While federal rules under the FMCSA create a baseline for trucking operations, individual states impose additional regulations. These state-specific rules can significantly impact liability and compliance in truck accident cases.
Some states place limits, or 'caps,' on the amount of damages plaintiffs can recover in personal injury or wrongful death cases. These caps directly affect compensation in truck accident lawsuits.
Different states follow different negligence rules when determining liability in truck accident cases. These rules affect how much compensation a plaintiff can recover if they share some fault for the accident.
Unlike economic damages, non-economic damages compensate for the intangible losses that cannot be measured with receipts or invoices but deeply affect victims’ lives after a truck accident.