A recent trucking accident, which occurred in Gwinnett County, Georgia, highlights the danger many semis pose to highway safety, and the need for witnesses to be diligent in reporting what…
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Missouri is a fault state when motor vehicle accidents occur. This means whomever is at fault for causing the collision is required to pay for all losses and damages that victims…
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Rear-ended trucking accidents are relatively common in Missouri and typically occur in one of two ways. Either a vehicle is stopped or slowed on the roadway and then is struck…
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In an effort to increase highway safety, Missouri has been installing high-tension guard cables in Interstate medians for the last ten years. However, these cable barriers are not designed to…
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According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as many as one out of every ten fatal vehicle collisions involves a large truck or tractor-trailer. Driver errors…
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According to a 2006 Federal Motor Carry Safety Administration report, there are approximately 141,000 truck crashes every year and 77,000 of those, or over 50%, are the direct fault of…
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As a Missouri semi truck accident attorney, I know that ordinary drivers rely on federal regulators to keep unsafe trucking companies off the road. Trucking companies can get an order…
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On June 19, 2013, a trucking accident involving two semis started a fire that “could have been a lot worse” if it weren’t for a stroke of luck. The incident…
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As a southern Illinois semi truck accident attorney, I was interested to read about a jurisdictional issue affecting an Illinois family. In Daly v. Central Refrigerated Service, an Illinois woman…
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Twenty-six people were injured in a Missouri highway crash involving 18 vehicles, including a semi truck that rear-ended traffic stopped because of thick smoke. A Missouri Highway Patrol officer said…
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