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...
Trucking Accidents
Criminal and Civil Justice After a Truck Crash
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...
Poorly-Trained Truckers Require Well-Trained Lawyers
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...
How much Insurance is Required on Interstate Commercial Trucks?
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...
Despite Fewer Cars on Ohio and Kentucky Roads, More Traffic-Related Severe Injuries and Death since the Pandemic
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...
Building Your Trucking Lawyer Championship Team
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...
Is Amazon responsible if a truck or van carrying Amazon packages causes a crash?
Media reports about Amazon trucks and vans causing catastrophic accidents as they rush to get deliveries to clients are numerous. It is logical to think that Amazon is responsible for the damages caused by these crashes, however, the retail giant has taken steps to...
Who can be held liable in a trucking accident?
Some aspects of trucking accident cases are obvious: someone driving a tractor-trailer while intoxicated obviously bears responsibility for the injuries or deaths that result. However, in most cases like this, there is a lot more going on beneath the surface. For...
Equipment failure on a commercial truck can lead to disaster
Like all motor vehicles, commercial vehicles like semis and other large trucks are complex and intricate. If a system suddenly fails, the driver may lose control and crash into a much smaller passenger vehicle. Thus, the result of an equipment failure on a commercial...
Lawmakers consider legislation on underride collisions
If you have seen the aftermath of an underride collision, you will never forget it. These are road crashes in which a car or smaller vehicle skids or slides underneath the side or rear of a large tractor-trailer. The windshield smashes, top of the car often sheared...