Latest Truck Accident News

A six-vehicle pile-up in Alachua County, Florida this week took the life of one of the county’s employees. Sadly, the accident involved several county employees as they were all returning from an early morning meeting. The accident, which occurred in Gainesville, took the life of one of the county’s animal services employees. The victim apparently…   Read More

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released the final version of their 2012-2016 Strategic Plan which is designed to move toward a future in which there are zero accidents caused by commercial motor vehicles.  Anne S. Ferro, the administrator of the FMCSA, said, “Every life is precious and even one fatality is too many.”…   Read More

Last month, a tractor trailer speeding down the road in Sullivan County, TN, raced through a red light and slammed into two cars. The drivers of both cars were taken to the hospital. In another incident, on January 31, in Roanoke County, VA a 61-year-old man was killed when a tractor trailer sped through a…   Read More

The City of Baltimore announced this week that it has settled with the families of accident victims from a 2007 crash involving a city fire truck. The families of the victims will split $40,000. That’s $40,000 for the lives of three people who were killed in the accident. How could such a small award be…   Read More

A tragic accident in Lincoln, Illinois, this past week took two lives. The accident took place on Interstate 55 near Lincoln in the late hours of the morning on May 9. Early reports indicate that a Hyundai driven by a 21-year-old female was stopped in the right-hand lane of southbound Interstate 55. The vehicle did not…   Read More

If you have recently lost a family member or loved one as a result of an accident involving a commercial truck, you are undoubtedly grieving a terrible loss. Your loss may be compounded by the knowledge that the driver of the truck was negligent and that negligence was the cause of the accident that killed…   Read More

Last December, a terrible accident occurred on Highway 129, in North Carolina, just south of Asheboro.  A tractor trailer, driven by 36-year-old Timothy McCarty of Concord, NC, passed five cars in a no passing zone before cresting a hill.  At that point, he met three oncoming cars.  McCarty drove the first car off the road,…   Read More

Scranton, PA, May 04, 2012 — Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer Marion Munley was inducted as a Fellow to the International Society of Barristers during the organization’s recent annual convention in Newport Beach, California. Munley is a board-certified civil trial lawyer with more than 24 years of experience in complex personal injury litigation, including representing victims…   Read More

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced this week that it will undertake two important studies to examine how wait times and driver pay affect driver behavior.  The first study will look at how long waiting times at shippers’ docks affect truck drivers, particularly in relation to their ability to adhere to the Hours-of-Service regulations…   Read More

Scranton, PA, April 28, 2012 — Pennsylvania truck accident lawyer Daniel W. Munley focused on national legal and public policy issues this month as part of his active leadership role within the American Association for Justice. Munley, Chair of the AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group, recently attended a legal seminar on interstate truck accident and bus…   Read More