Trucking laws in Southern Illinois are laws and regulations that apply specifically to commercial truck drivers. Commercial drivers are required to have a special license for driving large trucks or…
Jeff LoweMarch 20, 2014
According to the American Trucking Association, as many as 80 percent of communities throughout the United States receive goods and raw materials transported exclusively by trucks. Trucks move 11 billion…
Jeff LoweOctober 10, 2013
What’s the difference between a fatal Missouri car accident and one that’s annoying – perhaps even terrifying – but not life-ending or even life-changing? The difference can be inches. The…
Jeff LoweSeptember 20, 2012
A crazy Missouri truck accident last Friday afternoon on US Highway 36 sent an unbelievable 46,000 pounds of beer pouring over the freeway. Labor Day revelers were no doubt disappointed…
Jeff LoweAugust 30, 2012
Tragedy struck last week in Iowa, when a semitrailer slammed into a car on Highway 63 in Iowa. The truck accident killed Missouri residents, Charles Haffer Jr., and Tony Penberthy.…
Jeff LoweAugust 16, 2012
I’ve written here before, as a Missouri tractor-trailer accident lawyer, about the federal government’s use of Missouri as an example in its crusade for a nationwide ban on texting while…
Jeff LoweMay 9, 2012
As a Missouri tractor-trailer accident attorney, I was interested to read a Nebraska opinion reminding us that insurance companies are uninterested in paying financial recoveries to anyone, including injured truckers…
Jeff LoweAugust 17, 2011
As a Missouri semi truck accident attorney, I represent people who were injured by truck drivers who slammed into their cars because of unsafe driving choices. In most cases, those…
Jeff LoweAugust 3, 2011
Here in Missouri, it’s been established for more than a decade that plaintiffs in truck accident cases cannot assert claims against trucking companies for both negligent entrustment and vicarious liability.…
Jeff LoweJuly 8, 2011