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Last June, a Poway, Calif. firefighter driving a fire truck broadsided a Honda Accord in an accident that turned fatal. The driver of the Honda Accord, Robbie Gillespie, ran a red light, and his passenger, Evelyn Jean Courtney, died at the scene. Michael Kinslow, the attorney representing Courtney’s parents in their wrongful death claim, stated that…

Tollway worker Vincent Petrella loved his job, according to his sister. Even when the weather was less than favorable, he was a hard worker that enjoyed showing up to work, she told the Chicago Tribune. Earlier this year, Petrella had pulled over on Interstate 88 in Aurora during frigid temperatures to aid a broken down…

Imagine you are reading a news report of a recent accident involving a tractor-trailer and a car, and when you get to the end you let out a sigh of relief because only minor injuries were reported. This is indeed something to be happy about since many of these accidents can leave people with severe…

Last month, a jury in Cobb County, Ga. awarded about $641,000 to a man who broke his back in a 2010 accident that occurred when a dump truck broke down in the middle of I-595. The Truck Accident Attorneys‘ own Michael Goldberg helped prove that the truck company was 90% responsible for the accident, leading to…

As temperatures plunge nationwide, roadways are becoming increasingly dangerous. According to the El Paso Times, Dec. 7 alone saw 200 crashes along an icy stretch of I-10. One of those accidents, occurring about 200 miles east of El Paso, included 10 vehicles, including several tractor-trailers and semi trucks. The holidays are a time of cheer…

A terrible situation unfolded on I-40 in Tennessee last week, when a bus carrying a church group entered oncoming traffic and collided with an SUV and a tractor-trailer, sending smoke and flames into the air. In all, 8 people were killed in the inferno – the truck driver, a passenger in the SUV and six parishioners on…

New regulations aimed at reducing trucker fatigue are finally going into effect after a federal appeals court has upheld them. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ended a 14-year legal fight between the industry and consumers, ruling that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration should mostly administer rules as it sees fit. For…

Though every accident is unique, truck accident cases fall into 6 certain types. Of these types, one is almost always fatal. Two are commonly caused by fatigue. The Truck Accident Attorneys have experience in dealing with all of these types of cases. The most common type of trucking case involves a tractor-trailer that rear ends another vehicle.…

If you frequent the freeways or even county and state highways, you realize how many semi trucks are out on the road. Due to the size and power of these vehicles, they can also cause serious accidents. When a semi truck is involved in an accident with a smaller vehicle, the results can be disastrous.…

More and more trucks are joining the fleets that traverse our nation’s highways. This table provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation shows that for 2011 (the latest year for which statistics are available), over 29 million trailers and semi-trailers were registered for use on the nation’s highways. That number is up from approximately 25.5 million…