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
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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 trailer [...]
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
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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 to [...]
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
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Truck Slams into Van, 11 People Killed
By John Cooper, Truck Accident Lawyer
The deadliest truck wreck in Kentucky (KY) since 1988 occurred recently taking the lives of 11 people.
A tractor-trailer crossed the median on Interstate 65 (I-65) and slammed into a 15-seat Dodge Van. Ten people in the van were killed, with only two young children surviving the crash. The eleventh victim [...]
March 29, 2010
Tags: accident, attorney, Cooper, crash accident, I-65, KY, loss of life, tractor, trailer, truck, VA, van, wreck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics
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Hours-of-Service Regulation for Truck Drivers Commonly Neglected
By John Cooper, Virginia Truck Accident Lawyer
An important provision in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act limits the hours truck drivers can operate a commercial tractor trailer, 18-wheeler, big rig, etc. The purpose of the law is to help reduce the number of truck accidents that stem from tired and/or fatigued truck drivers.
Our firm has [...]
March 16, 2010
Tags: 18 wheeler, accident, attorney, big rig, Cooper, crash, driver, fatigue, hours of service, injury, tractor trailer, truck, trucker, wreck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics
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West Virginia Woman Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury after Truck Accident
By John Cooper, Truck Accident Lawyer
A West Virginia (WV) woman was driving her car on a Martinsburg road when a truck slammed into her vehicle causing a major wreck.
The car was practically crushed and the damage was so bad that it was virtually impossible to look inside to determine the severity of her injuries.
“The passenger-side door was [smashed] [...]
February 18, 2010
Tags: accident, attorney, brain, car, Cooper, crash, injury, traumatic, truck, wreck, WV Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics
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Jackknifed Tractor Trailers Wreak Havoc on Southwest Virginia Roads During Snowstorm
By John Cooper, Truck Accident Attorney
A father and son – Edward Smith, Sr. and Edward Smith, Jr. – were killed when a semi-truck slammed into their Dodge Caravan after the two stopped to help a driver stranded on interstate 81 (I-81) in Wytheville, Virginia (VA).
My deepest condolences go out to the Smith’s friends and family. [...]
February 8, 2010
Tags: accident, attorney, big, commercial, Cooper, Edward Smith, I-81, injury, jackknife, rig, tractor, trailer, truck, VA, wreck Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics
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Tractor Trailer Crash Requires Medivac Helicopter on I-66 near Gainesville, Virginia
by John Cooper, attorney
Just recently there was a very serious tractor trailer crash that occurred near Gainesville, Virginia (Va.) out along the westbound lanes of Interstate 66. The crash was significant enough to shut down traffic for well over an hour as highway patrol and emergency crews worked quickly to secure the immediate area.
As reported [...]
February 3, 2010
Tags: 18 wheeler, accident, big rig, Cooper, crash, critical, dangerous, Gainesville, I-66, injury, medivac, semi-truck, tractor trailer, Virginia Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics
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Truckers Support Current Hours of Service, but Request More Flexibility
By John Cooper, Attorney
Various trucking organizations, including the American Trucking Association (ATA) went before the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to address the issue the driver fatigue and the current Hours of Service (HOS) rules.
The rules stipulate that a trucker has the option to drive 11 hours and then take 10 hours off or [...]
January 25, 2010
Tags: accident, attorney, Cooper, crash, disorder, fatigue, injury, sleep, 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 (N.C.).
In [...]
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
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