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Truck Accident Attorneys in Billings

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When a serious truck accident claim is on the line, the insurance picture looks very different from a typical car accident case. A private passenger vehicle’s liability coverage, combined with your own underinsured motorist policy, often covers only a fraction of the losses a serious crash produces.

Commercial policies covering semi-trucks, 18-wheelers, and other large vehicles typically start at $1 million per incident and can reach $3 million or more. A single big rig may also carry separate policies on the tractor, the trailer, and the driver. That coverage exists to be claimed, but trucking companies and their insurers deploy experienced defense counsel with strong financial incentive to limit what they pay out.

Knowing the insurance landscape is the starting point. Building a claim that holds up against well-resourced defense teams is what an 18-wheeler accident attorney at our firm is here to do.

Don’t shortchange yourself on a truck accident damages claim. Contact the attorneys at Edwards & Culver for a free review of your case. Call (406) 747-4851 today.

Types of Truck Accident Cases We Handle

Our lawyers represent truck accident victims across a wide range of circumstances:

Common Types of Truck Accidents

Crashes involving large commercial vehicles tend to follow recognizable patterns. Understanding the collision type is one of the first steps in identifying what went wrong and who bears responsibility.

Who Is Liable After a Truck Accident?

Fault in a truck accident rarely rests with one person. Beyond the driver, liability can extend to the motor carrier, cargo loading contractors, maintenance and repair contractors, and parts manufacturers. Identifying every responsible party matters because commercial trucking insurance policies are structured around those relationships, and because each party’s role in the crash must be documented separately to support a claim for damages.

FMCSA Regulations & Evidence

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) sets federal standards for what carriers and drivers are legally required to do. Hours-of-service rules cap how long a driver may operate without rest. Electronic logging device (ELD) records create a timestamped record of those hours. When a carrier or driver violates FMCSA requirements, those violations can become central evidence of negligence.

That evidence doesn’t last indefinitely. ELD records, driver logs, black box data, and maintenance logs aren’t required to be retained forever, and carriers have little reason to preserve them voluntarily once litigation becomes foreseeable. Montana’s modified comparative fault rule under MCA 27-1-702 allows an injured claimant to recover damages as long as their share of fault stays below 51 percent, with damages reduced proportionally. Establishing the carrier’s share of fault as fully as the evidence allows depends on securing that evidence before it disappears.

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