Hyannis Truck Accident Lawyers

Cape Cod’s commercial lifeline runs through Hyannis. Route 6, Route 28, and the busy retail corridor of Iyannough Road funnel year-round delivery trucks toward the Mid-Cape and the island ferries. When an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer collides with a passenger vehicle at one of Barnstable’s high-volume intersections, Bearses Way, Yarmouth Road, or the Cape Cod Mall entrance, the injuries are often catastrophic. The Cape Cod Commission’s 2025 crash study lists nine Barnstable (Hyannis) intersections in the county’s Top 25 for total collisions, with Route 28 at Yarmouth Road and Route 132 at Bearses Way each recording more than sixty crashes between 2021 and 2023.

Because truck claims routinely pit injured residents against billion-dollar carriers and their insurers, choosing counsel who understands the physics of heavy-vehicle wrecks, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR), and Massachusetts negligence law can be outcome-determinative.

• Traffic Density & Seasonality
  Barnstable County logged 29,587 reportable crashes from 2018 to 2023; serious-injury and fatal crashes spike during the tourist months of May through September.
• Common Freight Routes
  • Route 6 “Mid-Cape Highway” (Interstate standards)
  • Route 28 surface arterial through downtown Hyannis
  • Buzzards Bay bridges
• Vehicle Mix
  • Long-haul semis supplying grocery and retail chains
  • Fuel tankers serving the harbor and airport
  • Box trucks from Boston distribution hubs

Understanding where and when crashes occur enables targeted scene investigations and litigation strategies.

Many crashes involve multiple simultaneous violations, e.g., a drowsy operator overruns a red light at Route 28 and Bearses Way while hauling an overweight gravel load past midnight.

• Three-Year Statute of Limitations
  Most personal injury actions must be filed within three years of the crash.

  Exception: Wrongful-death claims also carry a three-year limit but accrue from the date of death (or discovery) and require an estate representative.

• Modified Comparative Negligence
  A plaintiff may recover if their fault does not exceed 50 percent; damages are reduced proportionally. M.G.L. c. 231, § 85.
• Direct-Action Insurance Disclosure
  Insurers must divulge policy limits within 30 days of a written request. M.G.L. c. 175, § 112C.
• Venue
  Hyannis cases typically proceed in Barnstable Superior Court, 3195 Main St., Barnstable, minutes from the crash cluster corridors.

• Multiple Defendants
  • Motor-carrier entity (may differ from tractor title holder)
  • Trailer owner and cargo loader
  • Maintenance contractor
  • A broker or shipper that demanded an unsafe schedule
• Evidence Preservation
  • Hour-by-hour ELD and GPS data (federal retention minimum: 6 months)
  • ECM (“black-box”) downloads detailing pre-impact speed and throttle
  • Driver qualification file: medical certificates, prior violations
  • Dash-cam and lane-departure analytics

Early spoliation letters under M.G.L. c. 93A can protect critical electronic files before routine deletion cycles.

• Federal-State Regulatory Overlay
  Massachusetts adopts FMCSR for intrastate carriers under 540 CMR 14.00, so the same fatigue and equipment rules apply whether the truck’s destination is Nantucket or New York.

• Economic, medical bills, future treatment, wage loss, diminished earning capacity.
• Non-Economic, pain, suffering, mental anguish, loss of life’s enjoyment
• Wrongful-Death Specifics, loss of society, services, guidance, plus punitive damages of at least $5,000 for gross negligence.

In catastrophic-injury cases, we routinely coordinate life-care planners, forensic economists, and structured-settlement consultants to document lifetime needs.

• 49 C.F.R. Parts 382, 383, 390-397 (drug testing, CDL, hours-of-service, inspections)
• Massachusetts Oversize/Overweight regulations (700 CMR 8.00)
• FHWA Bridge Formula & 80,000-lb gross weight ceiling
• ANSI brake-performance benchmarks and Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) inspection out-of-service criteria

Violations of these statutes establish powerful theories of negligence per se or rebuttal of alleged comparative fault.

1. Report the Collision to Barnstable Police and request medical evaluation, even if injuries seem minor. Many truck-related traumas (e.g., mild TBI, internal bleeding) present delayed symptoms.
2. Document the Scene with photos of skid marks, road debris, and conspicuously missing safety features (e.g., underride guards).
3. Identify Witnesses in seasonal traffic; tourists often depart Cape Cod within days.
4. Preserve the Vehicle; do not allow it to be scrapped or repaired until counsel inspects the ECM and brake systems.
5. Consult Counsel Quickly; early investigative subpoenas can secure surveillance videos from nearby businesses before routine overwrite cycles.

• Rapid-Response Investigation
  Our on-call team, including a former FMCSA enforcement officer, deploys within hours to download ECM data and photograph yaw marks before Cape Cod’s maritime weather erases them.
• Litigation Resources
  – 3-D laser scanning to reconstruct complex multi-vehicle pile-ups on Route 6.
  – Industry experts (human factors, trucking safety directors) to decode logbook falsification schemes.
  – Financial backing for life-care plans, ensuring clients never feel pressured to accept a lowball settlement.
• Track Record
  Decades of verdicts and settlements against national carriers illustrate our command of both Massachusetts evidence law and the trucking industry’s internal playbook.
• Local Knowledge, Statewide Reach
  While headquartered in Boston, our attorneys regularly appear in Barnstable courts and understand the jury pool’s attitudes toward seasonal congestion and commercial traffic on the Cape.

Most Cape claims stay in Barnstable Superior Court unless diversity jurisdiction or federal-question claims (e.g., Carmack cargo losses) justify removal.

Recovery is allowed so long as your share of fault does not exceed 50 percent; a jury would simply reduce damages accordingly.

Provide only basic information (name, contact) until you have legal representation; insurers seek admissions that later appear as comparative-fault evidence.

Hyannis truck-collision litigation blends cutting-edge forensic science, multijurisdictional regulations, and local roadway insights. Jeffrey Glassman Injury Lawyers stands ready to marshal those disciplines so crash victims receive the full measure of justice that Massachusetts law allows.