Kansas City, Missouri, Truck Accident Injury Attorneys
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations, it is unlawful for a truck driver to maintain a commercial license to drive if suffering from a medical condition that results in excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). The FMCSA reports that conditions such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy account for about 70% of EDS. Although sleep apnea by itself is not cause for preventing a driver from getting behind the wheel, the FMCSA has recognized that fatigue, sleep deprivation, sleep debt and medical conditions causing EDS can be a significant risk to the public, as well as the truck driver.
How Sleep Apnea Causes Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Debt
Most people have a set number of hours their body and mind requires each week to function properly. If a person requires eight hours of sleep each night, a medical condition such as sleep apnea may cause the loss of one or two hours each night. The person may be able to function on six or seven hours, perhaps for several days, but the accumulated lost hours of sleep is referred to as sleep debt. After several days, sleep debt begins to take its toll, resulting in mental and physical fatigue.
For more than a quarter century, the attorneys of Humphrey, Farrington & McClain have been aggressively representing the legal needs of victims injured in truck accidents resulting from truck driver fatigue and negligence. We have been secured over $800 million in settlements and jury verdicts. Our trial attorneys know what to investigate to determine whether sleep apnea or other medical conditions contributed to driver fatigue.
We have experience in all types of injury and wrongful death claims resulting from truck driver negligence, including:
- Driver fatigue, sleep deprivation, sleep debt, sleep apnea
- Log book violations relating to breaks and extended driving
- Illegal management compensation policies based on driving hours or miles
- Truck driver narcotics abuse
- All other violations of FMCSA medical regulations
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From our offices in Independence, Missouri, our lawyers represent clients in courts throughout Missouri, Kansas, and the United States. Contact us to arrange a free consultation.
