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Employer Liability for Crashes During Work Travel

If you were on the clock in your employer's vehicle when the crash happened, your company usually does not get to pretend it was just your personal problem.

ARTICLE by Keisha Mitchell

Oklahoma Hospital Back Injuries and Light Duty Pressure

When an Oklahoma nurse gets hurt moving a patient, the fight usually turns into whether the hospital can box that injury into workers' comp and force a fake return to work before the body is ready.

ARTICLE by Janet Brashear

commercial driver's license

After a serious crash with a semi or work truck, one of the fastest ways to miss a key issue is not knowing whether the driver was even legally qualified to be behind the...

hours of service

You'll usually see this in a crash report, insurer letter, or trucking company file as "HOS," "driver logs," "ELD data," or a note about a driver being "out of hours." That's...

electronic logging device

The part that catches people off guard is that an electronic logging device does not just track miles or location. It is a tamper-resistant device tied to a commercial truck's...

You stopped treatment after the Norman truck crash. The insurer loves that.

A treatment gap after a truck crash in Norman can wreck the value of your claim fast, even when the reason was fear of getting fired.

ARTICLE by Crystal Harjo

Nearly out of time in Moore and the adjuster is still blaming an old disc?

A project manager in Moore got sideswiped in heavy traffic, now the insurer says the disc injury was preexisting and the two-year deadline is getting dangerously close.

ARTICLE by Crystal Harjo

My coworker said the trucking company can erase dashcam logs after a Tulsa crash?

No - the one thing the trucking company is hoping you never find out is that a lot of truck crash evidence can be demanded and preserved, and destroying it after notice can...

FMCSA regulations

Federal safety rules for commercial trucks, bus companies, and the people who run them. "Federal" matters because these rules come from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...

Moore crosswalk claim getting wrecked by your Facebook ranch photos?

A driver hit a Moore ranch hand in a marked crosswalk, and now the insurer is waving around social media posts to say the injuries are exaggerated.

ARTICLE by Thi Nguyen

driver qualification file

You may see this in a crash claim letter, a trucking company's document response, or a lawyer's request for records: "Please produce the driver qualification file for the...

Not just the person behind the wheel, and not automatically the same thing as the truck's owner. A motor carrier is the business or individual that transports people or...

guardian ad litem

A guardian ad litem is a court-appointed person who speaks for someone who cannot fully protect their own interests in a case. Break that down. "Court-appointed" means the...

Low Settlement Offer After a Recorded Statement

If the insurance company is treating a pedestrian's broken leg like a quick payout and using your own recorded words against you, the case is not automatically dead in Oklahoma.

ARTICLE by Crystal Harjo

Think of it like the shipping world's receipt, route sheet, and handoff checklist all rolled into one. A bill of lading is the document that identifies what goods are being...

You just got a letter that says the truck involved in the crash was driven by an "owner-operator," and suddenly the case looks less straightforward than it did at the scene. An...

overweight violation

Miss this issue after a truck crash, and a key part of the story can slip away: the vehicle may have been hauling more weight than the law allowed, putting extra strain on...

Who is actually employing the truck driver when the driver is hauling for someone else's company? A leased driver is a commercial driver who operates under a leasing...

cargo securement

A weak cargo securement case can drain your settlement fast. If a load shifts, spills, or flies off a truck, the money often follows the evidence: what was loaded, how it was...

broker authority

Not the same as a trucking company's operating authority, and not proof that a business owns trucks or employs drivers. What it actually means is federal permission for a...