In Every Tractor Trailer Accident Case, Know Your Documents!
To be an effective advocate in a South Carolina truck accident case, it is imperative that the attorney for the injured plaintiff acquire and evaluate all the relevant data, so that an accurate picture can be formed for the cause of the wreck. There are numerous kinds of data and documents which ought to be obtained in order to do this. One well-known authority, David Nisenberg, gives us a list of documents which may be generated during the course of a trip by a commercial motor vehicle. You may want to consider this list when compiling discovery requests and non-spoliation letters.
Driver Logs
Accident & Incident Reports
Bills of Lading
Border Crossing Reports
Waybills
Cash Advance Receipts
Credit and Debit Card Receipts
Customs Declarations
Delivery Receipts
Dispatch & Assignment Records
Driver Reports
Expense Vouchers
Freight Bills
Fuel Billing Statements
Fuel Receipts
Gate Receipts
Data provided by global positioning & cellular systems
Inspection Reports
Invoices
Interchange Reports
International Registration & Program Receipts
International Fuel Tax Agreement Receipts
Lessor Settlement Sheets
Lodging Receipts
Lumper Receipts
On-board Computer Reports
Over/short & Damage Reports
Overweight/oversize Reports & Citations
Ports of Entry Receipts
Telephone Billing Statements
Toll Receipts
Traffic Citations
Transporter Receipts
Trip Permits
Trip Reports
Weight/scale Tickets
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