Due to the fact that commercial trucks are considerably larger than passenger vehicles, it stands to reason that truck accidents are more likely to result in serious or even fatal injuries than car accidents. While...
Federal Regulation Violations and Virginia Truck Accidents
The United States Government’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in charge of regulating the commercial trucking...
Electronic Logbooks Used To Reduce Virginia Truck Accidents
Federal rules enacted in 2020 require commercial trucks to be equipped with electronic logging devices. These devices are intended to ensure that truck drivers take their required breaks thereby cutting down on...
Lynchburg Wrongful Death Truck Crash Settlement Reached
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...
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