Commercial Vehicle Accidents

San Diego, California Commercial Vehicle Accident Lawyers

From a legal standpoint, accidents involving commercial vehicles of any kind can occupy a middle zone between collisions between private passenger cars and those involving semi trucks. The insurance, employment, and contractual considerations that can affect the resolution of a commercial vehicle lawsuit can be very similar to those characteristic of truck accidents, but few commercial vehicle cases will involve the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations or most trucking industry safety and inspection standards.

Whether the physical damage and injury consequences of a commercial vehicle accident more closely resembles an auto collision or a semi truck crash depends primarily on the nature and weight of the commercial vehicle. A three-axle medium duty truck hauling 10 tons of construction equipment will handle and behave much like a flatbed semi in route to a job site, but chances are that the truck driver is more experienced with the use of the equipment than he or she might be in driving it to the site. At the same time, the driver of a courtesy van between the airport and a hotel might never have driven anything bigger than an SUV but is nevertheless covered by a commercial driver's insurance policy that will be vigorously defended in court by lawyers who know how to defend corporate clients.

At The McClellan Law Firm, our attorneys know how to investigate and present proof of both liability and damages in commercial vehicle accident cases of all kinds, ranging from pickup truck accidents to collisions with heavy mobile equipment carriers. We handle severe injury and fatal accident claims involving such vehicles as the following:

• Light trucks used in construction, landscaping, or maintenance
• Delivery vans and parcel express trucks
• Rental vans and light trucks, with or without trailers
• Food service vans, pizza delivery vehicles, and lunch wagons
• Airport limos and shuttles
• Buses operated by public transit authorities, school districts, or private entities such as churches or clubs
• Construction vehicles of all kinds
• Maintenance and inspection vehicles operated by utilities

In addition to representing private motorists injured by commercial vehicles of all kinds, we also handle personal injury and wrongful death litigation on behalf of commercial vehicle drivers who themselves are victims of another driver's negligence. For additional information, contact The McClellan Law Firm in San Diego for a free consultation.