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Russians in Florida Face Federal Criminal Charges for Selling Commercial Drivers Licenses to Unqualified Immigrants
Johnson & Ward Team

NOTE TO TRUCK DRIVERS: Our law practice focuses on representation of people who are seriously injured, and families of those killed, in crashes with large commercial vehicles. While those are often truck drivers, we do not handle truckers’ employment law matters. For legal advice on issues with your employer or truck driving schools, see Truckers…

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What Are the Qualifications for a Tractor Trailer Driver?
Johnson & Ward Team

NOTE TO TRUCK DRIVERS: Our law practice focuses on representation of people who are seriously injured, and families of those killed, in crashes with large commercial vehicles. While those are often truck drivers, we do not handle truckers’ employment law matters. For legal advice on issues with your employer, see Truckers Justice Center.  When we…

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Federal Trucking Safety Agency Proposes Rule on Electronic on-Board Recorders
Johnson & Ward Team

Because driver fatigue is one of the most pervasive safety issues in interstate trucking, trucking safety regulations for many years have included rules on how many hours a driver may drive and be on duty. In almost every serious trucking accident, the accuracy of paper driver logs becomes an issue. As a trucking safety trial…

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Truck Accident Records Destruction and Duty to Preserve Evidence
Johnson & Ward Team

As a Georgia attorney litigating hard-fought trucking accident cases, I often get into cases after the trucking company claims to have discarded driver logs and other records that they are only required to routinely keep for six months. Then when we try to get driver logs, trip receipts, inspection and maintenance records, etc., in discovery,…

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