If you are ever in an accident with a semi or commercial truck, the first thing to do is to establish who is liable for the accident as it may not only be the driver, it could also be the company who owned the truck or who employed the driver.
Firstly it needs to be determined what relationship the driver had with the company, whether he or she was an independent contractor or an employee. This needs to be discovered to establish who should bear responsibility for the accident.
Usually truck companies can be held responsible for the acts of their drivers even in cases where the driver makes a mistake, such as falling asleep, if it can be proved the company was responsible for making the driver work long hours, or they knew he or she was not fit to drive.
Also the company is responsible for ensuring that the driver is qualified to drive. So should the driver have a poor record in terms of the previous accidents or if they have had traffic tickets for several offences in the past, hat is another reason for the company to take the responsibility.
If you have suffered serious injuries as a result of a truck accident, please call our Connecticut I-95 accident attorneys at Hastings, Cohan, and Walsh, LLP, at (888) 244-5480 or contact us online today.
