Truck Accidents Archives - Phillips Law Group

What Evidence Disappears Fast After a Truck Accident in Arizona

Truck accident cases are fundamentally different from car accident cases — not just in the severity of injuries, but in the way evidence works. When a passenger vehicle collides with an 80,000-pound commercial truck, the physical destruction is obvious. What is less obvious is that some of the most important...

How Arizona’s Comparative Fault Law Affects Your Car Accident Settlement

If you have been in a car accident in Arizona and someone tells you that you were "partly at fault," your first instinct might be to worry that you have no case. That instinct is wrong — and insurance companies are counting on it. Arizona has one of the most...

Truck Accidents Involving Poorly Screened Drivers

Operating an 18-wheeler is a very different experience from driving a standard commuter car, truck, or SUV. On top of being substantially longer, taller, and wider than other vehicles, commercial tractor-trailers can also outweigh commuter cars by several tons when fully loaded with cargo, and all that weight can significantly...

Common Causes of Tow Truck Accidents

Whether the vehicle is a flatbed, a wheel lift, or a hook-and-chain, operating a tow truck is very different than driving a standard passenger car, pickup, or SUV. It is crucial for professional tow truck drivers to be skilled and considerate at all times while operating a vehicle. Unfortunately, not...

Each year in the United States approximately 2 million people are injured as a result of some kind of motor vehicle accident, according to reports from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). While the specific types of auto accidents and the injuries that follow vary significantly depending upon many...

Truck Driver Safety Help Desk

Truck accidents are generally more severe and debilitating when compared to average car accident injuries due to the discrepancy in size between large commercial trucks and passenger vehicles. Du to the sheer volume of energy that is transferred in a truck collision, few objects are known to withstand the force of such...