Posts by Ferrara & Gable
CVSA To Congress: “Reinstate Enroute Bus Inspections”
In the wake of several fatal bus accidents that occurred this year, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently conducted hearings to determine the best ways to keep the country’s highways safe. According to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), one way to ensure bus safety is clear: The organization, which works to promote commercial…
Read MoreTrucking Industry Wants Bigger, Heavier Rigs On The Road
There is no mystery behind the reason why trucking accidents cause tremendous damage, catastrophic injuries and loss of life. A fully loaded semi can weigh 20 to 40 times as much as a passenger vehicle. When a tractor-trailer rear ends, t-bones or even merges into a car, pickup truck or bus, that difference in mass…
Read MoreIIHS Calls For Stronger Truck Underrides To Prevent Fatalities
Passenger vehicles are always at a disadvantage in a collision with a large truck due to the disparity in size and weight. By not requiring underride guards with sufficient strength on tractor-trailers and by exempting other truck models from guard regulations, occupants in passenger vehicles are put at unnecessarily high risks for serious injuries and…
Read MoreTen Most Common Mistakes By Plaintiff’s Counsel
1) Getting in over you head. Don’t even think about taking a medical malpractice case unless you previously sat as “second chair” for several trials and know medical malpractice law and evidence law cold. 2) Not properly screening the case. You need to work with competent staff, ideally with nurses and doctors, to do a…
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