Semi Truck Accident

Semi Rear-Ends Vehicle in Construction Zone
A twenty-year-old college student was on her way home from school when she was stopped on a highway within a construction zone. A semi tractor-trailer operated by an elderly gentleman failed to slow, despite adequate pre-warning signs of the construction zone. The semi slammed into the back of the young lady, driving her vehicle down an embankment into a fence. She received significant head, neck, and back injuries requiring months of treatment. The matter was resolved in mediation prior to trial. Confidential settlement.

Husband and Wife Hit Head-On by Semi Tractor-Trailer
A husband and wife on vacation were stopped behind a left-turning vehicle when a truck driver failed to see them stop and struck them in the rear. Both husband and wife sustained fractures to their legs and arms with surgical implantation of hardware. A settlement was reached before trial of $725,000.

Truck Lost Wheel Which Struck a Motor Vehicle Head-On
A young driver was on an interstate highway when a truck coming the opposite direction lost a wheel. The wheel traveled head-on into the young female driver's vehicle, causing her pelvic, leg and rib fractures with a lacerated spleen. The case was settled before trial for $200,000.

Youth Worker Injured When Van Turns Over From Avoiding Tractor-Trailer
A middle-aged woman driving a 15-passenger van with children returning from a church youth camp attempts to avoid a tractor-trailer vehicle which pulls out from a side road. In attempting to avoid the truck, the driver swerves and the van turns over. There are multiple injuries to the various occupants. The middle-aged female driver sustained ruptured discs and fractured vertebrae in her back, requiring surgery with implantation of hardware. Settlements of all the claims took place in mediation with the payouts being confidential, but in the millions of dollars.

Driver on Interstate Struck in Rear by Semi Tractor-Trailer
An older gentleman operating a vehicle on interstate highway was struck in the rear by a semi tractor-trailer unit because the driver of the truck did not see the other vehicle. As a result, the vehicle left the roadway and the driver sustained multiple injuries. A confidential settlement was reached before trial.

Tractor-Trailer Pulls From Shoulder Into Path of Driver
A female office worker on her way to a seminar was traveling southbound on a four-lane divided highway when a tractor-trailer unit decided to pull from the shoulder onto the roadway and make a left turn. In response, the female office worker swerved to her left into the grassy median and struck a drainage culvert. The female office worker sustained an injury to her knee, requiring surgery. A confidential settlement was reached against the trucking company during mediation.

Geologist Suffers Brain Injury When Struck by a Semi on Icy Roadway
A geologist was a passenger in an automobile traveling southbound on an interstate in Iowa when his supervisor who was driving lost control on icy roads and crossed the grassy median into the northbound lanes and stopped. The driver of a tractor-trailer unit was driving too fast for the icy conditions to stop or slow and t-boned the car. The geologist suffered catastrophic brain injuries, requiring brain surgery and confinement to an institution and wheelchair for the rest of his life at age 35. He has a wife and two small children. His medical bills are in the millions. This case is pending.

Welder Struck and Killed by Speeding Semi Tractor-Trailer in Nebraska
A young welder returning home to Missouri from a job in northern Nebraska attempts to cross a state highway at a flashing red light when he is struck by a tractor-trailer unit traveling 18 miles over the speed limit and who does not see the vehicle being driven by the young welder. The collision causes massive injuries to the young man who survives for five days before death. This case is pending.

Roofer Injured When Tractor-Trailer Pulls Out in Front of Him
A roofer returning home after work in rural Missouri collides with a tractor-trailer unit that pulls out in front of him from a side road. The roofer is lifeflighted from the accident scene with head injuries, massive shoulder injuries and knee injuries. This case is pending.

Truck Driver in Parking Lot Hit by Service Vehicle, Sustaining Multiple Injuries
A truck driver walking across the parking lot of a transport company is struck by a service vehicle operated by an employee of the transport company, causing multiple fractures and head injury, with resulting brain damage, disability and the inability to work. This case is pending.