Most trucking and bus companies operate their business in a safe and professional manner. Despite this, every once in awhile the news reports on a tragic accident by a company that has flaunted safety laws. When a motor carrier accident happens it involves several parties, and the state and federal…
If big rigs get any bigger, as some Congressmen are apparently hoping will happen, we can all but guarantee a spike in the number of injuries and fatalities attributed to tractor-trailer accidents in Tennessee. It’s simple physics, really. We know that the bigger a vehicle is, the more damage it…
Two Bonnaroo music festival goers were killed in a Tennessee tractor-trailer crash before ever reaching the concert. The crash happened just two weeks ahead of implementation of federal rules designed to reduce the number of fatal tractor-trailer accidents here and across the country. According to investigators’ accounts from the Tennessee…
Trucks, due to their large size and their unique characteristics, are especially dangerous vehicles when involved in collisions with passenger vehicles. A passenger car is significantly outweighed by a truck, and when a truck and a passenger car get into a crash, a lot can go wrong. One of the…
It’s been almost a year since a trucker from Florida fell asleep at the wheel of his rig in West Knoxville, slamming into a police cruiser that then burst into flames, critically injuring the sergeant inside. Now, our Knoxville truck accident lawyers understand that truck driver has been indicted by…
Our Knoxville truck accident lawyers know that speed kills. That fact is especially compounded when the vehicle that’s moving too fast is a tractor-trailer truck and is overweight. This is why we are in firm support of regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Transportation that would require all heavy…
Congress recently passed a host of improvements aimed at reducing the risk of fatal tractor-trailer accidents in Tennessee and elsewhere. But much work remains to be done. The $105 billion 2013-2014 transportation bill (MAP-21: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act), was signed by President Obama in July…
When you are involved in a Tennessee trucking accident it is important to have an experienced personal injury attorney to guide you in the settlement and trial process. A veteran Knoxville injury attorney can help you identify the parties that are at fault or those who are acting negligently. And…
Trucking accidents in Knoxville and across the country are part of the reason more teenagers are losing their lives behind the wheel. A new report released by the Governors Highway Safety Association indicates that for the first time in 8 years, teen driver deaths overall were increasing. For the first…
Drivers across the country would no longer be legally able to talk, text or surf the web on a cell phone if the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) gets its way, according to KnoxNews. The Board made a recommendation this month to get local, state and federal officials to prohibit…