Posts tagged Truck Accidents

• Prevent truck accidents this winter, be extra cautious on ice and snow

  Chuck Boyk | January 02, 2009 10:48 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, one in eight fatal car accidents in 2004 resulted from a collision involving a large truck. The heavy weight of the vehicle makes...

• Truck accident near Toledo, Ohio causes personal injury

  Anneke Kurt | March 12, 2008 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  At least one person suffered personal injury last Thursday when a truck accident occurred near Maumee Bay State Park, according to the Toledo Blade. The truck accident happened at State Rt. 2 and N. Curtice Road, and the intersection was closed shortly after when the semi-truck spilled oil onto the road. Our Toledo, Ohio truck accident attorneys urge drivers to be careful on the roads, in order...

• Trucks, snowplows can cause truck accidents on icy roads

  Anneke Kurt | January 03, 2008 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Trucks and other heavy motor vehicles have a harder time stopping than smaller cars, especially on ice and snow. Truck accidents involving semis and snowplows are frequent during the winter months, as ice makes roads slippery, and snow can affect visibility. Another common cause of truck accidents is fishtailing, when the rig connected to the cab of a semi truck goes in the opposite direction of...

• Fulton County truck accident causes personal injury to children

  Anneke Kurt | December 07, 2007 4:34 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  At least three people suffered personal injury in Fulton County on Wednesday, after two semi-trucks and an SUV collided in a truck accident, according to the Toledo Blade. The truck accident caused two children to be airlifted to a local hospital for personal injuries. Our Toledo, Ohio truck accident attorneys see firsthand the affects personal injury resulting from a truck accident can have on...

• Recorded statements to insurance companies can hurt your case

  Chuck Boyk | July 30, 2007 12:01 AM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A major mistake that I have found in my 24 years as a Toledo, Ohio, auto accident attorney is unrepresented people giving recorded statements to the insurance adjusters. The goal of the insurance adjuster is to lock the injured person into a set of facts that can be used to discredit the victim and their injury. This helps the insurance company pay less money.After I am hired to protect the...

• If you're hurt, go see your doc

  Chuck Boyk | July 27, 2007 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It always bothers me, after 24 years as a personal injury attorney in Findlay, Toledo and throughout northwest Ohio, to see clients destroy their cases by not getting consistent treatment for their injuries.I am a strong believer that actions speak louder than words. Someone who is legitimately hurt seeks medical treatment in a consistent and timely matter. A client has a duty to ask tough...

• Tiffin student passes away after accident with truck

  Dale Emch | April 10, 2007 3:10 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Justin Passarge, a University of Tiffin football player, died today as the result of a traffic accident that occurred last week.Mr. Passarge and two other students from the university, located about 25 miles northeast of Findlay, Ohio, were in an accident on April 3 on County Road 38 in Pleasant Township, according to an article in the Toledo Blade.Police said Mr. Passarge failed to stop at a...

• Tragic accident devastates university south of Findlay

  Dale Emch | March 03, 2007 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A tragic traffic accident has killed four baseball players from Bluffton University, which is just 18 miles southwest of Findlay, Ohio.The baseball players were traveling to Sarasota, Fla., to begin their season when the tour bus the team was traveling in failed to navigate a turn on an exit ramp and flipped over a railing on to I-75 in Atlanta. The driver of the bus and his wife also were...

• Jury Decides on Money for Truck Driver Injured in Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | January 29, 2007 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A Washington, Ohio truck driver claims he was injured in a accident on January 11, 2002 near Clinton on U.S. 12. He sued the driver responsible for the accident for lost wages and pain and suffering. Daniel Terry Pitts was driving a pickup truck when he side swiped a tractor trailer. His truck then went into the path of the tractor trailer being driven by Steven Merritt. Merritt was almost...