Alcohol-impaired drivers of large trucks were involved in 19% more fatal traffic crashes in 2023 than the year prior, according to a recently published report by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This is a concerning increase — especially since drivers of passenger cars, pickup trucks, SUVs and motorcycles saw significant…
While working for the Truck Safety Coalition, Zach Cahalan has seen the effects of trucking companies that do not make safety a priority. The coalition is a combination of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) and Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.), focusing on reducing the number of crashes that…
Nationally recognized and board-certified truck-wreck attorneys David W. Craig and Scott A. Faultless will be hosting their second “Winning Truck Wreck Cases” seminar in collaboration with the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association on August 4, 2025. Similar to last year’s seminar, the attorneys will be joined by colleagues with knowledge of…
Let’s be honest: Most of us aren’t legal experts. We haven’t studied the attorneys’ code of ethics, taken the bar exam, or argued before a jury. However, most of us will, at some point in our lives, need to hire a lawyer. To hire an attorney, you don’t need to…
Medical records are important in any personal injury case following a collision with a commercial motor vehicle. We know you value your privacy, and it can feel invasive to release your medical history to strangers. However, when you make a personal injury claim, you waive the confidential status of certain…
J. Kent Emison belongs to an elite 1% of lawyers in the world as a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has taken a case to the U.S. Supreme Court, is a founding partner of Langdon & Emison, and, this year, is a featured speaker at the…
One of the nation’s top trial lawyers and Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame member John F. Romano, will be speaking at this year’s “Winning Truck Wreck Cases” Seminar, hosted by David W. Craig and Scott A. Faultless of Craig, Kelley & Faultless. Romano has practiced law for 50 years, is…
If not for the 911 calls and the body cam footage, the black box data and eyewitness report, Gerald English’s family may have never learned why he died on the morning of February 24, 2022. After a semi-truck wreck, time is of the essence. Evidence is lost, altered or destroyed…
If you believe you have never fallen asleep while driving, you might be wrong. Say you’re sleepy behind the wheel, but you fight it. Even if your eyes stay open, you can experience microsleep — brief episodes of sleep, sometimes as short as a few seconds. Most people who experience…
It is not always obvious who caused a truck accident or why it happened. Truck accident reconstruction analysis can bring clarity to these situations. By examining skid marks, impact points, black box data, and other factors, crash reconstruction experts can piece together a likely chain of events leading to the…