Archive for April, 2010
“Underride” Truck Wrecks Can Cause Very Serious Injuries
Many trucks come equipped with a rear impact guard, which is essentially is a bar hanging below the truck’s cargo hold. This guard is important in helping prevent “underride” accident injuries where a car hits the back of a truck and the impact can wind up causing a serious head injury to the driver and passengers [...]
April 29, 2010
Tags: accident, car, guard, impact, injuries, passengers, rear, truck, underride Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics 
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Bad Brakes Can Lead to Jacknifed Tractor Trailer Accidents
According to the American Association for Justice, 4,000 people are killed in tractor trailer accidents. These accidents also cause more than 80,000 serious injuries every year along major highways including Interstate 95 (I-95) and I-85 in Virginia (VA). My colleague John Cooper wrote an article about the risks associated with tractor trailer wrecks, especially jacknifed tractor trailers. [...]
April 22, 2010
Tags: attorney, Cooper, deaths, injuries, jacknifed, tractor, trailer, trailers Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Dump Truck Hits 12 Cars on I-95, Five People Injured
By Jim Lewis, Truck Wreck Lawyer A dump truck was traveling down Interstate 95 (I-95) in Woodbridge, Virginia (VA) near Prince William Parkway when the truck driver allegedly suffered a medical emergency. This emergency caused the truck to swerve out of control and hit 12 other vehicles, according to the Washington Post. The dump truck [...]
April 21, 2010
Tags: attorney, dump, I-95, injuries, Lewis, loss of life, Prince William Parkway, truck, VA, vehicles Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
City Truck Hits and Kills Bike Rider in Charlottesville, VA
This tragic bike/truck accident occurred on West Main and Fourth Street in Charlottesville, Virginia (VA). The bike rider was a graduate student at UVA. This crash puts a spotlight on the risks associated with bicyclists sharing the road with large vehicles like city trucks. To learn more, please check out the blog written by my colleague John [...]
April 20, 2010
Tags: accident, bike, Charlottesville, Fourth Street, Main, truck, VA, West Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
One Dead in Virginia I-495 Tractor Trailer Accident
By John Cooper, Truck Accident Lawyer Elizabeth P. Lyman of Fairhaven, Massachusetts (MA) was driving her Plymouth Voyager on Interstate 495 (I-495) when she decided to pull off the side of the road at the Springfield interchange in Fairfax, Virginia (VA), according to wusa9.com. Tragically, she would never make it to her destination. A tractor [...]
April 13, 2010
Tags: accident, attorney, Cooper, crash, I-495, I-95, injury, MA, Plymouth Voyager, tractor trailer, truck, trucking, VA, wreck, wrongful death Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
How to Get Information to Help in Your Truck Wreck Injury Case
Here are two videos created by my colleague Rick Shapiro about how to obtain information to help in your truck crash injury case. It’s important to speak to lawyer as quickly as possible so we can start collecting information to build your case. Why? Because large commercial trucking companies have a team of lawyers and [...]
April 12, 2010
Tags: accident, claims adjusters, commercial, crash, injury, insurance, lawyer, truck, trucking, wreck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Commercial Truck Driver Duties in Bad Winter Weather
Here’s a video of my colleague Rick Shapiro talking about the legal responsibilities commercial truck drivers must adhere to (but routinely neglect) when driving in bad winter weather like a snowstorm/blizzard… Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
April 12, 2010
Tags: blizzard, driver, duties, law, snowstorm, truck, weather, winter Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics No Comments
Passengers Involved in a Truck Accident – What To Do
By Jim Lewis, VA Truck Accident Lawyer There’s a lot of information out there about what to do if you’ve been hurt in an accident due to the carelessness of a commercial truck driver. However, most of this information is directed towards the driver of the car, SUV, or pickup truck that got hit. But [...]
April 9, 2010
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Truck Driver Charged with Reckless Homicide Due to Operating Truck with Bad Brakes
By John Cooper, Virginia Truck Wreck Lawyer Two men were killed in an accident involving a tractor trailer at the intersection of Ky. 1499 and U.S. 460. The accident investigation allegedly revealed the truck driver was knowingly operating the vehicle with bad brakes. As a result, the at-fault driver was charged with reckless homicide, according [...]
April 1, 2010
Tags: 18 wheelers, accident, attorney, big rig, brakes, Cooper, crash, faulty, Ky. 1499, tractor trailer, truck, U.S. 460, wreck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
