Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Electronic Logs Would Keep Tired Truckers Off The Road

  David Lowe | August 14, 2007 7:38 AM | 0 CommentsMilwaukee, WI

  Trucking safety advocates are proposing that the government follow the European model that requires trucking companies to use an electronic system to record their hours of work and rest, instead of the paper log system that drivers can easily falsify to allow them to remain on the road more hours per day than permitted by federal law. A Milwaukee-Journal Sentinel story by Rick Romell sheds light...

• Mississippi Trucker Cited in Trucking Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 12, 2007 3:04 PM | 0 CommentsTupelo, MS

  A Mississippi truck driver whose rig veered off Interstate 40 causing over $70,000 in damages to an overhead sign, 200 feet of guardrail and a traffic camera was cited by authorities for the trucking accident.The driver was transporting vinyl siding on a flatbed trailer when the accident happened. While traveling in the right lane along eastbound I-40, the rig veered off the side of the road...

• Giant Truck Storms into Crowd - 9 Injured

  Courtney Mills | 2007-08-10T11:26:30 | 0 Comments

  Nine people were severely injured at an Illinois truck stunt show Thursday when a giant stunt truck spun out of control and tore into a crowd of about 100 shocked spectators. Horrified onlookers watched in disbelief as the truck plowed through at least 9 people before regaining control by driving through a wooden fence to safety and out of the way of other people."After its third or fourth...

• Hickory Trucking Accident Injures Man

  Shannon Weidemann | 2007-08-06T20:49:04 | 0 Comments

  A truck driver was pinned between a truck and a guardrail at the Institution Food House in Hickory on Monday. The trucking accident sent the man to the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte for treatment. He was airlifted to the hospital. The accident happened at about 5:50 a.m. in the parking lot of Institution Food House, on 12th Street Drive N.W. off U.S. 321. Early on weekday mornings,...

• Verdict: CHP 911 "Grossly Negligent."

  Claude Wyle | 2007-08-04T16:16:12 | 0 Comments

  A San Francisco Superior Court Jury found the CHP 911 dispatch center "grossly negligent" in mishandling a deadly trucking accident. The mishandling of the 2003 call was a factor in the death of Richard Housley, who was crushed between the truck and trailer of the truck he was driving. The jury determined that 911 dispatch center departed from its standard procedures when they failed to call...

• Verdict: 911 Dispatch "Grossly Negligent."

  Claude Wyle | 2007-08-04T16:13:33 | 0 Comments

  San Francisco trucking attorneys prevailed in San Francisco Superior Court when a jury found CHP dispatch "grossly negligent" in their handling of a deadly 2003 trucking accident. The dispatch center failed to call an ambulance, yet reported one was on its way. The mishandling could have been a factor in the death of Richard Housley, who was crushed between the truck and trailer of the truck...

• Michigan Trucking Company Cited for 15 Safety Violations

  Shannon Weidemann | 2007-08-02T12:54:21 | 0 Comments

  A trucking accident in May killed 3 children and the company that employed the driver has been cited for 15 safety violations by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The accident happened in Mission Viejo on Interstate 5. K.W. Express is based in Michigan. About two weeks after the crash, the carrier safety administration informed the general manager of K.W. Express that his company did not...

• Court Slams Bush On Change in Truck Laws

  Rob McKinney | 2007-07-31T14:37:39 | 0 Comments

  The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Bush Administration change in the hours permitted to operate tractor trailer trucks . The Bush adminstration changed the laws to help their friends in the trucking industry . The law was changed to allow truckers to drive 11 hours per day instead 10 hours . The ten hour requirement has been the law for years . Every one who takes a...

• Mistakes to Avoid in a Truck Accident Case

  Rob McKinney | 2007-07-30T07:21:42 | 0 Comments

  Last week , I started writing about some mistakes to avoid in handling a truck accident case . You must have a expert witness who specializes in big trucks . This is an critical because the braking systems , steering systems and electronic information systems of the trucks are far different than that of a passenger car . The Trucking Company will have the best experts that money...

• Truck Accident Investigation

  Rob McKinney | 2007-07-26T18:24:36 | 0 Comments

  On Monday , I was beginning to write about mistakes that lawyers make in truck accident cases until I wrote about the arbitration abuses . One mistake plaintiff's lawyers make is simply reviewing the accident report and getting your client's side of the story . You must be prepared on all details of the accident including a complete review of an engineering analysis by a...