Monetary Limits in Truck Crashes

  Truck crashes are among the most severe types of accidents. When a truck collides with a passenger vehicle, severe injuries and fatalities are common. When a truck driver or trucking company is negligent in a crash, they are responsible for all damages resulting from the collision. Your damages may include your medical expenses, money […]

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How Intoxication Affects Truckers

  A truck driver was arrested in late March 2017 after driving from the Bronx to Long Island in New York under the influence of cocaine, LSD, and crystal methamphetamine. The driver was caught by police outside of his truck at a gas station. Police noticed he was locked out of the truck, acting combative, […]

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Injuries Sustained by Truck Drivers

If someone else causes you to get hurt or suffer losses, all states have laws that allow you to get reimbursed, or “made whole.” These are known as compensatory damages, and they are designed to put you in a place as if the accident never happened in the first place. While most people would prefer […]

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Truck Accidents in Bad Weather

  At all times, drivers must exercise caution behind the wheel. This principle applies no matter what type of vehicle you are driving, no matter what day of the week, and no matter what time it is. Private citizens must also follow the rules of the road set forth by the city, county, and state […]

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Truck Accidents & Drug Use

  A truck driver was arrested in late March 2015 after driving from the Bronx to Long Island in New York under the influence of cocaine, LSD, and crystal methamphetamine. The driver was caught by police outside of his truck at a gas station. Police noticed he was locked out of the truck, acting combative, […]

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Commercial Trucking Maintenance

  A driver can only be as good as the vehicle that he or she is operating. Even licensed, experienced, and well-rested truck drivers are dependent on their vehicles to effectively carry out their jobs. If something is wrong with their truck, such as a mechanical failure, it can cause problems for even the most […]

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Causes of Truck Accidents

  In the past, unsafe vehicles have been referred to by some as “metal death traps.” The term has also been attributed to dangerous roads or intersections.  Truck accidents in the United States have increased steadily over the last few years, and there is no sign of them significantly slowing down anytime soon. Many of […]

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Detrimental Demands of Trucking Profession

  Long-haul commercial truck driving can be one of the deadliest professions in America. Over 250,000 accidents each year are attributed to commercial trucking, with roughly 5,000 of those accidents resulting in fatalities. One of the biggest contributing factors to the deadly nature of commercial trucking is the poor health of truck drivers. Commercial trucking […]

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Emergencies In Trucking Accidents

  There are over 3,000 fatal crashes involving large trucks or buses each year in the United States. With many of these crashes, the trucking company involved will often state that the crash was a “true accident” and that its driver was faced with a sudden emergency that he or she could not avoid. In […]

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Fatigue-induced Truck Accidents

  USA Today conducted a comprehensive investigation into a subset of the trucking industry in the United States – port truckers employed by trucking companies who transport goods across the country on behalf of many of the largest retailers in the United States, including Target, Home Depot, and Costco. Many of the trucking companies studied […]

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