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On May 17th of this year, a New Jersey school bus accident claimed the lives of a teacher and a fifth-grader. In today’s post, the school bus accident lawyer at the Doan Law Firm will present a summary of the currently-known facts of this tragic accident and then give a summary of the potential legal issues that may arise in this and in similar school bus accident cases. The Bus Accident On the morning of Thursday, May 17th, three school…

The Doan Law Firm Fights for Commercial Truck Accident Victims Seven people were injured in San Francisco when a semi-truck crashed into a passenger car as well as two pedestrians. According to law enforcement, the San Francisco semi-truck accident occurred when the big rig driver made an illegal turn. There were five people in the automobile, a family including parents and three children. The pedestrians hit by the truck were an elderly couple. In the aftermath of the San Francisco…

Semi-Truck Slams Into Rear of Mini-van Carrying Family of Five A complicated and deadly series of collisions took multiple lives on Interstate 30 outside Mt. Pleasant, Texas. An initial accident resulted in no fatalities but brought traffic to a standstill on Interstate 30 at Mt. Pleasant, Texas. One of the vehicles stopped because of the first accident was a mini-van containing a husband and wife and their three children. Upon approaching the accident scene, a semi-truck driver appeared to have…

Big Rig Operator Loses Control, Semi Jackknifes on Highway A semi-truck driver lost control of his rig just after midnight on U.S. Highway 76. The semi-truck jackknifed on the highway, on the Colorado plains east of Denver. The driver was heading east at the time of the accident. A Chrysler Pacific was traveling behind the big rig. Evidence collected as of this time indicates that the car was at a safe distance behind the big rig. There were four people…

Two accidents involving oilfield trucks have left one man dead and three heavy-duty trucks destroyed. A pair of truck accidents over a three-day period have left one man dead, two others injured, and destroyed three heavy-duty commercial trucks. The fatality accident occurred at the intersection of Old Colorado City Highway and U.S. 380 at around 9:00 AM Monday and involved one truck hauling pipe and another truck that was transporting either oil or fuel. According to a witness at the…