Successful NYC Truck Accident Cases
Building Successful Truck Accident Cases: Maximizing Compensation for New York City Truck Accident Victims To outsiders, truck accident settlements may seem eye-popping. In recent years, an Idaho jury awarded $27 million in damages to the family of a woman killed in a trucking accident. Similar multi-million dollar verdicts have been awarded in states like Texas, […]
Truck Accidents in New York: Statistical Analysis & Legal Implications
In 2021, there were over half a million large truck accidents across the United States, representing a 26% increase in large truck accidents from 2020 to 2021.1 Thankfully, a majority of these accidents do not result in fatalities or injuries. In 2020, 4,444 commercial trucking collisions—or roughly 1% of large truck accidents—resulted in fatalities.2 New […]
Truck Accident Infographic
Regulations and Legal Challenges in Truck Accident Litigation
Regulations and Legal Challenges in Truck Accident Litigation According to the National Safety Council, 5,837 large trucks (meaning trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds) were involved in fatal crashes in 2022.1 Commercial trucking is undoubtedly a tough industry for drivers, but the difficulty of the work does not exempt them […]
Commercial Trucking Dangers Impact Everyone
It’s no secret that commercial truck accidents are especially dangerous for drivers and passengers of other vehicles, pedestrians, and others. The combination of size and weight make large trucks difficult to control under many circumstances and increase the time it takes to stop the vehicle. And, of course, the larger, heavier vehicles are likely to […]
Truck Accident Lawsuit
A Potentially Lethal Combination: The Trucker’s Life, High-Speed Highways, and You The big rigs, long hours, and endless highways that have inspired countless trucker ballads can also make for an incredibly lethal combination for other drivers on the roadway. Keep in mind, a fully-loaded commercial truck often weighs more than 25 times as much as an average […]
Deadly Road Debris Doesn’t Just Happen
At one time or another, most of us have encountered debris on roadways. Whether the obstacle is the remnant of a ruined tire, an object that’s blown or fallen off of a truck, or a garbage can that’s rolled into the street, we’re usually able to course-adjust and avoid an accident. However, not every driver […]
Insurance Companies Create Obstacles in Tracy Morgan’s Truck Accident Case (and Yours)
By Dansker & AspromonteDecember 11, 2016 It made local and national news this week when the Walmart driver who caused comedian Tracy Morgan’s traumatic brain injury (TBI) entered into a plea deal in a New Jersey criminal court. Comedian James McNair was also killed in that accident, and other passengers in the car Morgan was riding in were […]