Category: Truck Accidents

The average truck accident claim presents unique challenges that attorneys with little experience or no focus on truck accident cases might not expect. Specifically, the need to take immediate action in order to preserve a claimant’s chances of success is often overlooked. Once a truck accident client walks into a law firm or...

A portion of I-95 north of Baltimore was shut down earlier this week after a semi-truck collided with a courtesy vehicle and two other cars stopped on the roadway's shoulder. Three people were taken to local hospitals in serious condition following the I-95 crash. They were outside their vehicles when the truck...

A number of deaths that result from truck accidents are accounted for by occupants of passenger vehicles. Of vehicle occupants killed in two-vehicle accidents during 2013 that involved a passenger vehicle and large truck, 97 percent were occupants of passenger vehicles. During 2013, 73 percent of deaths in large truck accidents were...

Over-the-road trucks are a vital part of the economies of Maryland and the nation as a whole. But the economic benefit is coming at a price: fatal crashes involving semi trucks are on the increase in the United States. According to a recent article by a former executive of the American Trucking...

Truck accident victims should always be aware of the resources available to them following a truck accident. These accidents can easily lead to catastrophic injuries for occupants of smaller vehicles, and these injured people and their families need all the help they can get. A horrific truck accident recently...

It is a fact of life that automobile drivers must share Maryland roads with large semi-trucks. Unfortunately, when an automobile, SUV or pickup truck is involved in a collision with a semi-truck the occupants of the smaller vehicle almost always get the worst of it. The average car is no match for...

Fatigue is a serious problem for over-the-road truck drivers. After hours of driving any person will become tired, resulting in lowered reaction times and reduced alertness to hazards. Extreme fatigue can even lead to falling asleep at the wheel. When a Maryland resident is injured in a collision with a semi truck,...

Truck accidents, which often yield catastrophic outcomes, can happen anytime, anywhere. Here in Maryland, trucks frequent the state's major beltways and it is not surprising that Maryland drivers experience collisions and accidents involving these huge vehicles. Now that winter has arrived, more truck accidents are occurring since these vehicles can be difficult to...

Since commercial trucks are built to haul large amounts of freight from place to place, they are large and powerful. With the ever-growing demand of businesses and industries to transport various items, the numbers of box trucks, tractor-trailers and 18-wheelers has grown over the years. Drivers on Maryland's roads and highways frequently...

Maryland is crisscrossed with state and federal highways that are constantly being used by commercial trucks. By their very size and weight, especially when loaded, these vehicles present constant dangers to smaller motor vehicles, such as passenger cars. A truck merely sideswiping a smaller vehicle can create considerable damage and injure or...