Articles Posted in Southeastern truck accidents

I’ve been working on trucking accidents in the Atlanta, Georgia, area for a long time. Today’s news includes a report of an accident in Arlington, Texas, that reminds me of my first tractor trailer wreck case. According to a report by Lita Beck of the NBC affiliate station in Dallas – Fort Worth, an 18-wheeler…

In my trucking litigation law practice, I all too often see fatal truck accidents that happen in bad weather Despite a federal safety regulation requiring “extreme caution” in hazardous weather, and instructions in the Commercial Drivers License Manual to slow down by at least one-third, truckers under economic pressure from employers, shippers, and sometimes their…

A Florida truck driver admitted that he was on his cell phone yesterday when he slammed into a school bus, killing a 13-year-old student. According to reports, the school bus, which had stopped to let children off , had its warning lights on and stop signs out. The truck failed to stop for it and…