Semi-Truck Accident

A trucking company will pay $9 million to settle claims stemming from a distracted driving truck accident that left a motorist with catastrophic injuries, including a traumatic brain injury, according to The Legal Intelligencer. A combination of drowsiness and distraction resulted in 71-year-old trucker David C. steering his tractor-trailer directly into the path of Deanne C., a 44-year-old […]

A Texas jury handed down an $11 million dollar verdict after a man was severely injured in a trucking accident. According to the 18 wheeler accident lawsuit, Alex P. was driving home from work on a rainy night in 2015 when he was hit head-on by a truck driver who was on his phone. Alex

There’s an old saying that everything is bigger in Texas and the adage is no exception when it comes to the number of fatal semi-truck accidents. The Lone Star State leads the nation in the annual number of deadly semi-truck accidents, according to data from the Federal Motor Carrier Administration. With 531 fatal accidents involving

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a nonprofit Virginia-based vehicle safety research group, says that side guards installed on tractor-trailers could save lives in accidents, according to an article by WUSA9. The Department of Transportation, however, has rejected proposals for any additional rules requiring side guards on tractor-trailers to be required. Lois D. is

Some 745 U.S. truck drivers died on the job in 2015, more than any other occupation, according to the 2015 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics. Truck driver deaths that year accounted for more than 25 percent of all fatal work injuries. A 2017 CNBC report

Thousands of passengers and drivers are injured or even killed on America’s highways each year. Many times, these accidents include big rigs. If someone has been injured in an accident involving a semi truck, they may be eligible for a big truck crash settlement. Just recently, one such fatal accident occurred. During the second week

Semi-truck crashes kill some 4,000 people and injure more than 100,000 on U.S. roadways every year, stunning figures that have been surging since 2009, according to a 2014 CNBC report that cited statistics from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The combination of some two million 18-wheelers on American roadways and the mounting pressure on U.S.

A 19 year-old was severely injured when she became the victim of an 18 wheeler accident caused by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel. Texas-based news outlet KVUE reported that a lawsuit has been filed by the young woman against the driver and trucking company alleging that negligence led to the accident. The

Commercial accidents typically involve trucks carrying goods or equipment. The National Safety Council mentions that 10% of all vehicles involved in fatal crashes were large trucks. Personal injury attorneys that focus on commercial crashes are seeing more business lately. Yet, not all victims of truck accidents are searching for a lawyer. They might not consider their minor