The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently ordered two North Carolina-based trucking companies to shut down all of their transportation services following a fatal accident. The companies reportedly had a history of safety violations, and the accident led the FMCSA to conclude that the…
A lawsuit arising from a fatal automobile accident in Nebraska is believed to be the first time a civil lawsuit has cited that state's unborn child wrongful death statute. The lawsuit, Baumann v. Slezak, et al, also alleges violations of federal truck driving regulations related…
A lawsuit arising from an accident between a pickup truck and a tractor trailer, Phelps v. Schwab, has bounced around between state and federal courts in Missouri for several years. A federal judge remanded the case back to state court earlier this year, finding that…
Missouri ranks close to the top of a list of states in the frequency and severity of rollover truck accidents. According to a new study, the Interstate-70/US 40 and US 65 highways see the highest number of truck rollover accidents in the state. There has…
A semi trailer converted for use as a recreational vehicle crashed on a Kansas highway on Sunday, April 1, 2012. Five of the eighteen people on board died in the crash, and the survivors all suffered injuries. The occupants were members of an extended family…
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2010 data shows an increase in trucking accident-related fatalities last year. U.S. traveling related deaths increased by 8.7% in 2010, reversing a trend that had been set into motion a couple of years ago. A total of 3,675 people were…
AllState Insurance Company has released its "America's Best Drivers Report" for 2011, and the news is mostly good for Kansas and Missouri drivers. Of 200 U.S. cities surveyed for the report, Kansas City, Missouri ranks 22nd, and Kansas City, Kansas ranks 37th. Rankings for cities…
Ford Motor Company will soon announce a massive recall of more than 1.1 million pickup trucks because of the risk that gas tanks on these trucks could detach and fall off, possibly creating an explosion hazard. Documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…
http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=74280 Stability control systems, which are so popular in automobiles, can also help prevent truck rollovers. In fact, Missouri truck accident lawyers believe that they could prevent as many as 3,600 truck rollover accidents every year, and save at least 100 lives in the process.…
http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=73563 Research by the Department Of Transportation confirms to Missouri truck accident attorneys that a truck driver's risk of being involved in an accident increases substantially when he has a history of accidents. That isn't exactly a surprise, but it does confirm that employers need…
