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 "Wheel Off" Truck Wheel Death Settlement
Truck Accident Resource Center Our law firm has recently obtained compensation for a family whose loved one was killed by a truck wheel that crashed through a car windshield.  Contact us about this recent truck “wheel off” wrongful death lawsuit.

Our law firm, Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. , has a national reputation, and lawyers at the firm have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and other publications.  In recognition of their accomplishments, Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman have been named "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine (2008 and previous years). To contact our law firm about a truck wheel injury or truck wheel death lawsuit, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), email our lawyers or submit our online truck accident case consultation form on this page (top right).

Experienced Attorneys for Truck Wheel Accident Lawsuit

When a wheel comes off of a truck and injures or kills someone, a truck accident lawyer should be contacted.  These are complex cases that involve a great deal of investigation and expense.  It will cost you nothing to consult one of our lawyers regarding your case, and we are not paid unless we obtain compensation for you. 

If your case involves a serious injury or death, you are probably a family member who is spending most of your waking hours in an intensive care unit or who is planning a funeral.  If this is your situation, we will meet you at the hospital or anywhere else that is convenient for you to discuss your truck “wheel off” case.  This is a tragic time, and we will do everything possible to help you through it.

"Wheel Off" Truck Wheel Accident Causes

Wheel Through WindshieldThere are several reasons why a wheel can become loose and detach from a semitrailer truck, garbage truck or other commercial vehicle:

  • The studs and/or bolts become loose or break
  • Over-tightening
  • Insufficient tightening
  • Use of incorrect wheel parts
  • Poor maintenance
  • Poor-quality parts
  • Failure to use specialized parts that would prevent the wheel from coming off

Runaway Truck Wheel Death

The following “runaway” truck wheel death cases are examples of the tragedies that are often preventable:

  • In October of 2008, a medical doctor what driving home after work when a truck wheel flew through his windshield and killed him.  The tire allegedly came off of a semitrailer truck owned by C.K.C. Trucking.  The owner of the trailer was allegedly Holmes QST.
  • In June of 2006, a woman in her thirties was killed by truck wheel that crashed through her windshield and hit her.  A passing truck had lost the wheel, which had bounced to the other side of the road and through the woman’s windshield.  As with many of these cases, the wheel came off due to rust, according to the investigation.
  • In July 2006, a woman was killed when a runaway truck wheel tore the roof off of her car and hit her on the head.  She suffered fatal head injuries.
  • In July of 2006, a woman waiting at a bus stop was hit by a truck wheel in her chest.  An examination of the truck after the accident found several loose wheel nuts.
  • In July of 2005, an elderly woman was walking a neighbor’s dog when a wheel came off a trailer and hit her. She was badly injured and died in hospital a few hours later.
  • In December of 2005, a teenage cyclist was killed by a truck wheel while he was racing.  The wheel hit him on his upper body.  He suffered internal bleeding and severe head injuries.  He died in the hospital.

To contact our law firm regarding a runaway truck wheel death or injury, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), email our lawyers or submit our online truck accident case consultation form.

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Attorney Fred Pritzker has obtained another large recovery in a car-truck accident case. Our law firm represented the family of a man killed by a truck wheel that had come off of the truck, rolled off a bridge and killed the driver of a car that was traveling on the road below. A confidentiality agreement prevents us from discussing the case in detail, but we welcome you to contact Fred Pritzker (toll-free 1-888-377-8900) for more information about this case and other trucking accident claims our law firm has handled. For more information, see our truck accident FAQ.

 

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