Trucking Collisions
Truck accidents are often the result of negligence on the part of the industry companies that hire and train the drivers. In fact, we often represent hard-working truck drivers who were injured in accidents caused by irresponsible policies or willful misconduct on the part of their company management.
Truck operator errors include:
* Improper truck maintenance
* Log book violations
* Truck driver fatigue
* Freight loading and hitching violations
* Negligent hiring and supervision
* Expired commercial truck license
* Operator substance abuse, DUI
* Illegal lane changes
* Speeding, reckless driving
* Following too closely
* Too many driving hours required
To determine whether industry negligence was a contributing factor in your truck accident requires a thorough investigation by knowledgeable, experienced truck accident injury professionals. Tabor Law is your partner in life changing cases like these and can be your advocate in protecting your future. Don’t leave it to chance or assume someone else is looking out for your interests.
Why do you need a lawyer?
FMCSA safety regulations are difficult to understand and interpret. If you have been injured in a truck accident, you may be offered a quick settlement by the insurance company. Don’t accept any offer until you have talked with a personal injury attorney who knows how to thoroughly investigate to determine whether the accident happened because of FMCSR violations.
We know the current FMCSA regulations, and we know how the law currently interprets liability for your injuries when violations have occurred. You deserve to have an experienced, knowledgeable truck accident trial lawyer on your side, and we can help.
Case Study
Henderson v. Zone, Vision and Chicago Trailer Pool Corp., et. al.
On October 10, 2007, Police Officer Gary Henderson was assisting in an investigation on the shoulder of I-74 in Shelby County, Indiana. Officer Gary Henderson had exited his police car and began photographing a vehicle they had stopped on the shoulder of the interstate. At that time and place, a semi-tractor owned by Defendant Zone Express, Inc, which was leased to the Defendant Vision Transportation, Inc, and pulling a trailer owned by the Defendant Chicago Trailer Pool Corp was moving in an easterly direction on I-74. As the semi-tractor trailer drove past the location where Officer Henderson was photographing the stopped vehicle, the rear set of dual tires on the trailer came off of the axle, rolled across the right hand lane of eastbound I-74 and across the merging lane for the entrance ramp and struck Officer Henderson, killing him. The above-described incident is the direct and proximate result of the carelessness and negligence of the Defendants in operating, inspecting, servicing, maintaining and repairing the semi-tractor trailer. Tabor Law Firm successfully represented Gary's wife in a wrongful death claim against the driver, Zone Express and Vision Transportation, and is continuing their efforts to successfully prosecute the remaining defendants.