Wrongful Death in Semi Crash Results in $5M Settlement
The truck driver was cited by police for disobeying a signal at a four-way intersection with stop signs at each corner. He may also have been speeding before the wreck.
March 3, 2011
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Five Killed, 10 Injured When Tractor-Trailer Slams Into Stopped Cars in NC
Semis and 18-wheelers take much longer to stop than smaller vehicles, so it is important that the people behind the wheel of large commercial trucks remain alert and responsive to changes in road conditions and traffic flow that can lead to accidents in which people get killed or hospitalized.
February 23, 2011
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Head-On Smith Mountain Lake Collision Causes Fiery Wreck Between Tractor-Trailers
By Rick Shapiro, Truck Accident Injury Attorney As a personal injury attorney, I, unfortunately, understand how fragile life can be. More and more I am seeing cases of head-on collisions where one vehicle will lose control and cross the median, crashing head-on into an unsuspecting motorist. Just last month, two tractor-trailers collided killing both drivers. [...]
February 3, 2011
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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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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
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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
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Texting Causes Fatal Accident
By: Emily Mapp Brannon, Attorney Commerical truck drivers spend a lot of time on the road. This gives them a higher chance of being in an accident. As more and more young people start driving the rate of distracted driver accidents has been going up as well. This was the case late yesterday afternoon when distracted driving [...]
January 10, 2011
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Tractor-Trailer Police Chase Leads to Multiple Injuries
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney A tractor-trailer driver is in custody after leading police on a chase up Interstate 81 (I-81) through parts of West Virginia (WV) , Maryland (MD) and Pennsylvania (PA), reports The Times Leader. The truck with Mississippi plates struck several civilian and police vehicles along the 12-mile Maryland stretch near [...]
December 22, 2010
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Faulty Brakes May Have Caused Fatal Truck Accident
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney Over the weekend a tragic accident occurred when a coal-hauling truck overturned at a Massey Energy Co. mine site in West Virginia (WV), killing Charles Qualls. My thoughts go out to his family and I am sorry for their pain. It is always a terrible loss when a [...]
December 9, 2010
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Firefighter Killed By Big Rig
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney When we hear in the news that a fire fighter has been killed, we expect it to be while in the line of duty, not in a car accident. So I was surprised and saddened to learn of the death of a Clifton Forge Firefighter, Mr. Ashley Weikle. Ashley [...]
December 6, 2010
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