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...
Why You Need a Virginia Truck Accident Attorney
If you’ve been injured in a truck accident, you’ve likely suffered injuries serious enough to interfere with both your personal and professional life. Many truck accident victims sustain injuries that require extensive or long-term medical...
Left Lane Passing and Truck Accidents
Virginia law prohibits motorists from driving below the speed limit in the left lane, or from being in the left lane if they are not passing another car or turning left. The law is meant to keep traffic from backing up, but also to make roads...
Truck Accidents Caused by Speeding: Catastrophic and Fatal
Over the past several years, there has been an increase each year in the number of fatal truck accidents that occur. According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), one of the most critical reasons for this increase is due to rising...
Truck Accident Settlements
According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than 4,000 people are killed each year in truck accidents. The majority of victims who are killed in truck accidents are the occupants in passenger vehicles, pedestrians,...