Most of us have had the experience of driving on a local road or highway, looking to the left and seeing the enormous tires or the tall cab of a tractor trailer truck. It can be intimidating and frightening to realize that you are sharing the road with vehicles that are twice or three times as big as you are. When a car is hit by a truck that weighs 20 or 25 times more than the car, the results can be catastrophic, and the injuries can often be fatal. You may wonder who would be liable for your injuries and damages in the event of an accident with a commercial vehicle. In some cases, the truck driver would be held liable if it was found that the driver was doing something beyond the scope of his job. This is especially true if a commercial truck driver is an independent contractor and not an employee of the company. The company can be held liable if the driver was working within his scope of employment and the accident was unintentional, as is most commonly the case.https://goo.gl/8jRLso