Personal Injury Lawyer Serving Greater Los Angeles, CA
Truck accidents are an increasingly common fact of life. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), approximately 500,000 truck accidents take place across the country each year and many of these auto accidents involve much smaller cars and motorcycles. The sizes and weights of these trucks can cause serious damage — almost 5,000 truck…
Recently, a tragic auto accident involving a semi-truck took the lives of 7 people. Seven innocent victims who lost their lives because of the negligence of another person. The accident involved two commercial tractor-trailers and several smaller vehicles, including a van carrying children (5 of whom lost their lives). The other two fatalities included the…
Rear-end collisions almost always cause damage. When a semi truck or tractor trailer is involved, there is most certainly both property damages and physical injury to the accident victims. After all, a large vehicle will cause more damage in an accident than a lighter or smaller vehicle. Worst of all are those accidents where a…
Truck accidents generally cause serious injuries to all involved. Due to their size and weight, semis, big rigs, and other large commercial trucks often leave smaller cars, and their passengers, badly damaged. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than 10 people are killed in a commercial trucking accident across the country every day.…
It’s dangerous when small cars or SUVs engage in risky driving behaviors, but when a big rig or semi-truck goes out of control, the outcome is almost always fatal. If you live or drive in Los Angeles, you know firsthand how congested our roads and freeways are at any given time of the day or…
Commercial truck driving is big business throughout the United States. Indeed, with almost 3.5 million commercial truck drivers on the road, there’s a good chance that you may (quite literally) run into one the next time you’re on the 10 heading through West Covina. Even though federal law closely regulates who can drive a commercial truck,…
Since truck drivers must have a commercial driver’s license, or CDL, why do truck accidents happen in California? After all, semi-trucks and other larger trucks can’t be legally driven by just anyone. In California, there are special requirements to get a CDL. Drivers must be at least 18 years old and 21 years old in…
Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is against the law in California, yet every day, 28 people across the country die in alcohol-related vehicle crashes. Indeed, the financial impact resulting from impaired driving costs the US economy around $52 billion per year. There is no debate that driving under the influence is dangerous…