The defense of trucking companies and their drivers is not synonymous with defending routine
automobile claims. In this day and age, a successful defense requires an aggressive team approach
from the first notice of an accident.
The retention of reconstruction experts, performing a scene
analysis, investigation of local newscasts, interviews with potential witnesses, immediate scrutiny
of applicable logs, cargo information, weight tickets, electronic data, personnel files and other
similar documents and discussions with law enforcement personnel should all be considered immediately.
In the most simplistic of terms, the lawyers at Watts, Donovan & Tilley, P.A. recognize that trucks are targets
and the side that preserves the evidence, analyzes the facts and prepares for all possible scenarios is
the side that will prevail months later when a lawsuit is filed.
Richard Watts, David Donovan, and Jim Tilley have successfully defended numerous catastrophic accidents
involving large and small trucking companies operating on Arkansas roads and highways.
We are familiar with applicable state and federal law governing trucking operations, NHTSA guidelines, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Regulations, ATA recommendations and comments concerning the safe operation of trucks and the use and
preservation of electronic data systems.
We routinely work with accident reconstruction experts across the
nation, as well as, experts in biodynamics, metallurgy, driver physiology and vehicle event data recorders.
Watts, Donovan & Tilley, P.A. believes in working with these experts to present the
best defense possible for the trucking company and its drivers.
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