While any vehicle accident can present difficulties in determining the cause of a crash and where liability lies, truck accidents are particularly complicated. These crashes often have contributing factors that only increase the complexities of a...
Higher Risk of Truck Accidents with Flatbed Trucks
While any type of commercial truck can be dangerous if certain factors are present, one type of truck presents an increased risk of catastrophic injuries in the event of a crash. Flatbed trucks can cause of a variety of different types of...
Do Senior Drivers Cause More Truck Accidents?
According to national data, approximately 70 percent of all goods that are sold in this country are transported by commercial trucks. This number has likely increased with the increase of online shopping. Unfortunately, there are not enough...
Alcohol Use and Truck Accidents
According to national statistics, approximately 5,000 people are killed each year in commercial truck accidents. It should be no surprise that this number is so high. Almost 70 percent of all goods in this country are delivered via the trucking...
When Is a Manufacturer Liable for a Truck Accident?
Every year, approximately 5,000 people are killed in truck accidents in the United States. Thousands more victims are left with serious to catastrophic injuries. Under Virginia law, when someone is injured or killed in an accident, the victim or...
Drug Use by Commercial Truck Drivers
One of the most challenging jobs today is long-distance commercial truck driving. The job can be draining both physically and mentally, with long hours on roads and highways that go on and on for hundreds of miles. It can be a boring and lonely...
Truck Accidents Caused by Drunk Truck Drivers
Truck drivers spend long hours driving on the nation’s roads and days away from their families. Spending all this time behind the wheel of these huge vehicles can be stressful enough, now add the loneliness from being away from your family and...
International Roadcheck Postponed Due to Pandemic
Every year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) conducts International Roadcheck throughout North America. The event is touted as “a high-volume, high-visibility three-day enforcement initiative that highlights the importance of...
Truck Accidents Caused by Worn or Defective Truck Parts
There are several common causes of truck accidents. One of the ways the Virginia truck accident attorneys see in the cases we handle is defective truck parts. Despite the fact that truck part manufacturers have a duty of care to design and...
Dangers of Damaged or Defective Truck Bumpers
According to statistics from the United States government, there are more than two million semi-trucks on the nation’s roads. These huge vehicles can weigh more than 80,000 pounds when they are loaded with cargo. Their massive weight and size...