Trucking cases are different beasts. Tractor-trailers are colossal machines. They serve a very important role in commerce, but they also pose a risk when things go wrong.  . . .

In closing,  big trucks can cause big crashes. Big crashes yield tough cases. Tough cases require big effort and personal investment of abundant attorney time and financial resources. Working the file diligently early and throughout and hiring appropriate experts and co-counsel, is necessary. An elementary understanding of the trucking injury is a ticket to a legal malpractice claim or bar complaint. Proper development of the truck case drives substantially greater success with jury verdicts and settlements. What is obtained through discovery makes or breaks the case. The cases are hard-fought, and the work is often grittyy. These cases are typically long in duration, making the financial commitments that much more difficult. However, righting a wrong, making the roadway safer and helping make a family or client whole is its own just reward.

~ Tim Lange, The Advocate, Jan/Feb 2018, pages 20-28.

There is more to this quote than meets the eye, and Tim spells out some words for the wise to start those on their way when considering a big truck case.  Big truck cases may seem like any other garden variety motor vehicle case, but they are not. Your approach to the science, the physics, the experts, the insurance issues, the liability issues, the damages, and more are all different from a fender-bender.  And the stakes?  Well, they are so much higher.