Archive for January, 2011
Fatal Triple Tractor-Trailer Wreck Kills One, Injures Others
By John Cooper, Truck Accident Injury Attorney We’ve all seen chain reaction crashes on the interstate and they usually start when one person loses control and others are unable to stop in time. This time it wasn’t cars that stacked up like toys, it was tractor-trailers. The tragic and terrible accident has left one person dead and [...]
January 31, 2011
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SUV Driver in Rollover Crash That Killed Two Firefighters Not Indicted
My colleague at the law firm Kevin Duffan has posted a blog on how the driver of an SUV will not be indicted over a crash last year that killed two firefighters in Rocky Mount (VA) last year. About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm which focuses on injury and [...]
January 27, 2011
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Fiery Truck Wreck That Killed Two Highlights Dangers in Work Zones
My law firm colleague Kevin Duffan recently wrote this new blog post, which highlights the dangers of accidents in road and highway in work zones. About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm that focuses on injury and accident law, and our attorneys have experience handling truck accident cases. Our primary [...]
January 26, 2011
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Speeding Jeep Hits Tractor-Trailer: Driver and Passenger Injured
By Randy E. Appleton, Truck Accident Injury Attorney Any tractor-trailer driver will tell you they can’t stop their big rigs on a dime. Careless drivers who zip in and out from between large trucks on the interstate seem oblivious to this truth. In fact, two people were injured and traffic was tied up this morning [...]
January 26, 2011
Tags: accident, attorney, crash, flip, I-85, injured, injuries, injury, jeep, lawyer, over, passenger, roll, seat belt, semi, settlement, tractor, trailer, truck, VA, verdict, Virginia, wreck Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Distracted Driver Crashes into Disabled Vehicle
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney Whose fault is it when a vehicle becomes disabled and the driver of another vehicle crashes into it? Easy, it is the fault of the inattentive driver. These crashes happen more often than not, find out more. About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm [...]
January 21, 2011
Tags: accident, accidents, big rig, black, car, crash, fatal, I-80, ice, injuries, injury lawyer, interstate, Shapiro, snow, tractor trailer, weather, wreck Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Head-On Collision By Big Rig Kills Two
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney It’s terrifying to think that you could be obeying the speed limit, driving defensively, and still be the victim of a deadly accident. This is exactly what happened in a deadly wreck near Roanoke, Virginia (VA), find out more. About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm [...]
January 20, 2011
Tags: accident, car, caused, collision injury, death, driving, head-on, injury, interstate, lawyer, lawyers, Shapiro, VA, way, wreck, wrong Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Two Drivers are Killed as Tractor-trailers Collide
When big trucks are involved in crashes on the Interstate the results can be tragic all too often. Our condolences go out to the families of two drivers who were killed in Monday night’s crash on Interstate 81 in Salem, Virginia (VA), as the Roanoke Times reported. The wreck that closed the Interstate for almost [...]
January 20, 2011
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Washington DC Head-On Collision Kills Two
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney A head-on collision can affect even the most seasoned professional driver. In northwest Washington D.C. a wrong way driver has killed two people, reports police. The accident occurred on Canal Road near Clark Place early Friday morning. The at-fault driver lost control of his Jaguar. The vehicle slid across the road and [...]
January 18, 2011
Tags: accident, accidents, control, DC, driver, injured, injury, killed, lawyer, Lewis, lost, passenger, VA, Virginia Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Improper Lane Change Causes Semi/Tractor Trailer Crash
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, roughly 9 percent of all car accidents occurred when vehicles were changing lanes or merging. That equates to over 500,000 car wrecks in the United States. An improper lane change could wind up causing a major car accident which in turn [...]
January 17, 2011
Tags: accident, auto accident, big rig, Chesterfield County, crash, injury, injury attorney, Pontiac, semi, side swiped, tractor trailer, Virginia Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Fatal Tractor-Trailer Accident Kills One Injures Two
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney Virginia (VA) has many long stretches of road where a tired tractor-trailer driver may pull over and rest. This was the case in Indiana (IN) when a semi driver was killed when his truck rear-ended another semi that had been parked on the shoulder. The driver who caused the wreck [...]
January 17, 2011
Tags: accident, attorney, auto, big rig, Cooper, crash, death, driver negligent, fatality, I-95, I95, IN, Indianapolis, injury, kills, mower, rear ended, safety equipment, semi, tractor trailer, wreck Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
