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Truck accidents often happen due to negligence by either a truck driver or a trucking company. Common causes include driver fatigue, distracted driving, speeding, or improper truck maintenance. Trucking companies may be at fault for failing to train drivers, pressuring them to drive long hours, or neglecting safety protocols. Following a trucking accident, the most…

Negligent truck drivers and trucking companies can cause accidents through speeding, fatigue, distracted driving, or failing to properly maintain vehicles. Drivers may also ignore traffic laws or drive under the influence, increasing the crash risk. You need black box data after a truck accident because it records important information such as speed, braking, and vehicle…

Coal and logging trucks cause West Virginia truck accidents, primarily because both industries thrive in the state. Coal and logging truck accidents can be complex for various reasons, including multiple parties of liability, severity of injuries, complicated evidence, and length of investigation into trucking companies and injury claims. If you’ve suffered an injury in a…

As Amazon continues to expand its operations throughout West Virginia and the United States, the company’s delivery vehicles are becoming more and more common on the roads. These Amazon delivery vehicles include everything from Amazon-branded semi-trucks and vans to independent contractors using their cars to make a delivery. However, the more Amazon vehicles there are…

A fully-loaded semi-truck traveling at highway speeds (i.e., around 65 miles per hour) can traverse the length of two football fields before coming to a complete stop. This long stopping distance is due mostly to their enormous size. The average commercial truck is much, much heavier than the average passenger car. They can weigh anywhere…

Accidents involving large commercial trucks can result in devastating injuries for residents and visitors to West Virginia. These incidents can occur in a wide variety of ways. For injury and property damage victims to recover compensation, it is crucial to determine liability for a truck crash. Here,  our West Virginia truck accident lawyers discuss who…

You’ve been involved in acollision, and the insurance company wants you to sign a medical authorization form in order to gain access to your medical records. What should you do? West Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer Explains: Keep in mind that if you sign a medical authorization, you give the insurance company adjuster access to all…

A large part of the reason we exist as a personal injury law firm is to aid and assist the seriously injured and their families in obtaining the best possible settlement and outcome for their case. We do a lot, but we cannot do it all. There are responsibilities which rest solelyon the injured person…

Accidents on the Shoulder of the Road or Highway Vehicles parked along the side of the road is a common sight. There are many reasons for a driver to pull the vehicle over including car trouble, phone calls, and health issues. When a vehicle is parked completely on the shoulder of the road, it should…

The hot celebrity news at this moment concerns Justin Bieber running his monster pickup truck tire over the leg of one the many paparazzi blocking his path as he left a church service on Wednesday evening. Running over a pedestrianis always horrible, but the one thing Bieber did right was to immediately stop his vehicle,…