It’s a phone call no one ever wants to receive: “There’s been an accident.” You learn that a loved one has been injured or killed in a horrific truck wreck. You hurry to the hospital with a thousand questions rushing through your head. You’ll have medical decisions to make—unfathomably difficult…
A change in the trucking industry’s “Hours of Service” rule, which dictates how long commercial truck drivers can spend behind the wheel without a break, will allow truckers to split mandatory time off without affecting driving time. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which regulates the trucking industry, says…
A $150 light added to the rear of tanker trucks in one company’s fleet cut its rear-end accident rate by more than one third, according to a published report. Could the answer to rear-end accidents among large commercial trucks be that simple? Hitting a truck from the rear is especially…
As technology advances around us, so does the ability to determine what happened in a commercial semi-truck accident and who or what is responsible for the crash. Our truck accident attorneys at Craig Kelley and Faultless can use the information downloaded from a truck’s black box recorder, for example, to…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which regulates the U.S. trucking industry, has waived rules limiting how many hours long-haul commercial truck drivers may drive while they are delivering emergency supplies or personnel who are helping manage the COVID-19 outbreak. An emergency declaration by the FMCSA suspends safety rules…
When you read or hear about a multi-million-dollar judgment in a truck accident lawsuit, it is likely that the millions awarded the injured party are mostly punitive damages. In Indiana, punitive damages, or exemplary damages, refer to money awarded to punish the at-fault party for outrageous conduct that caused injuries,…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its “Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements” for 2019-2020. The list addresses changes that the NTSB says can help save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce property damage resulting from transportation accidents. An independent federal agency, the NTSB is charged with promoting…
Many Indiana drivers understand the fact that the size and weight of large commercial trucks add to the impact and the amount of damage a truck can do in a collision with a passenger vehicle. The weight of a loaded 18-wheeler or similar “big rig” means that a truck driver…
An accident involving a commercial truck poses a greater risk of serious injuries than a collision between two passenger vehicles. A fully loaded tractor truck may weigh 20 times as much as a typical 4,000-pound car. When a heavy vehicle and a light vehicle collide, the occupants of the smaller,…
Underride accidents are among the most horrific types of motor vehicle crashes. They occur when a car, motorcycle or other vehicle slides underneath the trailer of a semi-truck. The vehicle is crushed underneath the trailer and the top of the vehicle may be sheared off. These types of accidents result…
