Need information! I am in a lawsuit with Swift

This whole thing leaves a bad taste. Don't give anyone help to sue a trucking company. You don't know the facts are as presented and even if you don't like the named company that might not be the actual company involved. Might just be your company and some one you ran off of the road, food for thought. NEVER GIVE A PLAINTIFF OR LAWYER ADVICE UNLESS IT IS YOUR LAWYER.

 

The advice I gave, was all about finding out what the facts are. I don't run people off the road, tailgate and road rage, so I don't worry about it.

 

This happened in 2008. Why do you newbs care so much?

 

I am a newb to the forum only.

 

Well it was 5 years ago and Swift is still around, what's that tell us.

 

Congratulations driving a big truck. Too the left is a profile, It has alphabets and numbers. 2008 is from 5 years ago. OP hasn't updated it, It was a dead topic.

 

Swift is still a douchebag outfit for all I care, old thread or not

 

OP had only one post, EVER. My guess is that it was some ambulance chasing lawyer trying to figure out what to do...

 

I'm so sorry to hear of your misfortune!

It's a wide-open secret in the industry that Swift is absolutely notorious for throwing raw recruits behind the wheel with the absolute bare minimum of training. The vast majority of Swift drivers out there probably have less than 1 month of experience. It's painful to watch these guys come through our lot and get lost. They simply don't know what they're doing, and it shows. Swift even has all sorts of acronyms such as (Sure Wish I Finished Training and See What I Fouled Up Today) that describe the company. So, I'm sad to say that I'm not surprised that you were injured by a Swiftard.

I know this is an old post now, but In addition to driver logs, MVR (DMV records), maintenance records, CSA score information from the Dept. of Transportation, you might want to subpoena a list of the Bills of Lading dispatched to that driver for the past week or two. That way, you can have your lawyer cross-reference the in and out times on the BOL against the shown times on the driver's log. If he's cheating his log, that makes him automatically negligent.

 

Swift is all e-logs now.
Not easy to beat or cheat.