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In the latest big rig accident to make the news, actor/comedian Tracy Morgan suffered serious injuries, including a broken arm, in an accident involving a tractor-trailer in early June. He has been hospitalized ever since in New Jersey. Fortunately, according to news reports, his health continues to improve and his condition has changed to fair.…

Back in 2012, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported nearly 2.5 million motor vehicle accident injuries, many of which involved trucks. Damage caused by a trucking accident is not limited to vehicular wreckage alone. Serious injury, emotional distress and, in some cases, fatalities are often the result of such accidents. Victims are left faced with painful…

Our attorney Joe Fried graces the newly-released Georgia’s Best Lawyers publication. The headline says it all: the firm “goes the distance” for our clients. Best Lawyers is a highly respected legal peer-review publication which has been a reliable resource for attorneys, as well as the media and general public, for three decades. The Atlanta-based Truck Accident Attorneys are Fried and…

Popular Mechanics has taken an in-depth look at some of the wildest roadways in the world and guides readers through what makes them so strange. The U.S. accounts for nearly half of the roadways that made the list. From old volcano roads to the steepest hills, certain road construction across the country makes for some…

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…