Truck Accidents Kill over 5,000 Americans a year and injure almost 150,000 more.

Many of these accidents are caused by the negligence and greed of truck drivers and the companies that hire them.

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Truck driving injuries often are caused by factors in addition to the carelessness of recklessness of drivers. For instance, truck accident injuries may be caused by:
  • A defect in the truck. In these cases, the automobile manufacturer or supplier may be responsible for the injuries caused under the law of product liability.
  • A repair person. The person who improperly repaired the automobile, resulting in an injury, may also be liable.
  • An intoxicated driver. In such instances, a bar or social host may be liable for server and obviously intoxicated guest who then drives and causes injury.

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    An Illinois jury awarded $63.4 million recently to the victims of a horrific auto accident involving a tractor-trailer dump truck. On July 29, 2000, Robert Walton, an employee of Carter's Excavating and Grading in Chicago, accidentally left the 80,000-pound dump hauler section of the truck he was driving upright instead of safely lowered. The hauler subsequently collided with an overpass while Walton was driving on the Dan Ryan Expressway. The hauler separated from the tractor-trailer, slamming into a cargo van. Two passengers were killed and three others suffered severe injuries in the accident. Plaintiff attorneys argued Walton and Carter's were responsible because they had failed to lower the dump hauler before traveling.

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