Truck Accidents

Often when we think about injuries inflicted by trucks in motor vehicle accidents, they are due to the force of the impact between the vehicles. There are however different ways in which someone could be injured in a truck accident....

While motor vehicle accidents occur every day throughout the Pittsburgh area, no two are exactly alike. There are many variables that come into play including the type of vehicles involved, the location of the crash and the reasons that they...

The trucking industry is highly regulated by both state and federal governments. These regulations are far reaching and pertain not only to the truck but the driver as well. The idea behind many of the regulations is to make the...

With so many trucks on roads throughout Pennsylvania and our nation it is inevitable that some will be involved in accidents at some point. There are a wide variety of reasons that a truck accident could occur including:Tire blowoutsOverloaded trucksDriver...

For many residents of the Pittsburgh area, the Fourth of July holiday is a perfect time to get together with family members and friends. These gatherings prompt safety campaigns regarding not only drunk driving but the use of fireworks as...

It is fairly well-known that when a car is involved in an accident with a truck, the outcome will likely be devastating. Catastrophic injuries are common for the occupants of cars involved in truck accidents and in the worst cases,...

A personal injury lawsuit that was initiated in June 2011, recently settled for what is being called the largest personal injury settlement on record. The root of the civil lawsuit was a truck accident that occurred in July 2010 on...

With schools winding down for the year, school buses will soon be in the garages for the summer. For some parents of children in the Mohawk Area School District, who thought they had made it through the school year without...

Trucks make it possible to quickly transport goods from one part of the country to the other. Accordingly, they are a common site on major thoroughfares throughout the country including those in Pennsylvania. When a truck accident occurs, the magnitude...

Truck accidents often result in devastating injuries. Likewise, because of the number of individuals often involved in bus accidents, the outcome of these types of crashes can be dire.Late last month the parents of students attending Pittsburgh Obama 6-12 school,...

Sleep apnea has moved to the front and center of concern for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Strong new standards for sleep apnea driver evaluations may be adopted soon. As the number of truck accident events increase on Pennsylvania...

Drivers of smaller vans and passenger cars rarely have a shot at evading catastrophic injury or even death when they are confronted with a trucking accident. A recently departed 93-year-old man from Ohio was driving a van on the interstate when...