In the course of discussing trucking accidents, especially those involving serious personal injury or death, we often think of the continuum of the process as spanning from when the initial complaint is filed through settlement or, in some cases, jury trial. However, the case doesn’t always end after a jury…
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia ruled on a motion earlier this fall, which gives an informative look at the concept of punitive damage awards in trucking accident cases. The case, Boone v. Brown, Dist. Court, WD Va. (2013), involved a vehicle accident, whereby the plaintiff’s…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled within recent months to deny a judgment for the defendant in a complex truck accident case. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is the federal appellate court to which all district court cases in Maryland are appealed. Therefore, this decision…
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…