if…
- ›You or a loved one were injured by a commercial truck, big rig, or delivery vehicle.
- ›The collision involved serious injury, hospitalization, or death.
- ›Multiple defendants may be involved (driver, trucking company, broker, shipper).
- ›Black box data, driver logs, or maintenance records are critical to liability.
Commercial trucking cases are fundamentally different from passenger-vehicle cases. They involve Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, electronic logging device data, mandatory drug testing, corporate trucking companies with sophisticated defense counsel, and insurance policies often $1M and up.
Evidence disappears quickly. We send spoliation letters and obtain ELD data, driver qualification files, and maintenance records before they vanish.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
Hours-of-service limits, drug and alcohol testing, vehicle inspection, driver qualification, and load securement rules. Violations are powerful liability evidence.
Respondeat Superior and Direct Negligence
Trucking companies are liable both for driver negligence and for their own — negligent hiring, training, supervision, and maintenance.
Broker and Shipper Liability
Brokers and shippers can be liable for negligent selection of carriers and for unsafe loading. Modern cases often involve these parties.
What you can recover
- •Full medical expenses past and future, including catastrophic-injury life-care plans.
- •Lost earnings and lost earning capacity.
- •Pain and suffering, often substantial given injury severity.
- •Wrongful death damages — loss of love, comfort, society, services, financial support.
- •Punitive damages in cases involving regulatory violations or gross negligence.
The process
Step 01
Immediate Investigation
Spoliation letters, scene reconstruction, ELD data, dashcam, witness statements.
Step 02
Multi-Party Analysis
Identify driver, carrier, broker, shipper, owner, leasing entity — every potentially liable party.
Step 03
Comprehensive Damages Build
Medical experts, life-care planner, economist, vocational expert.
Step 04
Litigation
Aggressive discovery, depositions of corporate representatives, trial preparation.
Why Okojie Law
Frequently asked questions
Why are truck cases different from car cases?+
Federal regulations create additional liability theories, insurance limits are much higher, multiple corporate defendants are common, and evidence preservation must be immediate.
How fast does evidence disappear?+
ELD data may be overwritten within 6 months. Driver logs, dashcam footage, and dispatch communications can be deleted on routine retention schedules. Spoliation letters need to go out within days.
What is a spoliation letter?+
A formal demand that the trucking company preserve all relevant evidence. Failure to preserve allows us to seek sanctions and adverse jury instructions later.
What if my loved one was killed?+
We handle wrongful death cases involving commercial trucks regularly. California wrongful death damages include economic support, loss of consortium, and substantial non-economic damages.
How long does a truck case take?+
Most serious truck cases take 18–36 months to fully litigate, but the recovery typically reflects that investment.
What does it cost?+
Nothing up front. Contingency representation.
Tell us what happened.
Confidential. No obligation. We respond within one business day.
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