Being a fierce advocate for families and victims of truck crashes also means fighting for comprehensive trucking safety reform. Too long have the laws governing commercial vehicle safety and safe driving been neglected. Over the years, countless lives have needlessly been lost because of it. Through donations, community involvement, and advocacy of truck safety legislation, […]
Ohio
We are Working to Prevent Underride Crashes Like This One that Killed a Cleveland Teacher
On November 3rd, Danielle Chronister, a 33-year-old teacher for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District was killed in a crosswalk by a dump truck. This beloved teacher was struck as the dump truck was turning right from East 21st street onto Chester Avenue. She was knocked to the ground and the truck’s rear tires ran over […]
Truck Accident Attorneys Roundtable Winter Meeting Includes Discussions You’re Never Supposed to Have with Friends
The founding members of the Truck Accident Attorneys Roundtable met in my Swanton, Ohio “trial bunker” to roundtable cases. Joe Fried, Steve Gursten and I discussed cutting edge legal strategies in trucking cases as we compared notes and shared lessons that we each had learned from record settlements and verdicts across the country in the past three months. […]
$16 million verdict in Warren County, Ohio
Michael Leizerman received a jury verdict of $16 million this week on behalf of the estate of a young woman who was killed on I-75 near Cincinnati, Ohio. The case centered around the poor construction protocols that permitted dump trucks to enter the fast lane of I-75 in the middle of the night with inadequate […]
The OP-1 and MCS-150 forms in truck accident cases
OP-1 is a form motor carriers use to register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for operating authority. MCS- 150 is form to register for a USDOT number. Many companies will have filled out both forms. If you are an attorney handling a tractor trailer collision case, make sure you send a Freedom […]
