Accidentes de equipos de camiones defectuosos

Truck manufacturers must obey the highest standards of care when designing, creating, and distributing vehicle parts and fleet vehicles. The performance of each component is important to the overall operability of the rig. A single mistake during any of the manufacturing processes can result in a truck that’s unfit for the road. If a truck contains a defective part, it’s only a matter of time before something malfunctions or breaks down, and you or a loved one could end up being the one to pay the unfortunate, and often times deadly, price.

Louisiana product liability laws allow injured parties to file a claim against truck manufacturing and distributing companies in the event that a defective part causes a car accident. If the truck part has a manufacturing error, design flaw, or marketing mistake that makes it defective, the rules of strict liability come into play. This means the courts will hold the manufacturing company strictly liable for injuries the defective part caused, regardless of whether the company was negligent. Otherwise, it will be up to the plaintiff to prove negligence for a successful suit.

Depending on the nature of the defect or failure, various parties can be responsible for a truck wreck. These include individual truck owners, trucking companies, truck mechanics, and parts manufacturing companies.
In the past, trucking companies largely managed to avoid liability for truck accidents by hiring self-employed drivers (independent contractors) and leasing their fleet vehicles instead of owning them. In the event of a car crash, the driver would be liable for his or her own mistakes, and the actual owner of the truck would be liable for vehicle-related problems–letting the truck company off scot-free. Today, however, this is no longer the case. New rules open truck companies to liability for crashes involving their vehicles and drivers, regardless of ownership or employment status.