Among the most tragic motor vehicle crashes Coluccio Law handles involve commercial trucks. Weighing as much as 80,000 pounds fully loaded, these trucks are twenty times heavier than an average passenger car.  When a car and large truck collide at a high speed, the impact people experience is significant. The likelihood of serious injury or death is a direct result of the magnitude of this force. Commercial Truck Crashes differ from other Automobile Accidents. The severity of injuries often leads to extensive medical care and expenses. Victims are often hospitalized and convalesce for a longer amount of time than if their injuries were related to a car crash. Often they are unable to return to work for an extended period

It’s a terrifying scene – suddenly a huge truck comes barreling toward you. There’s no time to react and nowhere to go. The last thing you see before it smacks into your car is the unmistakable FedEx logo! Any car accident is shocking, but a truck crash often ends up killing people in smaller vehicles. Even if you only have minor injuries, your car may be badly damaged. Have you or someone you love been in a FedEx truck accident? There are now a lot of delivery drivers on the road rushing to make their delivery quotas, which can translate to a higher number of accidents. Whether you’re a motorist or pedestrian, being in an accident is terrible especially if

Every year, there are a staggering number of fatal accidents that involve one of the 125,000 plus UPS vehicles. A large fraction of their fleet comprises trucks – from the familiar brown delivery vans that come to your door, to monster triple-trailer semi-trucks carrying freight on America’s highways. In recent years, there has been an explosive increase in trucks on the roads as more people opt for home deliveries and online shopping. Unfortunately, if you’re involved in a crash with a heavy vehicle, such as a UPS semi-truck, it’s unlikely that you will survive unscathed. Furthermore, being in a UPS truck accident brings up a host of complex legal and regulatory issues. Any UPS truck involved in an accident will

Safety on our Roadways: Service Hour Guidelines for Truck Drivers Every day we share crowded highways with work commuters, e-commerce deliverers, ride-share drivers, school and metro bus drivers and large commercial truck drivers, among others.  Motorists use these roadways for a multitude of purposes. Yet if they have anything in common, it is to arrive at their destination without incident.  Safety affects everyone on the road. Among the more potentially dangerous vehicles are large trucks. By definition, a large truck is defined as having a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of more than 10,000 pounds.  Weighing as much as four or more times the average car, large trucks are also vastly longer and wider.  When a truck of this size