A new study, discussed below, by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that rear truck underride guards are inadequate, and collisions like the one shown above should never have the catastrophic damages that they so often do in the US.

Now there are many reasons that cars hit tractor trailers in the rear, sometimes it is

As a retired Marine, and a lawyer that has worked claims through the VA system for family members and friends,  I take a special interest in information impacting veterans. Additionally, there are a  lot of truck drivers who served that may find this information useful. I have not vetted these links but they were provided by a

In Vancouver, Canada the Interstate Trucking Litigation Group (ITLG) elected its new Officers and Board Members and presented the first ever ITLG Chairman’s Award was presented to Robert Collins. The new Officers and Board Members, all fine trucking lawyers, are:

Brad Bradshaw, Missouri – Chair

Dan Munley, Pennsylvania – Vice-Chair

 

Dan Buba, Indiana – Secretary

 

In typical government fashion "CSA 21010" is now "CSA." The 2010 has been dropped , presumably because the program was delayed and pushed back another year.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you who has served in the armed forces, or waited patiently, sometimes forever, for a loved one to come home, for your sacrifices.

As I have gotten older, and finally retired from active duty with the USMC, Memorial Day has meant more and more

Landra Reid, 69, underwent surgery Friday at a Virginia hospital to stabilize injuries from a broken neck she suffered in the traffic accident. Virginia State Police say Landra and her 49-year-old daughter were traveling northbound on I-95 near Washington Thursday when their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer loaded with rolls of plastic. The Reid’s