# Hit by a Truck Law

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## Key Legal Framework

- FMCSA minimum insurance: $750K general freight / $5M hazmat (49 CFR § 387.9)
- HOS: 11 hours in 14-hour window (49 CFR Part 395)
- ELD mandate: 49 CFR § 395.8
- California SOL: 2 years (CCP § 335.1)
- Government entity: 6-month claim (Gov. Code § 945.4)
- Minor tolling: until age 18 (CCP § 352)
- Comparative fault: Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975)
- Statutory employee: 49 CFR Part 376
- Negligence per se from FMCSA violations
- Product liability: Greenman v. Yuba Power Products (1963)