Truck drivers are often overworked with tight schedules, unreasonable hours each day and long stretches of time away from home. While the cause of every trucking accident is unique to the facts of the case, driver fatigue from failure to follow federal guidelines regulating the number of hours trucker is allowed to be on the road contributes to many trucking accidents. When the driver is an employee of the trucking company, the motor carrier is liable for the driver’s actions under Georgia’s laws of agency, so long as the driver was acting within the scope of employment. When trucking accident is caused by driver fatigue, it is critical to obtain the driver logs and other relevant documents. The Federal Motor
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