Trucking Liability
Impaired truck driver falls asleep and rear-ends motorist, causing catastrophic injuries. Driver was a 12 time felon who had spent years in prison and tested positive for marijuana in his federally mandated post-crash drug/alcohol test:
• $3,900,000 settlement.
Garbage truck driver improperly backs truck into motorists:
- $705,000 settlement.
Truck driver negligently sets brakes at loading dock, injuring tow motor/forklift operator during loading:
• $250,000 settlement during trial.
Delivery truck crosses centerline, injuring husband and wife:
• $320,000 settlement.
Truck driver negligently rear ends motorist:
• 23,500 settlement.
Truck negligently rear ends driver and passengers:
• $51,000 settlement.
Truck driver, while negotiating a tight curve on a rural road, allows axle wheels to cross centerline and run over car's hood and roof as car was in opposite lane, injuring driver:
- $55,000 settlement.
Truck driver fails to set brakes at loading dock, causing truck to drift from dock and forklift/tow motor to crash to ground, injuring forklift operator:
- Confidential settlement.
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A Few Things You Need To Know About Ohio Trucking Accident Cases...
Trucking crash/collision cases are unlike almost any other types of Ohio accident cases. They are unique because the trucking industry is heavily regulated both at the federal and state level. Despite the presence of extensive regulation, it is not uncommon to discover that the truck driver and/or employer violated safety regulations that played a direct role in the crash. One of the keys in trucking cases is knowing what to look and ask for in terms of these regulations and the company documents showing compliance (or, usually, a lack of compliance) with a whole host of safety issues.
In the YOUR OHIO ACCIDENT book listed above, there is an excerpt from a deposition we took of a trucking company executive that shows the frequent mindset of trucking companies after a crash: try to deflect blame on other parties, and admit nothing. That is generally what our clients are up against after being on the receiving end of a collision with a truck approaching 80,000 lbs.