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Different from other motor vehicle accidents, truck accidents can involve a number of complex, technical issues such as:

• Improper loading and load checking, falling loads, and overloaded trucks
• Unsecured cargo and equipment, including construction vehicles
• Improper or defective tie downs
• Overloaded trucks
• Transportation of hazardous vehicles
• Poor tire care and brake maintenance

Many times, it’s the truck driver whose negligence causes the accident, resulting from fatigue, alcohol and drug use, poor health, or aggressive driving such as tight-curve speeding, abrupt swerving, or steering onto a soft shoulder. Ultimately, trucking companies put truck drivers on the road, and if those companies improperly hire, train, and supervise their operators, they need to be held accountable.

Alarming statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that fatalities in crashes involving large trucks are on the rise. Similar statistics reveal that when a truck collides with another vehicle, particularly cars and passenger vehicles, the driver and occupants in the other vehicle are more than five times more likely to be killed than the truck driver.

Trucking accidents can be devastating to the people and families involved. That’s why choosing an experienced and courtroom-tested attorney is such a critical decision.

I know firsthand how aggressively trucking companies try to avoid paying the people injured by the negligence of one of their drivers. My extensive experience – both in and out of the courtroom – has resulted in meaningful, sometimes life-changing outcomes for the individuals and families I have proudly represented across Michigan. I know how to fight and win.

Please contact me today at (810) 258-0900 or by e-mail at mparillo@parillolaw.com