http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/ Published by Carey, Danis & Lowe en-us 2012-02-01T04:03:53-08:00 http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/2012/02/truck_driver_injured_after_fal.html A recent accident shows how dangerous under-rested truck drivers can be. Forty-year-old Robert Roger Small, a resident of Denton, Florida, was traveling westbound on I-70 near Hutchinson, Kansas at 8:23 am on Sunday, January 29 in his Freightliner semi. Small... jefflowe 2012-02-01T04:03:53-08:00 http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/2012/01/illinois_supreme_court_denies.html An important part of my job as a southern Illinois semi truck accident lawyer is to protect my clients from overreaching and malfeasance by trucking companies with a great deal more money and resources than the clients have. In egregious... Trucking Accidents jefflowe 2012-01-26T09:07:09-08:00 http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/2012/01/massive_crash_kills_one_hospit.html One driver is dead and two others are in the hospital following an devastating car and semi-truck crash in the town of Lake Wales, Florida. According to Polk County Sheriff's Deputies, the tractor-trailer first crashed into a Toyota Corolla on... jefflowe 2012-01-25T04:44:28-08:00 http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/2012/01/trucking_industry_lines_up_to.html As a southern Illinois semi truck accident lawyer, I was interested to read about a new proposal to charge a toll on Interstate 70 through Missouri. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Missouri Department of Transportation is considering charging... Highway Safety jefflowe 2012-01-19T19:12:13-08:00 http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/2012/01/semi_truck_accident_cuts_911_e.html When we think of semi truck accidents, the usual images that come to mind are crash victims, mangled vehicles, massive roadblocks and other such events. Sometimes there are other consequences such as fuel or waste spills, or the odd cases... jefflowe 2012-01-18T00:08:15-08:00 http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/2012/01/one_killed_after_chain_reactio.html As a St. Louis tractor-trailer accident attorney, I know that the sheer size and weight of semi trucks can make them serious threats even when they aren’t directly responsible for causing a crash. For example, in a chain-reaction crash that... Trucking Accidents jefflowe 2012-01-11T20:22:48-08:00 http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/2012/01/driver_killed_freeway_jammed_i.html Passenger cars do not fare well against semi trucks. In a collision between the two, the truck is nearly always going to come out ahead, and the driver of the passenger car, if not killed, will more often than not... jefflowe 2012-01-11T00:04:33-08:00 http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/2012/01/missouri_highway_patrol_to_beg.html As a St. Louis semi truck accident attorney, I wrote last month about the issue of truckers using cell phones on the road. Truck drivers’ phoning and driving came into public scrutiny after several serious accidents blamed on inattention by... Trucking Regulations jefflowe 2012-01-05T19:00:50-08:00 http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/2012/01/semi_accident_proves_fatal_on.html Around 7:30 pm on January 2nd near Indianapolis, Indiana, 55 year old Carrine Scott, Jr. was driving southbound on I-65. According to police reports, he apparently struck a guard rail on the right hand side of the highway, spun his... jefflowe 2012-01-04T04:15:37-08:00 http://www.truckingaccidentattorneyblog.com/2011/12/connecticut_supreme_court_rest.html As a Missouri semi truck accident attorney, I was very interested to read a decision out of Connecticut that restored the full amount of a jury verdict that was reduced by the court. In Saleh v. Ribiero Trucking, the Connecticut... Trucking Accidents jefflowe 2011-12-30T08:35:48-08:00