Health Insurance Company May Pursue Repayment for Medical Bills

There is a provision in some health insurance plans that enables the insurance company to pursue reimbursement for the medical expenses they covered while you were recuperating from the injuries sustained in a truck wreck. They  can do this through the “right of subrogation.”  This doesn’t apply to all health insurance plans, but it’s important [...]

May 17, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury 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: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  No Comments

Drowsy Drivers Can Lead to Serious Trucking Accidents

Here is a video made by Virginia trucking accident attorney Rick Shapiro discussing the risks associated with overworked and drowsy truck drivers…

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March 30, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  No Comments

Preventing Fire Tanker Truck Rollovers Requires Training, Experience

Tanker trucks are particularly difficult to control because their loads shift with each change in speed and direction. Liquid loads can easily tip or flip a truck when drivers do not exercise the utmost care and caution. And the results can be deadly.

January 25, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  No Comments

Tractor-trailer Jackknifes into Van Filled with Disabled Passengers Killing Four

by Jim Lewis
Although the roads and highways along Virginia’s I-81, I-64 or I-66 have not reported any recent bad tractor trailer accidents, there was one in Springfield, Ohio today. A tractor-trailer jackknifed on icy road conditions and slammed into a van filled with disabled passengers that were being transported. The big rig swerved into oncoming [...]

January 8, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics  No Comments

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 his wife.
Reports indicate [...]

December 2, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  No Comments

Trucker Injured After Brakes Failed on U.S. Highway 52

By Rick Shapiro
Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, & Appleton
The drivers of a tractor-trailer was seriously injured after the trailer lost its brakes and crashed into an embankment on U.S. Highway 52 between Fancy Gap and Cana, Virginia (VA), according to Mount Airy News.
The trailer flipped over and slipped [...]

November 29, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  No Comments

Tractor Trailer Accidents Require an Attorney Familiar with the Industry

Perhaps one of the worst accidents anyone could ever get involved in is a tractor trailer accident. When a small vehicle such as car gets in an accident with trailer, chances are that the car will be badly damaged. Trucking companies try very hard to protect themselves from any charges that [...]

September 13, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics  One Comment


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