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How Are Truck Accidents Different From Auto Accidents?
Have you been injured in a car or truck accident through no fault of your own? You may be entitled to compensation. Whether you’re involved in a car accident or a truck accident, you may receive compensation for the injuries you’ve sustained. There are differences between car and truck accidents, however, including the injuries sustained...
The Importance of Hiring a Workers’ Compensation Attorney
by Eloise Morgan, Esq. Each year, many employees are injured on the job, and not all fully exercise their rights to compensation, medical treatment, and other forms of support. It can be overwhelming and difficult to understand what your next steps should be following a work injury. Below we have highlighted an example of one...
What Are Truck Driver Training Requirements?
Driving a big rig instead of a car or SUV is a great responsibility. These are not the kind of vehicles that you can just get in and drive. Truck drivers need to be properly trained before they get behind the wheel. Often, lack of proper training causes tractor-trailer accidents that can lead to serious...
Five Tips To Prevent Motorcycle Accidents
While riding a motorcycle can be thrilling, it can also become dangerous in a hurry if you’re not careful. Due to high rates of speed and other factors such as not having an airbag and not wearing a seatbelt, catastrophic injuries or a fatal accident can occur. To help keep you safe, we have compiled...
How to Request an Accident Report
If you get hurt in a car crash, obtaining a copy of the accident report is one of the most critical steps you can take afterward. Accident reports often contain information necessary to prove fault for motor vehicle crashes. You could use the details the officer provided to show that another driver is responsible for...
How to Read an Accident Report
An accident report is crucial if you ever get hurt in a car accident. The investigating officer at the scene should write a report and include all vital details about the crash. They can create a diagram to show the positions of every vehicle before, during, and after the accident. They might also offer a...
Five Ways to Prevent a Bicycle Accident
Biking will never go out of style. It is an amazing way to sightsee, get exercise, and commute. It is an invaluable tool for kids to learn and opens up many doors for friendships, money-saving opportunities, and discovery. When you first learned to bike, it was probably on a quiet neighborhood street, or maybe even...
Five Ways to Prevent a Car Accident
You learn how to drive once. For most of us, that’s when we’re fifteen or sixteen years old. As time passes, and we log more and more hours behind the wheel, we get set in our ways, and most of us pick up bad driving habits. These habits may seem innocuous at first — until...
Trucking Accidents by the Numbers
Plus, a few simple reminders about how to share the road with large trucks. America’s trucking industry is the lifeblood of the U.S. economy—did you know that trucking moves roughly 70% of all freight in the U.S? That’s a lot of big trucks on our roadways… While the vast majority of truck drivers practice safe...
