In 2021, the trucking industry transported almost 75% of all cargo in the United States. In that same year, the trucking industry was worth a reported $876 billion. Without commercial trucking fleets and truck...
Filing a Wrongful Death Lawsuit in a Virginia Truck Accident Case
Wrongful death is a civil claim that may be filed when a person’s death was caused by another’s wrongful acts or negligence. The claim is filed by the survivors of the person or by the personal representative of the deceased’s estate. If...
Wrongful Death Lawsuits in Fatal Virginia Truck Accidents
Although the majority of truck accidents result in injuries, there are many crashes where injuries are so severe, that the victim does not survive. When a person is killed in a crash that was caused by another party, Virginia law allows the...
Dangers of Jackknife Truck Accidents
There are thousands of trucks that drive along and through Virginia roads every single day. Unfortunately, these massive vehicles often put other commuters at significant risk of being injured or killed in a trucking accident. Each year, there...
Logging Truck Driver Causes Chain Reaction Crash in NC
Police say a logging truck was responsible for a recent chain-reaction accident on NC18/US 64 in Chesterfield, NC. According to a trooper with the State Highway Patrol, a 73-year-old Union Mills man was driving a logging truck that went through...
Pursuing Damages in a Virginia Truck Accident
Tractor-trailers and commercial trucks can weigh up to 80,000 pounds. Their massive size means that crashes involving trucks are often devastating. There are approximately 5,000 people killed in truck accidents each year in this country, with the...
Truck Drivers’ Large Blind Spots to Blame for Many Crashes
During 2017, the leading identifiable causes of crashes caused by commercial truck drivers in Virginia were
- Following too close
- Improper lane change
- Improper turn
- Failure to...
Tractor Trailer Driver Guilty in Biker’s Death
A big rig driver in Hanover VA has been found guilty in the death of a bicyclist. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, a judge convicted a truck driver of Fayetteville NC in the death of an 18 year-old biker last June.
According to court...
Truck Too Wide For Lane in Texas, Killing Two in Crash
A tractor trailer in Bastrop County, Texas was too wide for the lane it was traveling in when it was involved in a deadly crash on FM 535. Two people were killed.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a Dodge Durango was going...
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