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Common Causes of Truck Accidents in New Orleans

Common Causes of Truck Accidents in New Orleans

Jul 30, 2018 | Accident Attorneys, Car Accident Injuries, Injury Lawyer, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident Injuries, Wrongful Death Cases

Large truck or commercial trucks can be seen on our roads each day. These extremely large, heavy vehicles are necessary to transport goods across the United States, but they can cause horrific injuries in a crash with a passenger vehicle. During 2016, the NHTSA...
Ways You Can Avoid a Commercial Truck Accident in New Orleans

Ways You Can Avoid a Commercial Truck Accident in New Orleans

Oct 2, 2017 | Accident Attorneys, Car Accident Injuries, Injury Lawyer, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident Injuries, Wrongful Death Cases

Did you know that the majority of people who are injured and killed in large truck accidents are not in the cab of the truck? According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), over seventy percent of the 116,000 people injured in large truck...
The Immediate Aftermath of a Louisiana Truck Accident

The Immediate Aftermath of a Louisiana Truck Accident

Aug 21, 2017 | Accident Attorneys, Car Accident Injuries, Injury Lawyer, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident Injuries, Wrongful Death Cases

Large truck accidents are especially dangerous for the occupants of other vehicles. Of the 4,067 people killed in truck accidents during 2015, 84 percent of those deaths were occupants of other vehicles or non-occupants (i.e. bicyclists, pedestrians, etc.). Likewise,...
What Do I Do If My New Orleans Car Accident Report Contains Errors?

What Do I Do If My New Orleans Car Accident Report Contains Errors?

Jun 5, 2017 | Accident Attorneys, Car Accident Injuries, Injury Lawyer, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident Injuries

When you are involved in a car accident, the quickest way to report the crash is to call 911. The 911 dispatcher will send an officer who has jurisdiction over the location where the accident occurred. To protect your right to file an accident claim, you an officer to...
Untreated Sleep Apnea in Truck Drivers Increases Preventable Accidents

Untreated Sleep Apnea in Truck Drivers Increases Preventable Accidents

Apr 1, 2016 | Accident Attorneys, Personal Injury, Truck Accident Injuries

According to a recent study by the Harvard School of Public Health, truck drivers with untreated sleep apnea are five times more likely to cause a preventable truck accident compared to drivers without sleep apnea. An estimated 9,000 deaths and 220,000 serious...

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