North Carolina (NC) FedEx Big Rig Wreck Kills One, Injures Several
it was one heck of a tangled mess that has left one person dead and two others injured following a two-vehicle accident involving a FedEx truck.
April 12, 2011
Tags: attorney, auto accident, car accident, Fedex, injured passengers, tractor trailer, truck crash, Virginia Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics, Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics 
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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
Tags: accident, attorney, big rig, car, collision, crash, death, driver, IL, killed, semi, settlement, Shapiro, stop sign, truck crash, wrongful death Posted in: National Trucking Accident/Injury Topics No Comments
Tractor Trailer Hits and Kills Driver on Side of Road in Hickory, North Carolina
My colleage Rick Shapiro recently wrote about the dangers of breaking down on the side of the interstate. Find out how to stay safe. About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm which focuses on injury and accident law and our attorneys have experience handling truck accident cases. Check out [...]
August 30, 2010
Tags: 18 wheeler, accident, accidents, attorney, big rig, brakes, car, tractor trailer, trailer, truck, truck crash, trucker Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Fire Truck Accident Apparently Caused by SUV Kills Two Firefighters in Rocky Mount, VA
Firefighters — and police, EMTs and other emergency responders — put their lives on the line every day at accident scenes, fires and disaster sites. They accept that risk on our behalf. Arriving where their services are most needed should be the least of their worries.
July 28, 2010
Tags: accident, Appleton, car, crash, death, fire truck, Roanoke, Rocky Mount, rollover, SUV, truck crash Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Tractor Trailer Wreck on I-77 in Fancy Gap, Virginia Injures Five
By Jim Lewis Four tractor trailers, six cars and one camper were involved in an accident last Wednesday on I-77 in Fancy Gap, Va. which closed traffic in both lanes for hours. According to the police, a tractor-trailer travelling southbound slid down the highway, lost control and rolled-over spilling its load of ceramic tiles. Two [...]
November 23, 2009
Tags: accident, crash, Fancy Gap, I-77, injury, injury lawyer, Lewis, rollover accident, Surry County, tractor trailer, truck crash, Virginia Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Virginia Beach Man Killed as Passenger in Fed Ex Truck Roll-Over
by Richard N. Shapiro Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton It what can only be described as being in the wrong place at the wrong time, tragically a passenger riding along in a Fed Ex truck was killed last week when the vehicle overturned on Fentress Airfield Road. Virginia Beach Police have identified the victim of [...]
October 7, 2009
Tags: death, fatality, Fed Ex, injured, injury lawyers, killed, over-correction, Shapiro, Truck accident, truck crash, truck roll-over, Virginia Beach Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
Deadly Tractor Trailer Crash on I-85 in Davidson County Kills Car Driver
In a manner not uncommon to most tractor trailer wrecks, one person has been left dead when an 18 wheeler smashed into the back of a car on southbound Interstate 85. According to authorities, it appears that the car had stopped in the southbound lanes near Exit 91 in Davidson County. The big rig crashed [...]
September 23, 2009
Tags: car crash, Davidson County, death, I-85, injury lawyer, killed, Mapp Brannon, semi-truck, tractor trailer, truck crash Posted in: Virginia (VA) Trucking Injury/Accidents Topics No Comments
