Truck Accident Injury Blog

Truck accident reconstruction uses physics, the truck's black box data, and physical scene evidence to determine how a crash happened and who caused it. Learn how experts rebuild a collision, prove speed and fault, and increase the value of your claim.

In an autonomous truck accident, liability shifts from a human driver to the company that built or operated the automated driving system. Learn who is liable, how product liability applies, and how to prove fault when the system fails.

Oversized loads must travel under a state permit, with escorts and warning signs. How wide and over-height loads cause crashes, and who is liable, the carrier, driver, or pilot-car company.

Car haulers carry a tall, top-heavy load of vehicles held only by tiedowns. How improper securement and loading cause auto-transport crashes, and who is liable when a vehicle falls or the rig rolls.

Overweight trucks take longer to stop and are prone to brake failure, blowouts, and rollovers. Federal weight limits, how overloading causes crashes, and who pays for an unsafe load.

Federal law bans texting and handheld phones for truckers. How distracted-driving truck crashes are proven with phone and black box data, and why the carrier can be liable too.

On a leased rig, federal law usually puts liability on the motor carrier running the truck under its authority, not just the owner-operator. How the Graves Amendment and logo liability decide who pays.

What causes a big rig to overturn, who is liable, and how speed, cargo, and equipment failures are proven in a truck rollover case. A 2026 guide for injured victims.

When an at-fault truck is uninsured, flees the scene, or carries limits too low for your injuries, your own UM/UIM coverage can fill the gap. How uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage protects truck accident victims.

Truck accident evidence disappears fast: carriers keep electronic logs only six months and a truck's black box data can be erased on repair. How to preserve it before it is gone.

After the Supreme Court's 2026 ruling in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, injured victims can pursue the freight broker and shipper behind a truck crash, not just the driver. Here is how broker and shipper liability works.

The MCS-90 endorsement forces a trucking company's insurer to pay an injured victim's judgment up to the federal minimum, even when the policy would deny the claim. Here is how this federal surety protects truck accident victims.

Who is at fault in a rear-end truck accident? The rear driver is presumed liable, but driver fatigue, sudden stops, and missing underride guards can shift the blame.

Truck accident burn injuries can be worth $10,000 to $10 million or more. Learn how much a claim is worth, who is liable, and how trucking insurance shapes your payout.

In a wide right-turn or squeeze-play truck accident the driver is usually at fault for an unsafe turn, but a car that passes a turning truck on the right can share fault under comparative negligence.

The rear driver is presumed at fault in a rear-end truck accident, but a truck's stopping distance, fatigue, defective lighting, or a bad underride guard can shift liability to the trucking company.

Yes, you can sue for emotional distress after a truck accident. Here is how it is recovered with a physical injury, when you can bring a standalone NIED or bystander claim, and how to prove psychological harm.

Yes, you can sue for a hit-and-run truck accident. Here is who pays when the truck is identified, how uninsured motorist coverage works when the driver flees and is never found, and what to do after the crash.

The FMCSA CSA program scores trucking companies on safety using the Safety Measurement System and seven BASIC categories. Here is how those scores work and how they become evidence in a truck accident case.

Respondeat superior holds a trucking company liable for its driver's negligence. Here is how the doctrine works, why the independent-contractor defense usually fails, and how the McHaffie admission rule can shape your case.