Articles Posted in Trucking Accidents

In today’s  Atlanta Journal-Constitution includes there appears a tragically true story by Steve Owings, whose son was killed by a speeding tractor trailer on cruise control six years ago. In the wake of his son’s death, Steve and his wife founded Road Safe America Knowing Steve’s motivation to make the roads safer for everyone, I’m taking…

A big rig driver unable to see his way through dense fog Monday morning in Fresno, California, was going too fast to see stopped traffic through the fog when he struck and killed a young woman . Tractor trailer driver Martin Nelson, 22, of Fresno, failed to see stopped traffic in heavy fog when he…

Fatal truck accidents in bad weather are an all too common — and preventable — tragedy that we see in our law practice.  Despite the very clear federal standard requiring “extreme caution” in hazardous weather and pull over if necessary, and guidelines in the Commercial Drivers License Manual to slow down by at least one-third,…

As a trucking trial attorney, I see it all too often.  And now again.  Early yesterday morning a tractor trailer loaded with sand ran a stop sign in south central Florida, striking a van on the right side. and killing six men.  According to an Associated Press report by Christine Armario, investigators were still trying…

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 a report by Austin Miller of the Ocala Star-Banner, the school bus, which had stopped to let children off , had its warning lights on and stop signs out.…

As a trucking accident trial lawyer in Atlanta, I’m watching the news and wondering what will be the implications in the trucking and insurance sectors. High fuel prices, dependence on foreign oil, hurricanes, the subprime mortgage meltdown, the economic rise of China and India, the ongoing cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and deferred…

Georgia has seen two catastrophic armored truck accidents within the past week, at Calhoun and Tucker. Gordon County officer killed. Near Calhoun on August 22nd , Gordon County ordinance enforcement officer Kathy Cox was killed when a Loomis Fargo armored truck failed to stop behind a slowing vehicle, swerved into the oncoming lane, and hit…

U.S. truckers are coping with the price increase as best they can by lowering speeds and using auxiliary power units when the truck is idling, but according to the latest edition of the Roemer Report, the CEO of the  American Trucking Associations  wrote to government officials, saying that “Even with these efforts, it is easy…

In my trucking litigation law practice based in Atlanta, I see plenty of instances where drug use — including prescription medications — appears to be a contributing factor in trucking accidents. Now the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report on truckers’ drug tests that helps explain how and why. Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio…

As a trial lawyer representing injury victims in trucking accident cases in Georgia, I’m always on the lookout for medications affecting driver alertness.  Another suspect medication has been added to the list. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a warning Thursday on the anti-smoking drug Chantix, advising medical examiners “to not qualify anyone currently…