Truck Accident Injury Blog

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.