Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Act Fast in Trucking Cases

  Rob McKinney | September 18, 2007 7:51 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  One mistake made in truck accident cases is failing to move forward on the case quickly . A trucking company is only required to keep the bulk of its records for a very limited time . Driver logbooks are only required to be kept for a period of six months . The logbooks are important if you are claiming driver fatique . The destruction of these records are commonplace in the...

• Tanker Overturns on Briley Parkway

  Rob McKinney | August 23, 2007 6:26 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Yesterday , a tanker truck overturned on Briley Parkway here in Nashville , Tennessee (TN) . The tanker truck overturned for some unknown reason killing the driver. I do not know what the tanker was hauling , but I could see the black smoke as I was heading home from work . Briley Parkway was closed for four hours while the truck accident was cleared . Tanker trucks are more prone...

• Truck Driver Fatique Causes Accidents

  Rob McKinney | August 21, 2007 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  This is a follow up post on the recent court ruling on hours- of- service for tractor trailer trucks . I wrote on the Federal Court overturning the the rule increasing the hours that a driver can drive at one time . The Court found fault on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminstration 's (FMCSA) model for failing to deal with the problem of the added fatique on drivers as a...

• Mistakes to Avoid In Your Truck Accident Case

  Rob McKinney | August 16, 2007 7:44 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  In my last couple of posts on Tractor Trailer Accident Cases , I have been discussing problems to avoid in your case . Honesty with your attorney and during the discovery phase of your case is the most critical issue . Once you sue a trucking company , they will put your life under a microscope . The insurance company will dig up every dirty detail of your life in an...

• Court Slams Bush On Change in Truck Laws

  Rob McKinney | July 31, 2007 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Bush Administration change in the hours permitted to operate tractor trailer trucks . The Bush adminstration changed the laws to help their friends in the trucking industry . The law was changed to allow truckers to drive 11 hours per day instead 10 hours . The ten hour requirement has been the law for years . Every one who takes a...

• Mistakes to Avoid in a Truck Accident Case

  Rob McKinney | July 30, 2007 7:21 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Last week , I started writing about some mistakes to avoid in handling a truck accident case . You must have a expert witness who specializes in big trucks . This is an critical because the braking systems , steering systems and electronic information systems of the trucks are far different than that of a passenger car . The Trucking Company will have the best experts that money...

• Truck Accident Investigation

  Rob McKinney | July 26, 2007 6:24 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  On Monday , I was beginning to write about mistakes that lawyers make in truck accident cases until I wrote about the arbitration abuses . One mistake plaintiff's lawyers make is simply reviewing the accident report and getting your client's side of the story . You must be prepared on all details of the accident including a complete review of an engineering analysis by a...

• Cruical Mistakes in Handling Truck Accident Cases

  Rob McKinney | July 24, 2007 2:37 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Recently, I attended the American Association for Justice annual convention in Chicago . One of the seminars I attended was put on by the Interstate Trucking Litigation Group . It was a great learning experience on these unique cases . So , I thought I would share some of the biggest mistakes made by attorneys in truck accident cases . The first mistake made is not starting...

• Should Illegal Trucking Practices be Monitored

  Rob McKinney | June 13, 2007 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  One function of government is to insure and protect the safety of it's citizens . Trucking companies that ignore the safety rules should be watched , fined , or shut down .The public needs these trucks to transport the goods we need and the majority of the truck drivers are lawabiding folks . What should the government do ? Recently , the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminstration...

• Safety Checks for Commerical Trucks

  Rob McKinney | June 07, 2007 8:13 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Today , the Tennessee Department of Safety wraps up intense safety inspections that have lasted the past 72 hours . The purpose was to reduce the number of unsafe trucks and drivers on the roadways . Since Tuesday , the Tennessee Highway Patrol has been conducting safety checks around the clock . The inspections also act to reduce the number of accidents involving commerical trucks...