Truck Attorneys

$18M Awarded To Victim In 2008 Highway Truck Crash

Paul Rebein — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:30:56 +0000

Mark Tiburzi, severly injured after a 2008 truck crash, was awarded $18 million by the federal magistrate judge. Since the accident, Tiburzi has been under constant care and will remain so for the rest of his life. He will never regain the ability to walk nor talk.

The crash occurred on an interstate highway as the truck driver got distracted by reaching for his cell phone, causing a horrible wreck injuring fourteen people and killing three. The truck driver was blamed for the accident, as well as his trucking firm, who must now cover all damages for Tiburzi’s injuries.

$30M Awarded To Teenager In 2006 Truck Accident

Paul Rebein — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:29:48 +0000

In August 2006, 16-year old Ethan Bryant was badly injured in a crash in which his car was hit by a truck unable to stop at an intersection. While his friend sitting in the passenger seat was killed at the scene of the accident, Ethan went into an eight-month coma and now suffers from multiple disorders. The gravel truck, unable to break at the intersection’s red traffic light, was overloaded by approximately 20,000 pounds. The jury found the paving company that commissioned the truck driver 70 percent responsible for the crash, and in the end awarded Ethan Bryant and his parents $30 million.

Computers In Trucks Could Distract Drivers

Paul Rebein — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:05:54 +0000

Many trucks are equipped with computers or other devices that serve multi purposes, such as receiving new orders, being tracked via satellite, communicating with dispatchers and getting directions. Those devices are very useful for truck drivers, and, according to the trucking industry, are not risky to use. Truckers believe that having such devices in their cabs is far less risky than writing text messages with a cellphone for example. However, this opinion is not shared by some safety advocates, who argue that computers can be very dangerous for both truckers and people in other vehicles on the road.

Either way, both cellphones and computers are quite risky to use, according to Richard J. Hanowski, director of the Center for Truck and Bus Safety at the Virginia institute.

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Heated Senate Meeting Regarding Trucking Safety

Paul Rebein — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:06:53 +0000

On Wednesday, members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee convened in a hearing regarding trucking safety. Most members expressed their disapproval towards Anne Ferro, nominated by President Obama last June to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Her record as the president and CEO of the Maryland Motor Truck Association makes her seem rather ineligible to lead this agency. Senator Frank Lautenberg describes the agency’s administration as “in dire need of reform” and doesn’t necessarily believe Ms. Ferro to be the best person in charge of maintaining truck safety on roads in the US. Senator Lautenberg stressed the importance, during the conference, of devices to be installed in trucks that would record how long drivers are driving for and whether they exceed the authorized limit, in order to avoid any risk of fatigue. Ms. Ferro however did not fully commit to the idea, and only agreed to an initial research assessment.

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Beware Of Unsafe Trucks This Labor Day Weekend

Paul Rebein — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:05:01 +0000

Data analyzed by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) determined that many trucking companies do not follow proper safety norms. This information is important to know for motorists who share highways and roads with trucks that violate safety regulations. Some of the most common safety issues include drivers who have too little training, defective brakes and excess of weight limits. People who are travelling during Labor Day Weekend need to be alert of those dangers.

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18 Wheeler Hits Bridge, Falls Into River

Paul Rebein — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:28:40 +0000

A tractor-trailer carrying a load of apples fell into the Columbia river last Monday in Wenatchee, Washington. After crashing into the bridge’s support beam for unkown reasons, the cab part of the truck detached from the trailer and inevitably plunged into the river. Dive teams later found a woman’s body in the river, though officials were not yet able to identify her nor determine if she was driving the truck.

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Semi-Trailer Accident on Beebe Bridge

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Dump Truck Crash On I-4 Near Orlando, FL

Paul Rebein — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:42:11 +0000

Interstate 4 had to be closed down Monday afternoon after a dump truck crashed into an overpass. The driver was stuck inside the truck as it was compressed underneath the overpass. Traffic was stopped for an hour, in order to avoid any kind of vibrations that could have been harmful to the driver. The truck driver was removed from the vehicle with minor injuries. According to a local news reporter, he had apparently attempted to drive through the overpass with the trailer dump in the “up position”.

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Dump Truck Accident

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Too Many Truck Safety Violations In Iowa And Nebraska

Paul Rebein — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:42:41 +0000

More than 950 trucking companies in Iowa and more than 850 in Nebraska were fined for violating federal safety regulations. Defective breaks and untrained truckers are common types of regulation violations in those two states.

Law enforcement officers as well as groups of legal professionals, who have criticized Iowa and Nebraska carrier firms, work hard to have less unsafe trucks in both states. This will ultimately reduce the number of truck accidents, and in turn reduce the number of truck accident related fatalities.

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Woman And Her Two Children Injured In Head-On Bus Collision

Paul Rebein — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:47:10 +0000

A woman and her two children were injured Tuesday afternoon in a head-on crash with a public bus in St. Petersburg, FL. The woman ran her vehicle into the Pinellas County public bus as she attempted to illegally pass multiple cars on a double yellow line road. The woman and her two children were taken to the hospital with serious or critical injuries, and police later reported that none were wearing a seatbelt.

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Bus accident in St Petersburg, Florida

Government Adopts “Two-Strike” Rule

Paul Rebein — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:12:50 +0000

The Federal Motorcoach Safety Administration has adopted a “two-strike” rule. Whenever a trucking company is found to have committed a pattern of violations of “critical or acute” safety rules, the company will be subject to the maximum fine under the law. Read the full story here.

We hope that this new rule leads to safter highways.

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