Now more than ever, attorneys need solid plans for winning truck crash claims in court. The number of large truck accidents has increased 27 percent since 2010. Over the last ten years, and especially since 2020, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has repeatedly diluted important safety rules. These changes
Most pedestrian accidents happen in non-intersections and outside marked crosswalks. Therefore, the tortfeasor (negligent driver) is usually traveling at or near top speed at the moment of impact. At impact speeds under 30mph, the pedestrian fatality rate is under 10 percent. At impact speeds above 50mph, the pedestrian death rate
Fewer car crashes were supposed to be a “silver lining” of the dark coronavirus pandemic lockdown cloud. But instead of falling, the number of fatal wrecks increased to a fifteen-year high in 2020. The number of fatal wrecks went up again, after lockdowns ended in 2021. The bad habits drivers
Investigators say bad weather, particularly blowing snow, contributed to a fifty-car pile-up collision on the Ohio Turnpike. Emergency responders rushed injured victims to local hospitals and took uninjured participants to a warm place in buses. Ohio State Highway Patrol Sgt. Ryan Purpura urged drivers who must travel in bad weather
