The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently affirmed that in regards to Maryland truck accident and personal injury cases, expert medical testimony is not necessarily required. In fact, in the particular case, Galloway v. HORNE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit 2013, they held that…
Four people were injured in Anne Arundel County this week, following a three vehicle collision involving an overturned tractor trailer Thursday evening on Route 50 in Parole. The accident occurred on Route 50 eastbound near I-97 North. Police stated that when they arrived at the scene, they discovered that an…
Earlier this week, two State Troopers in Indiana were lucky to walk away from a serious accident, when a semi truck suddenly landed on top of their patrol car. In the early afternoon, two troopers were driving on the interstate, when the passenger noticed that the semi had begun to…
Last week a truck driver was sentenced for his role in a tragic traffic accident that killed a 46 year old man during his commute to work. The accident happened in January 2012 as the victim was en route to his job at the Maryland-National Capital Park And Planning Commission,…
In major trucking news, a group of independent truck drivers shut down a major terminal at the Port of Oakland, and blocked access to several more this week in protest of notorious congestion and other issues, which have left drivers essentially trapped in their big rigs for up to six…
According to officials, late last month, a tractor-trailer carrying a load of corn oil to a farm in Maryland crashed into a bridge over the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania, resulting in a small spill of motor oil into the waterway. The accident happened mid morning on Route 741. While facts…
A seven mile traffic slowdown was the result of a huge tractor-trailer fire that happened following a collision near the exit to Route 1 by the I-95 merge with the inner loop late last month. Police reported that the collision was caused as a result of another car somehow entering…
A Maryland man who was in the midst of a more than 10,000-mile cross-country bike trip designed to raise money for hearing loss was halted abruptly when the bicyclist was clipped by a semi-trailer in a hit and run accident. According to a Sheriff’s spokesperson, the bicyclist was riding in…
According to reports from state police, the driver of a tractor trailer who was involved in a fatal crash in East Hanover Township earlier this month on Interstate 81 reportedly fled the scene after he realized that he had run over a motorcyclist. A 46 year old motorcyclist was operating…
Late last month, Anne Arundel County Police responded to a multiple vehicle crash at MD Route 3 South near the MD Route 32 overpass. The crash involved seven passenger vehicles and one commercial vehicle. It resulted in the deaths of three people, with an additional six people being to area…