The most important aspect in handling a truck case is: you have to have a sense of urgency. Evidence can disappear; scenes need to be inspected; experts need to be gathered. At NST in Knoxville, there’s unfortunately a lot of tractor and trailers that travel on Interstate 40. Interstate 40 travels the length through Knoxville, so often times we have to gather our Emergency Response Team and get to a trucking scene to try and preserve the evidence. We retain our experts so that they can review and analyze the evidence as soon as possible because the insurance companies have their own Emergency Response Teams. These folks will be at the scene of the wreck within hours of it happening, so we want to level the playing field. We have a sense of urgency on preserving the evidence, reviewing the tractor and trailer, reviewing any vehicles involved, and allowing our experts to see the evidence and preserve the scene. That’s how we would handle our tractor and trailer cases in Knoxville.
