Many times after a serious car or truck accident, an investigation reveals that one or more tires may have failed. The first question that must be answered is whether the tire failed before the crash or as a result of the crash. If the tire failed Read More
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Seat Belt Spooling and Retractor Failure
Spooling “Spooling” or “spool out” occurs when an excess amount of the seat belt webbing is let out during a collision or rollover event. This is typically due to a defect in the retractor. Instead of securely restraining an occupant, the seat Read More
How Seat Belts Can Fail in Roll-Over Accidents
How Seat Belts Function in a Roll-Over Traditional seat belt systems are ill‑equipped to account for the vehicle dynamics of a rollover. In a rollover, however, seat belts are critical in limiting occupant excursion. Occupant excursion is the extent Read More
Rollover-Fired Seat Belt Pretensioners
Rollover‑fired seat belt pretensioners were developed in the past 10 years to address many of the retractor issues related to rollovers. They are activated when a rollover is sensed and automatically pull in and lock the seat Read More
Occupant Protection in Rollover Crashes – The Safety Cage and Roof Structure
There are a number of vehicle aspects that are designed to keep occupants safe in the event of a rollover. The safety cage and structure are two of the most important of these aspects. The Safety Cage Different parts of the occupant protection Read More
Rollover Restraint System – Seat Belt Protection
Along with a secure vehicle structure to protect occupants in a rollover, properly designed seat belts are necessary to reduce injuries and prevent partial or complete ejection. However, many seat belts are not designed to keep occupants from Read More
Rollover Protection from Window Glazing and Door Latches
In a rollover accident, the side and rear windows may break out because they are usually made of tempered glass designed to break into small pieces. This creates the potential for a belted occupant to be partially ejected. Technology that Read More
Seat Belt “Energy Management Loops” or “Rip Stitching” Failures
The misleadingly labeled “energy management loop” consists of a portion of the seat belt webbing that is folded over itself and sewn together so that the stitching rips during a collision, adding several inches of slack to the seat belt. It was Read More
Seat Belt Latch Failure
A seat belt latch should never unlatch inadvertently. The only time it should unlatch is when the user chooses to unlatch it by pushing whatever apparatus is required to disengage the latch. Sometimes a buckle will disengage on its own. Sometimes Read More
Rollover Protection from Interior Padding and Side Curtain Air Bags
Vehicle occupants in rollovers can sustain serious injury and death because their heads strike the vehicle’s hard upper interior parts. In 1995, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) acted to require passenger cars and other Read More
Investigating a Truck Driver Trip
A truck driver's trip will leave a paper trail of trip expenses, which may include fuel, food, lodging, any maintenance or repairs, any permits needed, and other receipts. The driver will have orders for pickup or delivery, bills of lading and / or Read More
Technology and Other Valuable Evidence in Truck Accident Cases
Technology has also created an opportunity to obtain valuable evidence in truck accident cases. This evidence includes onboard data recorders, electronic control module, engine control system, rollover prediction systems, vehicle event monitors, Read More
Roadside Vehicle Inspections
The North American Standard Inspection (NASI) program is a roadside inspection program designed as a random sampling or snapshot of trucking company vehicle maintenance throughout North America. Its purpose is to determine the effectiveness of a Read More
Trip Information
In addition to driver logs, in representing those injured or killed in truck accident cases we seek to obtain all the paperwork generated when a load is shipped. This includes trip information such as fuel receipts, bills of lading, any type of Read More
Other Truck Information Sources
As part of your truck accident case, I will likely seek information from other places where rules of the road can be found and used to further your injury case. These sources of information include other trucking industry documents, manuals, videos, Read More
Truck Cargo Accidents
Both the truck driver and the trucking company are responsible for the driver’s conduct when it comes to safety transporting cargo. Under certain circumstances, the shipper may also share responsibility. No portion of the cargo hauled in interstate Read More
Negligent Entrustment
Negligent entrustment is a legal basis for recovering against a person who negligently provided a second person with a dangerous instrument (such as a truck) that caused injury. The basis of this claim is that the person was negligent in providing Read More
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