Trucking Accidents

America’s highways are busier than ever, and much of that traffic is semi-tractor-trailers and other commercial motor vehicles. Big commercial trucks are impossible to avoid anymore. No matter the time of day or night, it’s common to have a truck in front, a truck...

It is no secret that a crash between a tractor trailer and a passenger car can have disastrous consequences. The term “truck crash” generally conjures up images and fears of big rigs slamming into other vehicles, severely injuring or killing the driver or passengers...

The recent highway tragedy in Lima, Ohio, off of I-75 brings into the forefront an important discussion. The wreck that left 21 people injured and 1 dead on the interstate happened because a 75-year-old man who was operating a tractor-trailer. The driver seems to have...

When you drive past a semi-truck and see the name “FedEx” on the side of it, you likely assume that you can trust not only the company, but the driver behind the wheel as well.  Unfortunately, that is not always the case. In 2018, an appeals court in New Mexico upheld...

The Covid-19 pandemic and supply-chain shortages have shown how crucial the global logistics and national delivery system is (hopefully everyone is stocked back up on toilet paper by now). The United States is in the midst of a shortage of truck drivers, especially...

In the modern era of online shopping and one day deliveries, the number of big trucks on the roadway has skyrocketed. The increase in sheer numbers of trucks, coupled with ever-increasing pressure to get deliveries to their destinations quickly, has resulted in an...

Many of us have a false sense of security about semi-truck drivers.  We think that because they have a commercial driver’s license (CDL), and drive for a living, that they must be the safest drivers on the road.  The data says otherwise.  According to the most recent...

People driving on Ohio and Kentucky roads do not think they will be involved in a collision with a large commercial truck. Unfortunately, there are numerous collisions caused by commercial truck drivers every day that cause significant property damage, injury, and...

Since the pandemic, our firm has seen an uptick in car accident cases caused by reckless driving, especially in commercial truck cases. Our anecdotal observation, that drivers are engaging in riskier behavior since the pandemic, is supported by recently published...

The Cincinnati Bengals, our hometown team, are going to the Super Bowl!  Much ink has been spilled about how this happened–from discussions about coaching, to scheme, to momentum– but, at the heart of this great run, was the construction of a championship-caliber...