Truck Accident Injury Blog

If you were a passenger in a truck accident and your own driver was partly or fully at fault, you can still sue. This guide explains who a passenger can recover from and how comparative fault works.

A clear, sourced explanation of how pain and suffering damages are calculated in truck accident cases, including the multiplier and per diem methods, the evidence that drives value, and how taxes apply.

Electronic logging device (ELD) records prove a truck driver's hours before a crash, but federal law keeps them only six months. How the data is preserved and used.

Truck accident victims' recoveries are set by injury severity, liability, and available insurance, not a fixed average. Here is how the value is actually built.

After a truck accident you can recover both past lost wages and future lost earning capacity, with no fixed cap; you recover what you can prove. This guide explains the difference, how to document each (including for the self-employed), how future losses are calculated by experts, and why lost wages in a physical-injury settlement are generally not taxed.

The eggshell skull rule means a negligent trucking company takes you as it finds you: a pre-existing condition does not reduce its liability when its negligence makes your injury worse. This guide explains the rule, how it applies to truck crashes, the crumbling skull limit, how insurers fight it, and how you prove a crash worsened a prior condition.

There is no single average payout for a jackknife truck accident; value depends on injury severity, how many vehicles and defendants are involved, and the size of the carrier's insurance tower. This guide explains what actually drives a jackknife settlement, why these crashes skew catastrophic, and why the federal $750,000 minimum often falls short.

Most states give truck accident victims two years from the crash to file a lawsuit, but the deadline ranges from one to six years and government claims can require notice in as little as 60 to 90 days. This guide breaks down the statute of limitations by state, the discovery-rule exception, wrongful-death and minors' deadlines, and what happens if you miss the deadline.

Hit by a cargo van or work van? Whether FMCSA's 10,001 lb threshold applies decides who is liable and what insurance covers your claim. A guide to liability, coverage, and recovery.

Hurt in a tanker truck crash or exposed to chemicals from a tanker spill? Tankers roll over at roughly three times the rate of all other heavy trucks combined, and 60%+ of those rollovers involve partial loads. Learn the rollover physics, the hazmat regulatory framework, and the dual claim structure for crash injuries and chemical exposure.

Hurt by a refrigerated (reefer) truck on the road, or harmed by a cold-chain failure during transport? Reefer cases use a dual liability framework: ordinary commercial-vehicle negligence for crashes, plus the FDA's Sanitary Transportation Rule and product-liability law for spoiled cargo, foodborne illness, and pharmaceutical losses.

Hurt by a U-Haul, Penske, Budget, or professional moving company truck? Federal law (the Graves Amendment) shields rental companies from automatic vicarious liability, but not from their own negligence. Learn the framework, the exceptions, and what you can recover.

Hit by a box truck, straight truck, or last-mile delivery van — Amazon DSP, Amazon Flex, FedEx Ground, or another carrier? Federal safety rules apply at 10,001 lb even without a CDL, and contractor-model liability can reach Amazon or FedEx directly. A guide to evidence, liability, and recovery.

Hurt by a concrete mixer truck on a road or at a delivery site? Mixers roll over at roughly ten times the rate of other heavy trucks — sometimes at speeds as low as 12 mph. Liability, evidence, OSHA and FMCSA rules, and what you can recover.

Hurt by cargo that fell, shifted, or came loose from a flatbed truck? Federal cargo-securement rules in 49 CFR Part 393 Subpart I control — and AAA Foundation research found roughly 37% of road-debris deaths come from drivers swerving to avoid an object. Liability, evidence, and what to do.

Hurt by a dump truck on a road or construction site? Learn why these crashes are so dangerous, the distinctive failure modes (backing, raised-bed rollover, power-line electrocution, overload), who's liable, and what a dump truck accident lawyer can recover.

Hurt as a passenger, pedestrian, cyclist, or driver hit by a city or mass-transit bus? Most bus-to-person crashes happen in intersections during left turns. Learn who's liable, why a public-transit deadline can be 60–90 days, and what a transit-bus accident lawyer can recover.

Hurt in a school bus crash? Most victims are not bus passengers but occupants of other vehicles and pedestrians in the danger zone. Learn who is liable, why a district deadline can be just 90 days, and what a school bus accident lawyer can recover.

A cornerstone guide to the common-carrier duty of care — the elevated legal standard that governs bus, rideshare, taxi, train, ferry, and motorcoach injury claims. Explains the rule, the state split, when it applies, and how it strengthens your case.

Injured by a garbage or sanitation truck? Learn why these crashes are so severe, who is liable, how the public-versus-private question changes your deadline, and what your case is worth.