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What Happens When Another Person Causes a Crash That Injures a Commercial Truck Driver?

August 21, 2018bad brakes truck, bus crash, speeding truck, tractor trailer accident, truck crash, virginia truck crash, wrongful deathTruck Accident Verdicts and SettlementsLeave a commentvirginiatruckaccidentlawyer

Tractor-trailer drivers, bus drivers and tow truck or heavy equipment operators face the same dangers from negligent, reckless and drunk or drugged drivers as everyone else on the road. In some ways, they face even greater risks for suffering...

Trash Truck Crash Kills One in Maryland

February 21, 2016bad brakes truck, big rig crash, drunk truck driver, dui trucker, speeding truck, truck safetyTruck SafetyLeave a commentvirginiatruckaccidentlawyer

The search was on this week for a trash truck driver that smashed into an SUV in Forestville, MD, leaving a woman dead.

Maryland State P0lice stated that the woman died when the trash truck smashed into her SUV, which caused her to lose control...

California Bus/Truck Crash Spurs Complex Wrongful Death Lawsuit

January 7, 2016big rig accident, big rig crash, driver fatigue, drunk truck driver, dui trucker, hair follicle testing, hours of service rule, National Truck Driving Championships, speeding truck, tracey morgan, truck accidents, truck driver drugs, truck safety actTruck SafetyLeave a commentvirginiatruckaccidentlawyer

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...

Tractor Trailer Slams Into SUV, Killing 3

January 6, 2016bad brakes truck, big rig accident, big rig crash, driver fatigue, drunk truck driver, dui trucker, National Truck Driving Championships, pedestrian truck accident, speeding truck, truck accident, truck accidents, truck driver stonedVirginia Truck AccidentsLeave a commentvirginiatruckaccidentlawyer

Three died when a big rig smashed into an SUV on an icy, Vermont mountain road, according to police Dec. 30.

The Vermont State Police stated that Lawshawn Jones, 41, from Alpharetta GA was driving his big rig east on Route 4 when he lost control...

Kentucky Man Rear Ended and Killed by Big Rig

December 23, 2015big rig accident, driver fatigue, National Truck Driving Championships, speeding truck, truck accident, truck crash, truck driver safetyVirginia Truck AccidentsLeave a commentvirginiatruckaccidentlawyer

A retired firefighter from Ashland, Kentucky died in a violent four vehicle wreck on I-75 in Kentucky that involved three tractor trailers.

The former firefighter was driving a Dodge Caravan that was rear ended by a big rig, which caused the...

Insurers Won’t Pay Walmart’s Tracy Morgan Crash Settlements

December 2, 2015bad brakes truck, drunk truck driver, pedestrian truck accident, speeding truck, tracy morgan, truck accidentFederal Trucking RegulationsLeave a commentvirginiatruckaccidentlawyer

Walmart is suing several insurance companies for declining to pay for its victims' settlements, including the settlement for actor Tracy Morgan, which stemmed from the high profile crash in June 2014 on the New Jersey turnpike. That crash killed...

FMCSA Delays Pending Trucking Regulations

September 28, 2015driver fatigue, fmcsa, hours of service rule, pedestrian truck accident, speeding truck, tractor trailer safety, truck accident, truck driver safety, truck safetyFederal Trucking RegulationsLeave a commentvirginiatruckaccidentlawyer

By Richard Shapiro, Virginia Trucking Accident Attorney

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will be delaying several pending trucking regulations, but they will be published before the end of...

Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed in I-75 Tractor Trailer Wreck

September 18, 2015bad brakes truck, big rig accident, big rig crash, driver fatigue, hours of service rule, speeding truck, tracey morgan, tractor trailer safety, truck accident, truck crash, truck safetyTruck SafetyLeave a commentvirginiatruckaccidentlawyer

By Randy Appleton, Virginia Trucking Crash Attorney

Several families have filed wrongful death lawsuits against the big rig driver that stands accused of killing six people when his truck smashed into stopped traffic in...

State Police Cracking Down on Speeding Truckers on I-35 and 80

September 16, 2015bad brakes truck, big rig accident, driver fatigue, speeding truck, truck crashTruck SafetyLeave a commentvirginiatruckaccidentlawyer

By Richard Shapiro, Virginia Trucking Accident Attorney

State troopers in Oklahoma are cracking down on speeding tractor trailer drivers. Starting at the end of August, state troopers in this state started looking for...

Truck Driver Charged for Driving Too Fast

September 15, 2015bad brakes truck, big rig accident, drunk truck driver, dui trucker, speeding truck, tractor trailer safety, truck safetyTruck SafetyLeave a commentvirginiatruckaccidentlawyer

Randy Appleton, Virginia Trucking Accident Attorney

A trucker from North Carolina was cited on Sept. 9 for driving too fast on a wet Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania, which caused his rig to flip over and to hit three...