Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Old Dominion Freight driver accused of badly injuring cyclist while using wireless device

  Rick Shapiro | October 05, 2009 4:27 PM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., which has a substantial presence in Hampton Roads, has been accused of employing a driver who was distracted from the road by a wireless device – a distraction...

• Negligence by truckers a major cause of large truck crashes, according to new study

  John Cooper | June 28, 2007 2:14 PM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a report to Congress in 2006 about the reasons for tractor trailer wrecks. In those cases where the action or inaction of the driver commercial truck is the cause of the collision, driving too fast for conditions and fatigue were often important factors. Big rigs accidents commonly happen when the truck...

• Questions remain after fatal tanker crash on I-664 in Newport News (VA)

  Rick Shapiro | October 12, 2009 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Questions remain after an explosive tanker truck crash on Interstate 664 in Newport News (VA) near the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel in September that left the truck driver dead. The...

• Portsmouth (VA) man dies in crash near Portsmouth Marine Terminal

  Rick Shapiro | September 01, 2009 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Edgar R. Mansfield Jr. of Portsmouth (VA) died during the Monday rush hour when he crashed into the rear of an 18-wheeler, WVEC-TV reported. Mansfield, 53, hit the back of the truck when both were...

• Kansas Jury Awards $23 Million To Family Members in Trucking Accident

  Randy Appleton | February 15, 2009 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  A Kansas jury awarded $23.5 million to a husband and wife for injuries they suffered in a truck/semi-trailer accident that arose in Mexico (involving their tractor trailer struck by a second truck...

• Commercial Trucks Can Cause Serious Injury, So Are Required to Have Large Insurance Policies

  John Cooper | October 17, 2008 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  The tractor trailers which haul so much of the products to stores in Virginia (VA) and throughout the United States are everywhere in our cities and towns, and especially on the major highways like...

• Trucker's logs are key evidence in tractor trailer wrecks.

  John Cooper | June 01, 2007 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Your attorney needs to get all of the trucker's logs, if you are hurt in a crash where the big rig drivers was at fault. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) sets forth strict rules about keeping log books that apply to trucks and trucking companies.As a law firm based out of Hampton Roads, Virginia (VA) we see many accidents with serious...

• Death From Tractor Trailer Truck Accidents

  John Cooper | May 11, 2007 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  As an injury attorney, I pay attention to the numbers of accidents reported by the government. United States Department of Transportation issued a report that in 2002 there were over 4,500 tractor trailers involved in fatal collisions. Over 5,000 people died in these truck wrecks. The study put out by the USDOT and the federal motor carrier safety administration indicated that most tractor...

• Log Truck Accident Closes Route 220

  Shannon Weidemann | February 28, 2007 11:27 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  A log truck overturned on Route 220 near Fincastle, Virginia on Monday morning. The accident happened near Country Club Road. No one was injured in the accident.The driver tells State Police he heard something pop, then lost control. Logs spilled across the median and both northbound lanes, making for a long cleanup. Traffic was slowed in both directions for hours as crews removed all the...