An out of state tractor trailer driver and the widow of an Amherst County VA garage owner who died in a 2012 wreck have reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. The terms of the settlement have not been disclosed.
The suit stated that...
OH Widow Sues Trucking Company for Motorcyclist’s Death
The widow of a motorcyclist who was killed in a wreck with a dump truck has filed suit against the trucker and his company.
The Lima OH woman filed the wrongful death lawsuit against RD Jones Excavating based in Harrod OH, as well as Randy...
California Bus/Truck Crash Spurs Complex Wrongful Death Lawsuit
A bus crashed into the back of a tractor trailer near the entrance of Fort Irwin National Training Center in California in June 2014, killing one and injuring several others.
That tragic accident has resulted in a wrongful death lawsuit that is...
Federal Spending Bill Nixes 33-Foot Double Trailers
The $1.8 trillion federal budget that was just passed this month prohibits increasing the length of double trailer big rigs that trucking companies wanted.
Language that would have boosted the limit on the length of double trailer rigs, from 28...
Log Truck/Tractor Trailer Wreck Kills 1 In TN
A fully loaded log truck smashed into a tractor trailer near Savannah TN on Dec. 16, killing the tractor trailer driver and leaving the other driver with serious injuries.
The Tennessee State Police reported that the log truck was going west on...
US Proposes Stronger Rear Truck Guards
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, will soon propose a new rule that will mandate that tractor trailers must have stronger underride guards on the rears of all trucks.
The guards, which are on the back of all big rig...
Big Rig Hits School Bus in North Carolina
A tractor trailer rear ended a school bus in Aberdeen NC on Nov. 12, which sent several children and adults to the hospital with minor injuries.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol stated that the bus had stopped to pick up a child at a bus stop...
2 Mysterious Factors That Lead To Truck Wrecks
Two researchers from the University of Utah’s Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health recently set out to discover why truck drivers crash. They looked at 25 variables, including:
- Gender
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How Experienced Truck Accident Attorneys Prove Negligence
Commercial truck crashes have devastating consequences on innocent people every day. When a big rig driver is negligent and collides with a passenger vehicle, terrible injuries and even death can occur.
When a truck crash occurs, the truck...
Tractor Trailer Crash Training Held in Virginia Mountain Tunnels
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and Transportation Operation and Management, LLC, VDOT’s partner in emergency response for the Interstate 77 mountain tunnels, held a truck crash training exercise in early November. This vital...