May 16, 2016

Trucking Accidents Caused By Driver Error

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Large Truck Crash Causation Study[1] reviewed 141,000 large truck injury and fatal crashes. The collisions reviewed during the course of […]
May 12, 2016

Trucking Accidents Caused By Brake Or Tire Failure

A study sponsored by Department of Transportation[1](DOT) found that 29.4% of all large truck crashes involved brake failure, brakes out of adjustment, or other brake-related issues. […]
November 13, 2015

The Broker Model

THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY’S ATTEMPT TO PRIVITIZE ITS PROFITS AND SOCIALIZE ITS LIABILITIES.   You just signed up a new case where the plaintiff was injured in […]
November 4, 2015

Differences between Self-Insured Retention and Deductibles

The use of self-insured retentions in insurance policies is becoming more common. Self-insured retentions benefit the insured by helping to reduce the cost of insurance by […]
April 11, 2014

Teen, City Sued for Wrongful Death

The family members of the deceased and survivors of a fatal vehicle accident that occurred at Harlingen’s Haine Drive and FM 509 on New Year’s Eve […]
April 9, 2014

Hit-and-Run Case Receives $22 Million Settlement

As reported by an article in the Brooklyn Eagle in December of 2008, a Duane Reade truck hit Shirley Miller, leaving her brain-damaged with limited communication […]
April 7, 2014

Phoenix Truck accident leaves 6-year-old dead

AZ Central has reported on the tragic death of a 6-year-old child. A traffic accident between a pick-up truck and an SUV left the child with […]
April 5, 2014

Semi truck crushes car, three killed in Detroit

CBS News is reporting that a brother and sister and their mother were killed when a 50,000-pound semi-truck rolled onto their compact car on Detroit’s West […]
April 3, 2014

Arlington Mother Run Over Near School

The Washington Post is reporting that Jennifer Lawson, a 39 year old mother, was putting one of her young children in the backseat of her van […]