Archive for December, 2009
Defective Tires Can Lead to Serious Truck Wrecks
By Richard Shapiro Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, & Appleton There were nearly 370,000 18-wheeler, tractor-trailer, and Mack truck accidents in 2006, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. One of the reasons these large truck accidents occur is because of defective tires. The sheer size of these trucks puts extra pressure on the tires so they [...]
December 30, 2009
Tags: 18 wheeler, accident, attorney, crash, injury, mack, Shapiro, tractor trailer, traumatic brain injury, truck, trucker, wreck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics 
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Deadly I-95 Tractor Trailer Crash near Dunn, North Carolina Kills Child
by John Cooper A tractor trailer crash on I-95 just outside of Dunn, North Carolina (N.C.) has tragically left a 6 year old child dead. In a sad chain of events an SUV in which the child was riding collided with an 18 wheeler on a stretch of Interstate 95 in Harnett County, North Carolina [...]
December 27, 2009
Tags: 18 wheeler, big rig, child, collision, Cooper, crash, fatality, I-95, injury lawyer, Johnston County, North Carolina, over-corrected, SUV, tractor trailer Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Why Are Any Tractor-Trailers on the Road in a Blizzard Anyway?
By: Richard N. Shapiro, Attorney It just so happens that during the December, 2009 major blizzard, I had planned a family ski trip to the Seven Springs ski resort in Pennsylvania, which required that I drive through Virginia, Maryland and then into Pennsylvania because the resort is just east of Pittsburgh. About a foot and [...]
December 26, 2009
Tags: 18 wheelers, accident, big rigs, black ice, semis, snow, tractor-trailers, tractpr-trailer, winter, wreck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Safety a Major Issue for Highway Reconstruction Projects
By Randy Appleton Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, & Appleton - ”All We Do is Injury Law” A large portion of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act is dedicated to infrastructure projects like revamping and reconstructing our highway system. But with this increase in highway work projects comes an increased risk of serious injury due to accidents. Highway work [...]
December 25, 2009
Tags: accident, accidents, Appleton, attorney, construction, highway, infrastructure, injury, pedestrian, truck, work zone Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Truck Blind Spots a Major Safety Concern
By Rick Shapiro Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, & Appleton Some drivers mistakenly believe truckers have better vision while on the road because they’re high off the ground. In actuality, trucks possess major blind spots which present a real challenge to the drivers when they’re traveling on congested highways like Interstate 64 (I-64) and Interstate 264 (I-264). The [...]
December 13, 2009
Tags: 18 wheeler, accident, attorney, injury, Shapiro, tractor trailer, truck, trucker, VA, Virginia, wreck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
How to Stay Safe from Tractor Trailers While Driving Your Car
By Emily Brannon A truck driver of a semi trailer tractor is a trained professional who has spent a good deal of money and time going through training and testing so that they can obtain their commercial driver’s license (CDL). The requirements are quite rigorous as compared to earning a typical driver’s license. However, consideration [...]
December 9, 2009
Tags: 18 wheeler, accident, big rig, crash, death, equipment failure, injury, injury lawyer, jack knife, semi-truck, Shapiro, tractor trailer Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Suffolk, Virginia, Crackdown on Unsafe Semis, Other Commercial Trucks Most Welcome
Operators of double-axle, semi and 18-wheel trucks and trailers–and every kind of commercial vehicle in between–no longer have a safe haven in the city just to the west of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach.
December 6, 2009
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Fatal Van-Truck Accident Leads to One Death, Two Serious Injuries
By James Lewis Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, & Appleton A tragic accident occurred on Interstate 64 (I-64) when a minivan and tanker truck slammed into each other. Gary Allen and Donald Beazley suffered serious injuries and Sue Ratliff Beazley was killed, according to wvec.com. My deepest sympathies go out to Mr. Beazley for the loss of [...]
December 2, 2009
Tags: accident, accidents, attorney, injury, lawyer, Lewis, minivan, tanker truck, truck, trucking Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
New Safety Rating System to Go in Effect for Truckers
By John Cooper Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, & Appleton The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is taking bold steps to emphasize prevention and driver safety in 2010. A comprehensive safety analysis will be conducted with a safety rating for individual truck drivers. This analysis will enable the FMCSA to disqualify a truck and/or bus driver [...]
December 1, 2009
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