Posts in Truck Accidents

The Ammons Law Firm has successfully concluded a wrongful death case against Stevens Transport, Inc., a trucking company, on behalf of a mother who lost her son in a fatal crash. The collision occurred when the driver of the tractor-trailer ignored a red light and plowed into the passenger side of a truck occupied by…

The Ammons Law Firm has filed a lawsuit in Midland County, Texas on behalf of a family who lost their husband and father in a fatal collision involving an 18-wheeler. The fatal crash occurred when the driver of the 18-wheeler attempted to make a left turn without yielding the right-of-way to the man who was…

Yesterday afternoon, a tractor-trailer crashed into a fire hydrant and utility pole in Paramus, New Jersey, causing a massive fire and the closure of all lanes of traffic on Route 17. The crash also knocked down utility lines and resulted in power outages in the area. It appears the driver of the tractor-trailer suffered a…

This last Saturday, a charter bus crashed into a highway barrier on the North Loop of I-45, injuring all 11 bus passengers and sending 5 to the hospital with serious injuries. According to reports, the bus veered off course and hit the plastic barricades that currently line the North Loop, causing it to rollover. As…

As technology continues to change at a rapid rate, many companies are eager to deploy autonomous vehicles and self-driving cars on the roads, in the hope that it will lower costs and decrease accident risks. These changes may be coming faster than you think, too: In January, Google subsidiary Waymo announced plans to test a…

The Ammons Law Firm has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the family of a New Mexico woman who was fatally injured when an 18-wheeler made an improper turn. According to the lawsuit, the woman was driving a Kawasaki motorcycle in Albuquerque, New Mexico when an 18-wheeler driver made an unsafe right hand turn (identified…

A Texas man has died following a five day hospital stay after he was thrown from his motorcycle due to an 18-wheeler negligently switching into his lane. The man attempted to avoid colliding with the 18-wheeler once he saw the driver was switching into his lane but was ejected from the motorcycle, suffering multiple blunt…

On August 30, 2018, a freightliner truck-tractor driven by an employee of JAG Transportation suffered a tread separation of its left front tire while traveling eastbound on I-40 in McKinley County, New Mexico. Following the tread separation, the freightliner crossed a 33-foot-wide earthen median, jackknifed, and continued into the westbound lanes where it struck a…

General Motors has agreed to compensate two children whose mother died in a rollover crash in a Chevrolet Tahoe that lacked Electronic Stability Control, a $200 safety feature designed to prevent such crashes. The company will also compensate one of the passengers, a 13-year-old girl, who was rendered paraplegic in the crash. The litigation stemmed…

The Ammons Law Firm filed suit on behalf of a man whose life has been forever changed. While traveling in a 2005 Chevrolet C2500 truck, the man was hit head-on by a vehicle that crossed the centerline, causing an accident. Attorney Rob Ammons alleges that the Chevrolet truck in which he was driving was negligently…