Recent Posts in Truck Driver Negligence Category
Posted on Aug 31, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
The reality is that trucks are often the most dangerous vehicles out on the road and statistics confirm this: the annual death toll from truck-related accidents is the equivalent of twenty-six major ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin
One week ago Sunday, a young Texas woman was killed in a head on truck accident. Laura Beth Botkin, 27, was the passenger of another vehicle and as pickup truck drove down the wrong lane, it crashed ...
Continue reading "Young Houston Opera Singer Dies in Head on Truck Collision" »
Posted on Aug 22, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
"There have been a number of accidents. Even if there's one fatality, there's more than there should be," said a spokesman for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland ...
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Posted on Aug 20, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin, LLP
According to statistics, 28% of truckers on the road are fatigued. This makes them an automatic liability. One widow in Charlotte, North Carolina is speaking out about this problem after her husband ...
Continue reading "Widow Speaks Out About Sleep Apnea" »
Posted on Jul 23, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
Trial is set to begin next week for an incident that took place two years ago in Portland, Texas. The scene of the accident was a rainy Highway, the cause was a tow truck and the victim was left ...
Continue reading "Multiple Counts of Tow-Truck Driver Negligence Ends in Lawsuit" »
Posted on Jul 10, 2012 By Arnold & Itkin LLP
A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) employee has recently been suspended from his driving duties after he collided with a parked trailer truck. 15 people were injured in the collision ...
Continue reading "City Bus Driver Collides With Truck: 15 Injured" »
Posted on May 18, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
22 people were injured in a Connecticut accident Monday morning. The incident occurred around 7 in the morning when a bus was stopped appropriately at a bus stop. The bus was hit from behind by a ...
Continue reading "22 Injured in Bus Accident When Rear-Ended by Service Truck" »
Posted on Apr 20, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
Eight people were injured in an accident involving a recycling truck this Monday afternoon. According to reports, the truck fell on top of another vehicle, trapping the driver inside for a period of ...
Continue reading "Garbage Truck Accident Injures Eight" »
Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
Just last night a semi-truck was involved in an Illinois truck accident that closed multiple lanes of traffic. The cause of truck accidents is not always immediately known, since a truck accident ...
Continue reading "Illinois Truck Driver Charged With DUI" »
Posted on Apr 13, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
Although this isn't an accident that took place on American soil, it is still worth noting. Truck accidents of this magnitude do not occur every day, but when they do, they should be reported so ...
Continue reading "26 Killed in Haiti Truck Accident" »
Posted on Apr 11, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
Last Friday in Barron County, Wisconsin, a couple was killed in a tragic motorcycle-truck accident. According to investigations, a husband and wife were riding their motorcycle on the highway when ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
Late Monday, April 2, a four-truck accident killed one man and closed the New Jersey Turnpike for hours. The man who died was the driver of the dump truck involved in the accident. The one other ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
In a Monday accident that occurred in Palm Beach County, Florida, six people were rushed to the hospital. Reports seem to indicate that this was an accident of negligence involving multiple commercial ...
Continue reading "Palm Beach County Wreck Injures Six" »
Posted on Mar 27, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
Trucks are at an incredibly high risk for accidents because of their size alone. Anything that goes wrong with a truck damage-wise is automatically amplified. When passenger vehicles get into ...
Continue reading "Trucks That Speed" »
Posted on Mar 20, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
As most of us are aware, big rigs, semi-trucks, and 18-wheelers take up a lot more space on the road than the average vehicle. But not every driver realizes that when a large commercial vehicle needs ...
Continue reading "Keeping the Distance: Staying Safe from Turning Trucks" »
Posted on Mar 15, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
This past Monday, March 12th, a cement truck was involved in a rollover accident. No one was killed and no injuries were reported. The cement truck was allegedly driving at a high speed in a ...
Continue reading "Cement Truck Driver Causes Traffic Accident" »
Posted on Feb 21, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
Recently in Des Moines, Iowa, a semi-trailer truck accident led to the death of four elderly women. Police reported that the truck driver failed to stop at a red light and consequently hit the ...
Continue reading "Truck Driver Traffic Violation Leads to Fatalities" »
Posted on Feb 10, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
In the Sugarloaf Township area of Pennsylvania last week, a propane-carrying truck completely shut down Route 93. The truck was heading south on the highway when the driver dropped a drink on the ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
Recently in Phoenix, Arizona, a man died in a collision involving a semi tractor-trailer rig. The accident took place early in the morning, around 4 am. The semi was traveling southbound on the 17 at ...
Continue reading "Phoenix Semi Accident Proves Fatal" »
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
Not a week goes by without a news story on a tragic accident involving a semi-truck and a motor vehicle. The facts are simple – accidents involving trucks and tractor-trailers are far more ...
Continue reading "Why Truckers Need To Stick To the Rules" »
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
The Louisiana State Police reported Saturday that an 18-wheeler struck a sedan that was turning on the LA 38 East in the city of Kentwood. The driver of the sedan was stopped on the road because she ...
Continue reading "Two Killed in Louisiana Truck Accident" »
Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Truck Accident Lawyer
Many people often wonder if commercial truck drivers must go through a pre-employment screening program to check the background of their driving history or if an interview is conducted similar to a ...
Continue reading "About the Pre-Employment Screening Program for Commercial Drivers" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Truck Accident Attorney
In November of 2011, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in coordination with the U.S. Transportation Secretary, announced a final ruling to prohibit the use of hand-held cell phones by ...
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Posted on Dec 2, 2011 By Truck Accident Attorney
After an accident involving a forklift and an 18 wheeler truck, a truck driver's employer is being sued for negligent entrustment. The accident occurred when an allegedly negligent truck driver ...
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