Truck Collisions Require a Specially Skilled Accident Lawyer

Commercial Truck Accidents Inflict Serious Injuries

There are more than 3,500 fatalities and 60,000 injuries in the U.S. each year resulting from passenger vehicle collisions with heavy-duty trucks. Truck crashes are one of the leading causes of death for Arizona residents, and serious injuries and wrongful death are all too common.

The number of large trucks traveling on highways is increasing every year. Despite rules enacted by the Department of Transportation, truck drivers often drive too many hours without the proper amount of sleep.

Our firm has experience handling tractor-trailer and 18-wheeler collisions throughout Arizona. These cases are significantly more difficult than automobile collision cases and require representation from an attorney experienced in such matters. Factors that need to be considered in trucking collisions include:

• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations: Federal regulations and safe operating requirements for commercial truck drivers, common carriers, vehicles and truck equipment.
• Hazardous Materials Regulations: Federal regulations and safe operating requirements for the safe and secure transportation of hazardous materials, proper packaging, employee training, hazard communication, and operational requirements for truck drivers and truck companies.
• Hours of Service: Federal regulations regarding truck driver alertness and fatigue-related accidents.
• State and Federal Rules: Arizona truck safety regulations, truck licensing requirements, and truck insurance requirements.
• Corporate Liability: Negligent hiring, supervision, and truck maintenance claims against truck companies.
• Independent contractor status and relationships with general contractors for liability purposes.
• Broker liability for independent contractors.

Shapiro Injury Law (Formerly know as Shapiro Law Group) understands the legal and practical problems associated with a tractor-trailer accident, semi-trailer collision, or 18-wheeler crash. In the past two years alone, Shapiro Injury Law (Formerly know as Shapiro Law Group) has obtained multi-million dollar settlements for several of its clients that were involved in trucking collisions. If you or a loved one has been injured or a loved one has been killed in a trucking collision, call Eric S. Shapiro and Shapiro Injury Law (Formerly know as Shapiro Law Group) at (602) 274-7400 for a free initial consultation.

Recent Trucking Accident Verdicts and Settlements

• $1.8 million: Our client's vehicle was struck when a tractor-trailer crossed into oncoming lanes of traffic
• $1.75 million: Our client's vehicle was struck in "T-bone" fashion by drunk driver
• $460,000: A tractor-trailer made an unsafe lane change and struck our client's vehicle