Understanding Compensation for Lost Wages After a Truck Accident In my three decades of legal practice, I've seen firsthand how a collision with a truck can turn someone's life upside down. Not only do victims have to deal with physical injuries, but the financial...
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Your Small Business & Distracted Driving Don’t Mix
We’ve all been there. You’re in a hurry, late for an appointment and suddenly, you find yourself behind that car, driving erratically, or just super slow. Inevitably, as you’re able to make your way around them, the driver is either talking or texting on their phone....
Ex-trucking exec: safety changes urgently needed, part 2
Our post last week referenced one Howard Abramson, who we described as "a tested industry veteran who operated at the apex of power during the years he served as an executive with the American Trucking Associations, the nation's largest industry advocacy group." As we...
Ex-trucking industry exec: safety changes urgently needed, part 1
One thing that trucking executives and lobbyists are certainly looking for when they are figuratively gearing up to do battle with an industry critic is a perceived weakness in that person that they can attack in order to undermine the message that is being delivered....
Safety statistic for commercial trucks that you don’t want to see
All of us who drive passenger vehicles in Maricopa County and throughout other regions of Arizona and the United States have an instant appreciation for what large commercial trucks bring to the traffic mix. For starters, they command the close and unflagging...
Commercial truck safety draws close attention of U.S. senator
Reasonable drivers across Maricopa County and throughout the rest of Arizona literally steer clear of commercial truckers to the fullest extent possible as they ply the state's freeways and interstates. And, of course, there is good reason for drivers of passenger...
Wal-Mart and Tracy Morgan reach settlement
One of the most notorious and deadly truck accidents from 2014 appears to be nearing resolution. As we highlighted last fall, the truck accident involving a semi-truck owned by Wal-Mart crashed into a limousine van that comedian Tracy Morgan and several others were...
Minimum insurance amounts could increase for truckers
Semi trucks the largest vehicles on the road, and when they collide with a passenger car, the results can be catastrophic for those in the car. Because of this, truck drivers (and their companies) are required to carry a substantial amount of insurance. According to...
More people killed in truck accidents
While we have written a number of posts on how technology is working to make driving safer, a recent article published on CarrierManagement.com suggests that more people were killed in trucking accidents in 2013 than in the previous year. According to a report...
Wal-Mart claims that injured passengers did not wear seatbelts
Comedian Tracy Morgan continues to recover from his injuries sustained in a crash reportedly caused by a Wal-Mart supply truck. Morgan and several others were injured when the truck allegedly struck the back of the limousine bus they were riding in. The crash killed...
Fatal truck accident on Arizona’s I-10
Trucks on the road today carry necessary goods from point "A" to point "B." They keep the standard of living at an all time high, making all needs and wants available 24/7 to the public. Semi-trucks are the largest vehicle on the road and can pose safety risks to...
Distracted driving blamed for armored car crash
The size differential between an armored truck and smaller vehicles may be fatal in a crash. Distracted driving compounds this danger. For example, a driver of an armored truck talking on his cell phone is the apparent cause of an accident that caused serious injuries...
Despite dangers of fatigue, truck drivers defy rest laws
There are more than 30,000 people who die every year because of motor vehicle accidents on highways. About one in every seven of these deaths occurred during an accident that involved a large truck. When you consider that a decade-plus trend of declining motor vehicle...
Federal proposal would cut back on truck driver fatigue
It’s an all-too-easy scenario to imagine. A truck driver has been on the road for many hours. It’s late at night, and he starts to feel a bit tired. Another hours passes, and now he feels very groggy. He struggles to keep his eyes open -- yet he still remains behind...
Semi-truck rolls over in Phoenix, freeway shut down
If it’s possible for one motor vehicle accident to be more terrifying than another motor vehicle accident, than you could say that rollover accidents bring a certain added level of dread than your ordinary bumper-to-bumper collision. Rollover accidents tend to involve...
Intoxicated truck driver flees after killing 2, injuring 5
A truck accident in western Arizona killed two people, dealt numerous others serious injuries and left a man in handcuffs. It appears the tractor trailer accident was entirely avoidable -- if the driver had only decided to not act in a negligent manner. The accident...
Distracted truck driver blamed in death of Arizona officer
A 14-year veteran of the Department of Public Safety was killed in southwestern Arizona when a truck crashed into the vehicles of various responders. The responders were on Interstate 8 to provide assistance when the tanker truck slammed into the parked patrol car...