If you’ve been involved in an accident with an 18-wheeler, big rig, or other commercial vehicles, you likely face car repair, insurance, and medical bills as a result. At the time of an accident, the trucking company launches an investigation to minimize and mitigate any and all fault; you need an experienced Texas trucking accident […]
Another blow was struck to the trucking industry to end 2019 and begin the new decade as another company that has been open since 1956 closed permanently, putting 240 drivers out of work. This holiday tragedy is now added to the list of trucking companies and truck driver woes as we drive further into a […]
In 1950, a Supreme court case ruled that active-duty military members could not sue and seek damages from the government, particularly for medical malpractice. Recently, a defense spending bill, called the National Defense Authorization Act, had a small provision inserted into it that will overturn this precedence. For military members who may be victims of […]
If you need to go to the doctor because something is wrong, you assume (or at a minimum hope) that they will do everything in their power to help you and will begin by collecting all of the facts about you, your medical history, and your symptoms. Since doctors aren’t perfect, they sometimes make errors […]
Celadon Group Inc., a larger trucking delivery company, recently filed for bankruptcy and announced that it would be going out of business immediately to the dismay of roughly 4,000 drivers. The news comes as a shock to the now unemployed drivers and many are unsure what they are supposed to do next. Some drivers were […]
As Albuquerque and Midland, Texas medical malpractice lawyers, we see a fair amount of oilfield accident cases and the lasting effects they can have on workers, victims, and their families that can last for years, or even decades. Oil field accidents in Texas and Albuquerque can injure, maim, disfigure, and kill workers and set them […]
Delivery truck accidents are surprisingly common due to the high volume of them on the road, the frequency of deliveries they need to make, and partially due to inexperienced drivers or drivers that did not have a proper vetting before being hired. As the holidays draw closer, we’ll see more delivery trucks bringing gifts that […]
It’s a safe assumption that when you walk out of a hospital, you’ll be in better health than when you walked in — or at a minimum, have a detailed plan from your doctor of how to get better. Sometimes, due to negligence on the part of the doctor, hospital, or hospital staff, patients become […]
Due to their size and weight, big rigs, 18-wheelers, and commercial trucks wield wild capabilities for destruction, and therefore require education, training, and maintaining skills to operate safely. When hiring new drivers, trucking companies need to thoroughly vet applicants in order to determine if they can reliably travel from point A to point B without […]
Since we were infants and our parents looked after us, if we felt ill, we’d go to the doctor. As such, to ensure proper care down the line, everything we’ve been treated for, from illnesses and allergies to vaccinations and immunizations, have been documented in our medical records, so that whenever we go again, our […]
