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• Woman Files Illinois Truck Accident Lawsuit After She and Her Young Children are Injured in I-255 Crash

  Crystal Little is suing two drivers for the injuries that she and her two young children sustained during an Illinois tow truck accident on I-255 on November 2. Little’s minor children are Dylan Little and…

• Widower Awarded $5.1 for Wife’s Wrongful Death from Fatal Truck Accident

  A jury has awarded David Falkenstein $5.1 million for his wife’s wrongful death. 67-year-old Ingrid Falkenstein died instantly after the minivan she and her husband were riding in was struck by a tractor-trailer that was…

• Woman sues Specialized Transport for Illinois truck accident that allegedly caused daughter’s wrongful death on I-55/70

  A woman whose daughter died from injuries she sustained during a rear-end collision with a tractor-trailer is suing Specialized Transport and one of its truckers for Illinois wrongful death. The truck crash occurred on I-55/70…

• Fatal Truck Collision is One of 40 Motor Vehicle Crashes on Bay Bridge S-Curve in Two Months

  At 3:30 am today, a truck driver died on the Bay Bridge S-curve when the vehicle dropped 200 feet onto Yerba Buena Island. Today’s motor vehicle collision is one of more than 40 traffic crashes…

• Tragic Truck Crash May Have Been Caused by Vehicle Defects and Poor Maintenance

  Last week, truck driver Kyle Wentland was charged with negligent homicide with a commercial vehicle and failure to keep right on a curve over his involvement in the tragic April 3 truck crash that claimed…

• FMCSA Will Reconsider Hours of Service Rule for Truck Drivers

  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says it will consider revising the current hours of service rule that lets large truck drivers operate their vehicles for 11 hours/day. Their decision to reconsider the rule is…

• Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Fatal Pole Truck Accident

  The mother of a 28-year-old man who died after he collided with the back of a swinging pole truck load is suing the pole hauler, the pole maker, and the state of Oregon for wrongful…

• Preventing Truck Accidents: NTSB Wants FMCSA to Put in Place Program to Treat Truckers with Sleep Apnea

  The National Transportation Safety Board is suggesting to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that it put together a program to identify commercial truckers who are at high risk of suffering from obstructive sleep apnea.…

• Judge Approves $2.3 Million Illinois Truck Accident Over 16-Year-Old’s Wrongful Death

  The parents of a 16-year-old boy who died when in February 2008 when his car was rear-ended by a truck have reached a $2.3 million Illinois truck accident settlement with the defendants. Patrick and Linda…

• Jury Awards $49 Million Truck Accident Lawsuit for Traumatic Brain Injury

  A jury has awarded a former college student $49 million for the traumatic brain injury he sustained during a 2007 truck crash involving two tractor-trailers. Drew Bianchi, then 21, was on his way to a…