Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Trucking Accident Statistics in Massachusetts

  Margaret Embry | May 28, 2009 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  It is estimated that an average of 5,000 Americans are killed each year in tractor-trailer related accidents. In Massachusetts, there were twenty-two fatal accidents involving tractor-trailers in...

• Truck Accident Leaves Beef Spilled On Mass. Pike

  Chrissie Cole | October 26, 2009 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Three tractor trailers and one car were involved in a collision on the Massachusetts Turnpike early this morning. The crash occurred at 2:30 a.m. near the eastbound Weston tolls when a...

• Truck Rollover Accidents

  Ken Margolin | November 10, 2006 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Rollovers of large commercial trucks cost lives as well as millions of dollars of property loss each year. Some studies have shown that speeds during steady turns, believed to be safe by the truck drivers, are often close to their truck's rollover border line. In other words, some dangerous driving by truck drivers is not out of intentional recklessness, but ignorance of the physical properties...

• Freight Train and Commuter Train Collide, Over 200 Injured

  Jenny Albano | March 25, 2008 10:54 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  On Tuesday afternoon a freight train rolled from a side track onto the main line and collided with a commuter train that was stationary injuring over 200 people. Around 150 people were treated on scene and another 80 were taken to local hospitals. None of the injuries were life-threatening and the majority were minor. There were about 300 passengers on the Stoughton-bound train.Pesaturo said...

• Truck Accident Victims Unite for Change

  Ken Margolin | March 15, 2007 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Sometimes the only solace after a loved one has been killed due to corporate negligence and greed, is to join with other grieving families to lobby for change. That is just what the families of children killed by truck driver negligence did, in forming Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.), and Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH). Together, they call themselves the Truck Safety...

• Large Truck Crashes

  Ken Margolin | January 25, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Last year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ("FMCSA") reported to Congress, the results of a 3-year study into the causes of large truck crashes. Large trucks were defined for the study, as any truck weighing 5 tons or more. The study was the most comprehensive yet conducted, involving a thorough review of nearly 1,000 crashes in 17 states. The purpose of the study was to gain an...

• Trucking Deregulation Endangers Roadway Safety

  Ken Margolin | December 26, 2006 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  A December 3rd article in The New York Times discusses the influence of the trucking industry and lobby in Washington, DC. Recent loosening of rules concerning the trucking industry has renewed debate about the soundness of the current administration's push to deregulate industry. Truck accidents involving passenger cars continue to be a major problem, causing injury and death on our roadways....

• Choosing a Personal Injury Lawyer

  Staff Writer | July 15, 2006 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  A claimant will often request the advice of his or her attorney when evaluating the value of a particular claim or case. I assume that this is because the attorney has greater exposure to jury verdicts, medical issues, case law, statutes, issues relating to liability and potential weaknesses--all factors that impact case valuation. In choosing a personal injury lawyer, it is important that the...

• Truck Accidents Unbound

  Ken Margolin | May 14, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Last week, it was a large truck that overturned on Route 128, near Lexington, creating a massive traffic jam for hours. On almost any given day on an elevated ramp near Chelsea, a truck may catapult the guard rail and fall to the road below. Large trucks so frequently cause gridlock, crashes, injuries, and death, on Massachusetts roadways, that reports of the damage they cause, seem...

• Is Law Enforcement the Way to Reduce Truck Accidents?

  Ken Margolin | March 08, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  I've posted a few blogs on this site, recounting the fearsome toll on the highways due to large truck accidents and truck driver negligence. The list of well-known causes of fatal truck accidents includes speed, excessive driver hours, drug use, oftentimes to help the driver stay awake, faulty equipment, and inadequate safety training. An excellent blog by Attorney Jeff Lowe, of Missouri,...