Truck Accident Attorneys

You read about it every day – accidents involving semi trucks that severely injure or kill other drivers on the road.   What do you do if it happens to you or a loved one?   How do you recover from the financial and emotional effects of an accident?

Some of the most devastating and deadly tragedies are caused by semi truck crashes. The Michigan and Ohio semi truck accident attorneys at Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer represent individuals and their families in wrongful death and personal injury cases stemming from semi truck crashes in Ohio and Michigan.

Consider the following startling statistics from a study published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the United States Department of Transportation:

In 2007, 413,000 large trucks were involved in traffic crashes in the United States. 101,000 were injured in those crashes.

One out of nine traffic fatalities in 2007 resulted from a collision involving a large truck.

Large trucks were much more likely to be involved in a fatal multiple-vehicle crash – as opposed to a fatal single-vehicle crash – than were passenger vehicles (82% of all large trucks involved in fatal crashes, compared with 59% of all passenger vehicles).

Further, according to the Center for National Truck and Bus Statistics at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an average 5,200 trucks are involved in a fatal traffic accident each year accounting for nearly 6,000 deaths.

Almost two-thirds of these tragedies occur in broad daylight in rural areas with 87.1% of the incidents occurring under normal driving conditions. Failure to stay in the proper lane, excessive speed, inattention, failure to yield, and cellular phone use are among the leading causes of semi truck crashes.

While many trucking companies are run responsibly, others disregard federal motor carrier safety regulations by falsifying logbooks, failing to inspect their trucks and committing other violations of trucking laws. The purpose in this regard is simple: to be profitable at the expense of safety and accountability.

The Michigan and Ohio semi truck accident lawyers at Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer know the risks posed by truck drivers under these circumstances and will hold the trucking companies responsible for their actions. If you or someone you know has been injured as the result of a semi truck crash, please contact our office for a free consultation.

Know your rights and protect your family. Contact us or call Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer now for a free consultation with a Michigan and Ohio Semi Truck Accident Lawyer at one of our convenient office locations.

Sample Cases

Examples of the types of cases our lawyers have successfully handled in Toledo, Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan include:

Construction worker on way to job site critically injured when semi truck overturns on Ohio turnpike entrance ramp in early morning darkness.

Retired autoworker suffers leg amputation and severely injures other leg and arm when semi truck swerves left of center and hits small pickup head on.

Semi truck jackknifes on US 23 in Michigan and collides with multiple vehicles causing significant injury.

Semi travels left of center, killing young motorist.