In this case, a tractor-trailer driver with a history of sleep apnea fell asleep behind the wheel of an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer unit. Consequently, the tractor-trailer slammed into a line of vehicles stopped in traffic. As a result of our investigation, we learned that the trucking company did not have a safety policy in place to screen its drivers for sleep apnea.
Jaime Jackson recently settled a case involving a tractor trailer crash which resulted in the death of our client. The tractor trailer, which was traveling too fast for conditions, and overtaking vehicles in the right-hand lane, hit our client’s vehicle when it hit black ice and spun out into the roadway.
Jaime Jackson was part of a litigation team that recently settled a case involving a runaway tractor trailer.
A tractor trailer driver had just driven by a rest stop. He pulled his tractor trailer into the breakdown lane on the interstate to use the truck’s bathroom facility in the rear cab. The tractor trailer unit was stopped on an incline. The truck driver did not set the truck’s emergency brake. The tractor trailer began to roll backwards uncontrolled, blocking the right travel lane on the interstate.
At the same time, our client was driving his vehicle at the speed limit in the right-hand lane with another passenger car next to their vehicle in the left lane and could not avoid colliding with the truck.
Jaime Jackson Law settled a case for a client who suffered a traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injuries in a tractor trailer crash. Our client was a service technician. He was called to assist with changing a tire on a disabled tractor trailer that was pulled into the breakdown lane on the side of the roadway.