While any form of motor vehicle accident can result fatalities, the unique features of commercial big-rigs make collisions, such as jackknife crashes, carriage under-ride accidents, rollovers collisions and other trucking accidents particularly likely to cause wrongful death to occupants of
While most people are aware of the serious danger posed by the use of cell phones when driving, there are fewer Bay Area residents that are aware of a potentially more serious distracted driving risk – eating while driving. Because
Freeway ramps are among the most dangerous locations for motorists in terms of their risk of being involved in a trucking accident. Estimates place the number of trucking accidents that occur on or near freeway on-ramps and off-ramps at between
Tractor-trailer accidents claim the lives of approximately 5,000 people per year and cause injury to hundreds of thousands more. These injury victims are almost always occupants of the other vehicle because of the enormous difference in size and mass between
There is no more dangerous vehicle to other motorists, motorcyclists and pedestrians than a forty-ton tractor-trailer. These behemoths frequently cause catastrophic injuries like paralysis from spinal cord injuries, amputation or decapitation, loss of mental functioning from traumatic brain injuries and
Trucking litigation is extremely complex and requires special knowledge and expertise that may not be required in a run of the mill car accident case. These cases require an extensive knowledge of the evidence and regulations particular to trucking accident
