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Trucking accidents and car accidents are completely different animals. If you’re in a car accident in Nashville, chances are you have one thing standing in the way of securing fair compensation for your injuries, and that’s the at-fault driver’s insurance company. If you’re in a trucking accident, you not only have the at-fault driver’s insurance company to contend with, but...
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Hundreds of tractor-trailers pass through Nashville every day. They’re on our interstates, highways, and even back roads, delivering the necessities of every day life for individuals and businesses alike. We’re grateful for the role that truck drivers play in our society. Without them, we’d be in a much different situation. However, when trucking companies put fatigued drivers on the road,...
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If you were like a lot of kids, you were fascinated by big machinery when you were young. From dump trucks to front loaders, these larger-than-life vehicles seemed capable of moving mountains. For many, tractor-trailers belonged on that list. You watched in wonder as these massive trucks passed your car on the interstate, hoping the driver would see you and...
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You don’t need a degree in physics to understand that extreme weight traveling at high speed can do serious damage, and that's an experiment you don't want to undertake on the road. The average car weighs around 4,000 pounds. The average weight of a tractor-trailer is 85,000 pounds. To say the least, the sheer force behind big trucks is staggering, and...
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If you’ve been anywhere near a television or online in the last couple weeks, you’ve seen Black Friday or Cyber Monday commercials or ads somewhere along the way. Retailers doubled down on their marketing budgets this year, and it appears to have paid off, as they well exceeded the $3 billion sales estimate for Cyber Monday alone. That’s millions of packages leaving...
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The trucking industry is all about logistics—getting cargo from here to there in the least amount of time and expense. In order to be profitable, they need to minimize anything that might stand in the way of that work, especially liabilities such as car accidents. That’s why trucking companies have teams of lawyers working on their behalf to minimize the impact...
