Involved in a Truck Accident?

Our Cincinnati Truck Accident Lawyers are Here to Help

Every 16 minutes, an accident involving a truck, kills or injures an innocent person. In the greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky areas, Cincinnati truck accident attorneys Donald C. Moore Jr. and Daniel N. Moore at The Moore Law Firm understand the devastation truck accidents cause in the lives of our families and our neighbors, and are here to help you while protecting your rights. Whether the truck accident is from the intentional or unintentional carelessness of truck drivers, or the disregard for safety and proper training from truck company owners, the resulting damage from unsecured loads, collisions, and underride or override accidents change our lives forever.

Types of Cincinnati Commercial Vehicles

Every day, multiple types of vehicles, some weighing as much as four tons, with obstructed fields of vision, limited maneuverability, and stopping distance, share the roadways with pedestrians, passenger car, van, or SUV drivers, and passengers. Small passenger vehicles, and their occupants, stand little to no chance when involved in a truck accident. Examples of the types of trucks and large commercial vehicles that put us at risk include:

• Semi-trailer trucks – Also known as 18-wheeler, transfer, semi, or big-rig trucks – designed to carry freight
• Flatbed trucks – Have a flat, level body with no sides or roof, allow for easy loading and unloading of heavy, durable goods such as construction equipment
• Dump trucks – Also known as a production truck – used to transport loose materials such as sand, dirt, or gravel, with a hydraulically operated open-box bed hinged at the rear to allow the deposit of contents
• Garbage trucks – Waste collection vehicle (WCV) designed to pick up and haul quantities of waste to landfills, recycling, or treatment facilities
• Heavy trucks – The largest trucks allowed on the road, mostly used for long-distance hauling purposes
• Panel trucks – Windowless cargo van built on a truck chassis, used for local delivery of consumer conveniences such as flowers, diapers, and laundry
• Tanker trucks – Designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo, or gasses

Types of Negligence Causing Cincinnati Truck Accidents

Truck drivers for most every type of industry are encouraged to reach their destination as quickly as possible. Although the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), instituted regulations to address safer driver conditions, reckless behaviors from the driver, and/or owner continue, including the following:

• Prescription drug use
• Speeding, ignoring reduced truck speed limits
• Unfamiliarity with the road
• Over-the-counter drug use
• Inadequate truck maintenance, failure to install blind spot mirrors
• Fatigue
• Aggressive driving behavior, forcing passenger vehicles off the road
• Failure to inspect tires, brakes and lights
• Tailgating
• Cell-phone use
• Incorrect or unsecure load
• Incomplete or inadequate training

By law, commercial trucks must carry maintenance and Ohio and Kentucky trucking regulation compliance documents. For your own protection, it is critical to put these logs into evidence, before they mysteriously vanish, or are changed. 

How Our Law Firm Can Help

Tragedy affects every member of the family, not just those physically involved in the accident. Our Cincinnati truck accident lawyers put enormous effort, money, and resources into helping you receive fair and appropriate compensation for wrongs done to you due to a careless truck driver or trucking company. Utilizing expert witnesses, and the latest technology to prove negligence, The Moore Law Firm takes your crisis very seriously, helping to ensure you receive justice, and to prevent your tragedy from happening to anyone else.

With over 30 years successfully helping people in crisis, our highly professional law firm is committed to treat you with respect and to work for your benefit at all times. Contact a Cincinnati truck accident lawyer at The Moore Law Firm today for a free consultation.