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7 Dangerous Practices Causing MORE Large Truck Crashes

We depend on large trucks to transport the goods we need and want throughout the nation, but when negligent truck drivers cause accidents, no one wins. Not only do crashes cause shipping delays, but motor vehicle drivers who share the road face the risk of serious injury or fatality. The average semi weighs a little […]

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Personal Injury Settlement Amounts for Truck Accidents

Semi-truck accidents can be devastating as well as deadly, and that doesn’t include putting the pieces back together after the accident. If you have been in an accident involving a semi-truck, the legal system may seem confusing, and it may be difficult to understand where to get started.If the truck driver was at-fault, you may […]

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How to Preserve Evidence for a Truck Accident Claim

Semi-trucks, big rigs, 18-wheelers, or tractor-trailers, no matter what you call them, collisions with them often cause severe, catastrophic, and even deadly injuries that tragically change the lives of victims and their families forever. Over the past few decades, between 4,000 and 5,000 individuals lost their lives in truck accidents each year in the U.S. […]

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How Can a Truck Accident Lawyer Help Me?

For some of us, budgeting is an ever-present item on our to-do list. We’re constantly weighing our options – is that a necessity or a luxury? Is this a want or a need? We get it. But there’s one thing you should never, ever forgo in the name of thriftiness: legal representation after a truck […]

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Hitch Accidents/Runaway Trailer Accidents

When Truck Drivers and Trucking Companies Are Negligent Every truck accident is harrowing, but hitch accidents that result in runaway trailers are terrifying and often deadly. Trucking companies are responsible for sending safe truckers in safely manufactured and maintained trucks out on the road. When they fail to do so, fatal accidents can result. If […]

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Accidents Caused by Poor Truck Maintenance

Semis and other large commercial trucks are a common sight on Texas highways and interstates. These vehicles, capable of hauling thousands of tons of cargo hundreds of miles each day, are a backbone of the American economy and a marvel of modern engineering. Like any other vehicle on the road, tractor-trailers and other trucks need […]

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Head-On Truck Collisions

Truck-involved head-on collisions make for some of the most horrific crashes on Texas and Louisiana roads. The stories I’ve linked above led to trucks bursting into flames, passenger vehicles mangled beyond recognition, catastrophic injuries, and deaths. You might think head-on collisions involving heavy trucks are rare. But you’d be wrong. They. Happen. All. The. Time. […]

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What to Do with Your First Offer from the Insurance Company After a Truck Accident

The First Truck Accident Settlement Offer Is Not the Best Did you know over 60 percent of all consumer goods are shipped by tractor-trailer across the United States? We contend with large trucks on our roads at all hours of the day and night. Their intimidating presence can make other drivers nervous, and for good […]

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How Often Do Trucking Companies Hire Disqualified Drivers?

Not everyone is cut out to climb behind the wheel of a truck. Some people aren’t healthy enough for it. Some people aren’t good enough drivers. And some people have criminal and/or driving records that just make them a bad fit to take responsibility for heavy cargo. The law has a term for that last […]

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