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…
Trucks are subject to a number of federal regulations in order to protect the safety of the public. One of the requirements imposed by the federal government is that trucks…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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.…