Trucking Accidents

Increasing driver pay improves safety, but removing driver facing cameras will make things more dangerous. The truck crash lawyers at have been closely following the labor negotiations between United Parcel Service (UPS) and their...

Crashes involving commercial vehicles, commonly known as trucks or semi-trucks, are far more dangerous and complicated than those involving other motor vehicles. These crashes involve vehicles weighing over 10,000 lbs. and are regulated not only by state driving laws...

When a friend of mine recently confessed to me, “I’m just not very good at texting and driving; I don’t know how people do it,” I almost fell out of my chair. Turns out, this friend was being serious and genuinely believed that texting and driving can be an acquired...

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...