July 24, 2018
Distracted driving by truck drivers killed four people recently in Minnesota, Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania, leaving courts to decide liability and punishment. The blatant cases of distracted driving by commercial truck drivers come at a time of rising violations…
June 25, 2018
Truck accident deaths account for more than 10 percent of traffic fatalities on America’s roadways and most of those deadly collisions are preventable, said Fred Pritzker, a leading truck crash lawyer with decades of experience representing victims. Even more devastating…
May 6, 2018
Our truck accident lawyers are pushing for higher minimum insurance limits for trucking companies. “If we don’t raise the insurance limits we’re not following U.S. policy to protect the public from losses caused by at-fault trucks,’’ said Fred Pritzker, a…
January 3, 2018
Two commercial truck drivers were tragically killed in a head-on collision in Malheur County, Oregon, on December 30, 2017. The accident happened on U.S. 20, just west of Harper, at approximately 9:10 a.m. Cause of Fatal Kenworth-Freightliner Truck Crash Under…
January 1, 2018
Truck crashes injure more than 100,000 Americans each year, a situation that results every 12 months in truck accident deaths to as many as 4,000 people who occupy cars, pickups, motorcycles and SUVs. Semi-truck traffic is dangerous to the point…
October 9, 2017
The last week has witnessed several fatal semi truck accidents on our nation’s roads. Most are still currently under investigation; in at least one, the driver of the trucks has been charged by police officials with reckless driving. South Dakota…
September 25, 2017
With truck accidents at the forefront of many traffic safety concerns, truck crash attorneys Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman are raising tough questions about the growing U.S. trucker shortage and whether safety is compromised by a quality versus quantity issue.…
April 17, 2017
On Thursday, April 13, 2017, a family from Rowan County, North Carolina, was driving northbound on Interstate 77 in West Virginia. They were on their way to visit relatives for Easter. Statement from Salisbury Academy on the tragic deaths of four…
January 26, 2017
An accident in northern Minnesota on Highway 53 sent two people to the hospital on Wednesday evening. Tracey Rae Turner and Alexis Geanette Turner, of International Falls, MN, were traveling northbound just south of Ash River Trail Road when they…
January 11, 2017
Family and friends in Orange, Texas, are mourning the loss of two people after the two died at the scene of a horrific semi-truck crash. The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a press release saying that a Kenworth truck…
December 7, 2016
A young man from Osmond, Nebraska, passed away after a semi hauling rock broadsided the grain truck he was driving. The crash happened Tuesday morning at the intersection of Highway 77 and Waverly Road, just north of Lincoln, Nebraska. The…
November 14, 2016
Attorney Eric Hageman has helped people injured in rollovers get compensation and justice. When a tanker truck rolls over onto a car or motorcycle, the result can be severe injuries and wrongful death. “When a cargo tank truck is transporting…