Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Two College Students Killed in Sewanee Tractor Trailer Wreck

  George Fusner | October 12, 2009 10:17 AM | 10 CommentsNashville, TN

  19-year-old Kathryn Katy Christianson of Chattanooga and 18-year-old Kathleen Beech of Clarksville were killed in the Thursday morning crash while they are two other University of the South rowing...

• Big Trucks in Fog or on Ice: Federal Safety Regulations Say "Park It. Don't Drive It."

  John Lowery | December 20, 2011 5:56 AM | 1 CommentNashville, TN

  Recently in Nashville heavy fog and icy road conditions set the stage for a 50 car pile up during the morning work commute. With the onset of winter, it seemed prudent to revisit the topic of a...

• Winter Weather and Big Trucks: Ignoring Regulations Puts Motorist Safety on Thin Ice

  John Lowery | February 12, 2011 4:11 AM | 1 CommentNashville, TN

  A sometimes guilty pleasure is the reality show Ice Road Truckers, which details some of the more treacherous highway adventures of truckers along a highway built atop frozen tundra in Canada's...

• Companies Keep Unsafe Trucks and Drivers on the Road

  George Fusner | September 02, 2009 12:15 AM | 1 CommentNashville, TN

  It’s an issue that is largely ignored by the media. Most people don’t come in contact with it until it’s too late. It’s truck safety – or lack thereof. The American...

• Trucking Accident Injures Man

  Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 4:16 PM | 1 CommentChattanooga, TN

  A man was taken via Life Flight Helicpoter to Erlanger Hospital this morning after he suffered extensive internal injuries in a truck accident on I-75 North, according to the Chattanooga Police Department spokesman Sgt. Tom Layne.The name of the man has not yet been released. The driver crashed his 2005 Ford Focus into the back of a big tractor-trailer that was hauling a backhoe about a mile...

• I-24 Tractor Trailer Death December 28, 2009

  George Fusner | December 30, 2009 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  WSMv reports the death of 19 year old Jessica Wyatt of Dover Tennessee on east bound I-24 in Cheatham County Tennessee near Pleasant View Monday night. It was reported she struck the rear of a...

• One Dead, Three Injured in I-40 Crash Caused by Hit and Run Big Rig

  George Fusner | November 30, 2009 2:58 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Another tragedy involving teenagers. Lindsey Toft of Montery was killed in an accident on I-40. The November 22nd crash also left three others injured. She and her sister, Jessica Toft, 17, were...

• Texting While Driving – Now Illegal In Tennessee

  George Fusner | August 04, 2009 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Texting has taken the country by storm, and many have become addicted to it. Sometimes its the only way I can communicate with by two 20+ year old children. For years many battled for banning cell...

• Drowsy Truck Drivers-The Solution

  George Fusner | July 29, 2009 2:05 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Semi-truck driver fatigue is one of the most common contributors to an accident when the truck driver is at fault. Even when the driver doesn’t fall asleep, fatigue can affect the senses...

• Semi-Truck Gas Tank Design Flaw

  George Fusner | July 27, 2009 10:21 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  As an experienced truck accident attorney, many cases I see are related to the negligence of a semi truck driver, their company, violations of the FMCSR or another party. Truck driving is a very...