Trucking Case Evidence Must be Preserved

I have been working on a trucking case that has been handled by another firm, and was shocked to discover that they made no attempt to preserve evidence of the driver's logs, fuel receipts, inspections, or other documentation. It's usually fairly simple. You make a written request to the company to preserve the records, and if they won't you file suit. If you say nothing the trucking company is legally entitled to destroy the records after 6 months and there is nothing you can do. In this case, the trucking company admitted fault so the lawyers thought it was unnecessary. Wrong.  We don't know (and neither do they) what the real story was on this driver and why this particular wreck occurred.