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If you rely on a car for transportation – and if you live anywhere in the United States, odds are you do – you are likely to be involved in at least one car accident during your lifetime. Indeed, the reality is that depending on where you do live in the country, you are at risk of being involved in more than one car accident as an adult. Another fact to bear in mind is that there is a sharp…

Over 100 vehicles were involved in a massive Fort Worth Highway accident Thursday morning that has left at least five people dead and more than three dozen others injured, including some listed in critical condition. Freezing rain in North Texas is thought to be a primary underlying cause of the catastrophic highway pileup. The chain-reaction accident involving semi-trucks, passenger automobiles, and other vehicles occurred in Fort Worth on Interstate 35. The tragic size and scope of the deadly Fort Worth…

Extreme weather that hit the Lone Star State resulted in a pair of major pileups on Texas roadways Thursday, February 11, 2021. The first was a 100-car-plus mashup on an Texas Highway 45 in Fort Worth. The second was a 26-car pileup in Austin. As of Thursday afternoon, five people were hospitalized as a result of the Austin car accident. Witnesses to the Austin car accident described the incident as what oftentimes is called a domino effect collision. A vehicle…

Amazon Logistics Delivery Trucks Versus “Common Carriers” Amazon.com is the largest online retailer in the world. Much of its success is due to its policy of providing on-time delivery of products that are ordered online from its thousands of retail partners. Unfortunately, as we have noted in a previous post, two “legs” of Amazon’s delivery operations (Amazon Prime and Amazon Logistics) have less than enviable safety records. In this post, our Amazon truck accident lawyer discusses how Amazon.com has created…

Due to the shortage of qualified drivers, some trucking companies have resorted to training drivers “on the job” or by hiring truck driving school graduates with little over-the-road driving experience.