Category Archives: Trucking Accidents
The Doctrine of Vicarious Liability in Knoxville Truck Accident Cases – How to Hold Negligent Trucking Companies Liable for the Accidents that Their Employees Cause
Major accidents that involve semi-trucks and commercial trucks can be extremely serious, and even catastrophic. Due to their sheer size and weight, commercial trucks can cause fatal truck accidents with smaller vehicles, even if they make even the smallest of wrong moves on the road. Although it is true that semi-truck drivers and commercial… Read More »
Brinks Truck Seriously Injures Pedestrian in Knoxville, Raising Questions about Who to Name in Knoxville Truck Accident Cases
A serious truck accident involving a Knoxville pedestrian and a Brinks security truck shows the dangers that pedestrians face every day on Knoxville roads, and raises an important question of who to name in a lawsuit involving a trucking company and its employee driver. According to local news reports, just at the tail end… Read More »
Nashville Residents, Truck Drivers, Call for Stricter Safety Measures on High-Risk Semi-Truck Accident Road
A recent semi-truck involved accident in Nashville, Tennessee has both residents and semi-truck drivers calling for stricter and better safety measures on Nashville roads. According to local news reports, in early August, 2024, a serious semi-truck accident killed one person, sent a three-year-old child to the hospital “fighting for her life”, and injured two… Read More »
How Does Tennessee Rank when it Comes to Fatal Truck Crashes? These Numbers May Surprise You
Although most Knoxville drivers would most likely agree that driving can be a dangerous activity, they most likely would also concur that it is also pretty necessary to most Tennessee residents’ lives. When faced with the question of whether semi-trucks are dangerous, but also very necessary, the answer is also likely the same. Indeed,… Read More »
Nashville Mom Awarded $31.8 Million by Davidson County Jury after Serious Truck Accident
A Nashville woman and mother was awarded $31.8 million by a Davidson County, Tennessee, jury earlier this year in May after she survived a serious and horrific truck-involved car accident with a commercial concrete truck. According to local news reports, WSMV 4, 40-year-old Jennifer Gooch, of Nashville, was involved in a trucking accident in… Read More »
Former Tennessee Truck Driver Loses Appeal in Fatal Maine Drunk Driving Case – Civil Options of Surviving Family Members of Fatal Drunk Driving Truck Accident Victims under Tennessee Personal Injury Wrongful Death Laws Explained
A former truck driver from Tennessee lost his appeal this April after being found guilty of multiple criminal charges stemming from a fatal drunk driving truck accident that occurred in the State of Maine in 2018. According to local news reports, WGME 13, Tennessee truck driver Randall Weddle was found guilty of 15 criminal… Read More »
Truck Weigh Stations: What Are They and How Do They Keep You Safe?
You’ve probably driven on highways and seen the signs that announce that a truck weigh station is coming up. And because you likely were not driving an 18-wheeler at the time, you probably gave little thought to that weigh station or to what it is. But truck weigh stations play an important role in… Read More »
All About The Hours Truck Drivers Can Legally Drive
Trucking and truck driving has an inherent conflict when it comes to safety. On the one hand, trucking companies make money delivering goods—and delivering as many goods as quickly as possible. Likewise, drivers are rewarded on how quickly they move and deliver the goods that are being shipped. But longer hours, and getting product… Read More »
Two Drivers Seriously Injured Following Cleveland Crash
Cumberland County, TN (March 25, 2021) A tractor-trailer is reported to have jackknifed around noon on March 25th at the 323 eastbound mile marker of Interstate 40 in Cumberland County. The tractor-trailer was transporting produce at the time the crash occurred. Fortunately, the tractor-trailer’s driver was not injured in the crash. Traffic was temporarily… Read More »
Tractor Trailer Jackknife Occurs on Interstate 40
Cleveland, TN (March 25, 2021) Two individuals were flown to the hospital on March 25th with serious injuries following a crash in Cleveland. The accident occurred at the intersection of Paul Huff Parkway and Mouse Creek Road shortly before 10 in the morning. The crash occurred when a Ford pickup truck crossed the centerline… Read More »
