Blog Posts in 2011
Posted on Dec 19, 2011 By Missouri semi-truck crash
Randolph County saw its second serious collision involving a semi-truck in the past two weeks as authorities responded to one early Sunday morning. The crash occured in the town of Moberly Missouri, ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2011 By Missouri Truck Accident Injury Attorney
The semi-truck crash occured on Highway 67 in St. Francois County Missouri early this afternoon and involved two tractor-trailers. The weather was cold and the area had dusting of snow the night ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2011 By Missouri Semi-Truck Injury Lawyer
Missouri State Highway Patrol have has notified a Missouri tractor-trailer crash that occurred Monday afternoon involving a semi truck and a passenger vehicle in Carroll County, Missouri. Emergency ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By Missouri semi-truck accident lawyer
Our Missouri truck accident lawyers were in attendence last week for another APITLA (Association of Plaintiff's Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America) conference in St. Louis Missouri. All of the ...
Continue reading "Fatigued Truck Driving is Extremely Dangerous and Results in Fatalities in Missouri and Illinois" »
Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Missouri Injury Lawyer
Negotiations with an insurance claims adjuster are often fruitless ventures for even the most intelligent injury victim. Claims representatives are highly trained on the art of minimizing injury ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
There are various types of accidents involving a tractor-trailer. The most common is the sideswiped accident, in which a semi encroaches into your lane and either makes contact with your vehicle or ...
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Posted on Jul 24, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
As a Missouri dump truck accident lawyer I have handled many, many cases involving commercial motor vehicles. All cases involving a commercial motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (gvwr) ...
Continue reading "Missouri Dump Truck Accident Lawyer Discusses the Laws that Apply to an Injury Case" »
Posted on Jul 19, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
Missouri State Highway Patrol responded Monday afternoon to a 2-vehcile crash on I-70 west in St. Louis County. 20-year-old Bryant Fogelbach of Pacific, Missouri, was driving on westbound Interstate ...
Continue reading "Semi-Truck Blind Spot Triggers 2 Vehicle Crash in St. Louis County, MO" »
Posted on Jul 8, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
What can I expect from a truck accident settlement? What forms of compensation am I entitled to? How long does this process take? These are all common questions and real concerns of anyone injured in ...
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Posted on Jun 2, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
Distracted truck drivers can cause serious Missouri 18-wheeler accidents , resulting in injuries or fatalities. And that is the topic of discussion this week as Missouri State Troopers issued traffic ...
Continue reading "UPDATE: Truck Driver Will Be Issued Tickets for Causing Columbia Tractor-Trailer Crash on U.S. 63" »
Posted on May 24, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
76-year-old David Lauer was driving a multi-ton tractor trailer Monday morning in Lafayette County when he lost control, crossed the center line of US Highway 24, and crashed head on in to the small ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
Our Missouri truck accident lawyers are reporting yet another fatal semi-truck crash south of St. Louis . This marks the third fatal tractor-trailer accident in Missouri in the past three months. The ...
Continue reading "Herculaneum Fatal Truck Crash May Result in Charges Against Distracted Truck Driver" »
Posted on Feb 28, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
New Hours-of-Service rule proposal was published in 2010, at year end. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Notice proposes seven changes to the current requirements of HOS regulations. ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently overhauled its safety reporting and monitoring of commercial motor vehicles as of 2010. One of the first states used to test the new reporting ...
Continue reading "Reports indicate that 20% of tractor-trailers in Missouri are in violation of safety regulations" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
Tractor-trailer accidents cause some of the most devastating injuries of any vehicular collisions. Recovery from a semi- truck accident can take weeks, months, and years. Some people never fully ...
Continue reading "Tractor-trailer accidents: What you need to know if you are injured in a semi-truck crash" »
Posted on Jan 4, 2011 By Schultz Legal Group
Tractor-trailer accidents and 18-wheeler accidents cause significant injury and property damage each day on our nations highways. The job of a semi- truck accident injury lawyer is to represent the ...
Continue reading "St. Louis semi-truck accident injury lawyer discusses changes in the law for truck drivers" »