Truck Accidents

    Many local residents and commuters from Sacramento to Yolo county found themselves stuck in traffic after a large trucking accident shut down Interstate…

I’m Ed Smith, a Sacramento Personal Injury Lawyer and over the years many clients have come to me with serious injuries and no witnesses to the…

A tragic intersection accident in Stockton today took the life of a person in an SUV and injured the driver of the SUV and several…

Recently, two Sacramento residents,  George Perry, 68 of Roseville and Bette Ann McDonald-Perry, 69  were killed in Bakersfield, California when a Land Rover fell off…

A review of cases involving parked tractor trailers demonstrates that liability for injury and/or death  can occur even when a tractor trailer is parked. In…

There are over 5000 deaths and 300,000 accidents a year caused by big rigs. Often, there are disputes over whether the driver or the truck…

Electronic Data Recording is being utilized in many models of new cars and has been used in the Trucking Industry for decades. Use of this…

Truckers are often involved in preventable rear end collisions.  If a driver is professionally trained, one of the most important issues stressed in training is…

Many trucking accidents that happen while passing involve a failure of good judgment on the part of the trucker. A passing maneuver is required to…

  Truck drivers admittedly recognize that making a right turn with their long and heavy loads is not easy.  Every experienced big rig driver will…

In every trucking accident case, its important to request the production of Trucking Company  documents about the driver, documents about the vehicle and documents about…

Truck Backing Accidents are preventable. Statistics show that 25% of all trucking accidents involve backing up. Backing is an almost daily activity for most truck…

Why do so many attorneys encourage people to protect their rights immediately by hiring a lawyer if they are involved in a catastrophic trucking accident? …

Commerce in the United States depends on the hauling and carrying done by the trucking industry, but safety issues are a concern given the severity…

Although injuries and fatalities due to large truck and other vehicle crashes have decreased over the last ten years, motor vehicle injuries remain a leading…

Truck Accidents Involving Alcohol and Drugs Despite measures in place to help reduce alcohol and drug-related accidents, it is still a problem causing many fatal…