With physical offices in Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo, the experience, expertise, and empathy your story needs are never far away.
In Ohio, approximately 550 people are killed or severely injured in commercial vehicle-related crashes every year. From Cincinnati to Cleveland, from the turnpike to I-75, Ohio families and their communities are left reeling with the emotional, financial, and physical burdens that senseless truck crashes place on them— 550 times a year.
When a truck crash causes devastation that is so far-reaching and immense, justice demands swift and powerful action to hold negligent trucking companies accountable. Justice demands the best truck accident lawyers with the knowledge, compassion, and care needed to fight for your rights and advocate for you.
Justice demands The Law Firm for Truck Safety.
No other law firm knows trucks quite like us. Our trucking law expertise and trial experience allow us to win multi-million-dollar results year after year.
Our team of truck accident attorneys works tirelessly to help your family find justice in the wake of a catastrophic truck crash.
Our record of over half a billion dollars in settlements and verdicts is a result of our commitment to pursue justice to its fullest extent. Unlike other personal injury firms, we prepare every case for trial and limit our caseload, guaranteeing that each of our clients’ stories receives the resources, care, and compassion it deserves.
With physical offices in Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo, the experience, expertise, and empathy your story needs are never far away.
We intentionally cap our caseload so that we can give each of our clients’ cases the attention, care, and resources it deserves.
Having first-hand insights into the rules, regulations, and standards of care to which truck drivers must adhere allows us to uncover critical case facts and incorporate technical trucking knowledge into your case in ways other firms can’t.
This preeminent accreditation symbolizes our law firm’s commitment to the pursuit of justice and knowledge within the field of truck accident law.
For many Ohio truck crash victims and their families, justice is about more than money. It can be about finding answers, taking a dangerous trucking company off the road, and even taking actionable steps to prevent the same tragedy from happening to someone else. During our free case review process, we take the time to fully understand your goals; we work with you to build a plan to help you reach them — even when those goals take us outside the courtroom.
Advocating for your rights means helping you tell your story in the most comprehensive and compelling way possible. In this pursuit, we will leave no stone unturned investigating your crash. We will thoroughly review the truck’s driver log book, maintenance records, and police reports. We will subpoena dashcam footage, cell phone records, and tap medical and forensic experts to help us understand exactly what happened and why it happened, incorporating these facts into a powerful narrative that moves juries.
Our firm’s skill, focus, and resources have allowed us to maximize results for countless Ohio truck crash victims and their families. It has also led our truck crash attorneys to hold the state’s records for the largest truck crash verdict in Ohio (42.4M) and Ohio’s largest consortium-only wrongful death verdict ($34M).
Most personal injury attorneys may try to steer you toward settlement if the thought of going to trial intimidates them. Unlike other personal injury law firms, we have the resources, knowledge, and previous trial experience to confidently take your case to trial, should your truck accident lawsuit demand it.
We limit our caseload to solely serve victims of catastrophic truck crashes. In turn, our lawyers are able to give our clients and their cases the attention, care, and resources they deserve.
Injured in a truck accident? Let us be a resource for you.
Call 866.632.2735 and learn how our team of experienced truck crash attorneys can help you find justice for your truck crash injuries.
Lawyers NBTA Certified in Truck Crash Law
Lawyers with Class A CDLs
Settlements and Verdicts $1 Million and over
Largest Truck Crash Verdict
in Ohio History
Not only are we leaders in the courtroom, but our semi-accident attorneys are also at the forefront of trucking law.
Several of our firm’s attorneys were integral in developing and setting the standards for the National Board of Trial Advocacy’s truck accident law certification. While this accreditation is not needed to practice law in Ohio, to hold this accolade demonstrates to truck crash victims and attorneys alike a proficiency within the field of trucking law, a commitment to the pursuit of justice, and a determination to maximize compensation for their clients.
The Law Firm for Truck Safety has 5 NBTA board-certified attorneys – more than any other firm in the nation. Combined with our 5 CDLS, our legal team’s knowledge and experience allow us to advocate for your rights, uncover hidden case facts defense counsel desperately tries to hide, courageously take your case to trial, and champion your story, unlike any other personal injury firm in the US.
If you or a loved one have been the victim of a catastrophic truck crash, please know your path to justice is not one you must walk alone. Our team of truck accident attorneys is here to lend you our strength and courage, inside and outside the courtroom, so you and your family receive the compensation, answers, and legal resolution you deserve.
The weight, size, and forces associated with eighteen-wheelers and other types of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) are much larger than their four-wheel counterparts. Not only does this mean semi-trucks have a greater potential for harm than passenger vehicles, it means that truck drivers must exercise more attention, skill, and care to operate their CMVs safely. When the standards of safe commercial motor vehicle operation aren’t followed, the harm those vehicles pose to other cars, motorcyclists, pedestrians — even other truck drivers — can lead to severe injury and death.
Trucking is a 24/7 industry, but truck drivers cannot drive 24/7. In 2020, there were an estimated 633 deaths in the United States from fatigued-driving-related crashes. Falling asleep at the wheel is a major concern for multiple US agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
According to NHTSA, In 2020, an estimated 3,142 people died in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers – and thousands more were injured. Any activity that takes your hands, mind, or eyes off of driving is a distraction. Cell phones are one of the most problematic distractions. Because heavy semi-trucks take longer to stop than passenger vehicles, truck drivers are even more at risk of accidents caused by distraction
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a leading cause of vehicle accidents. NHTSA saw a double-digit (14%) increase in the number of drunk/drugged driving deaths from 2019 to 2020.
Trucking companies must follow federal regulations for maintenance and inspections. Defects in tires, brakes, lights, and other components often cause or contribute to accidents.
Inadequately trained truck drivers are more likely to cause accidents than experienced truck drivers.
Unsecure and imbalanced cargo loads make semi-trucks harder to stop and maneuver, putting those around the tractor-trailer in danger of being hit by debris or components of the commercial motor vehicle itself.
If a truck driver is found to be at fault for a catastrophic truck crash, it is always because some component of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) was not followed. These rules and regulations are federally required because they keep our roads and its users safe.
We never want you to feel like your truck crash injuries define you. To us, you are more than just a case or dollar amount; we are committed to showing that to you at each step of your case and beyond.
The word “accident” is often used to describe devastating truck crashes. Many people in need of legal help will search for a “truck accident lawyer near me” or the “best truck accident attorney”. We even use “accident” in our site name.
Truck crashes are often caused by distracted, fatigued, poorly trained, or downright dangerous truck drivers and/or the unsafe business practices of the trucking companies and brokers that hired them. Every semi-truck accident lawyer at The Law Firm for Truck Safety is committed to helping those who have been irreparably harmed in commercial vehicle crashes and providing education to the public that crashes are not accidents.
Ohio ranks fifth in states with the highest number of truck crash fatalities.
At both Federal and local levels, our lawyers work alongside and support various safety advocacy groups and truck crash victims in their efforts to create a world with 0 catastrophic truck crashes.
Catastrophic truck wrecks take so much from their victims, families, and communities. No one should have to have so much taken from them because of the careless, thoughtless, or selfish actions of someone else. While we cannot change the past, we believe that 100% of catastrophic truck crashes are preventable.
More than 10% of all Ohio traffic accident fatalities involve commercial vehicles. Construction zones on major highways make up a disproportionate number of trucking fatalities and serious injuries.
of fatal crashes involved a commercial motor vehicle
Fatal truck crashes occurred on an interstate
of fatal truck crashes involved distracted or impaired drivers
Fatal Ohio crashes
2021 Crash Data | Ohio State Highway Patrol
Only days after graduation, Caitlin Preston was tragically killed by a semi-truck driver on SR-72.
Discover how The Law Firm for Truck Safety is helping the Preston family honor Caitlin’s memory through policy change, memorials, and — most importantly — fighting to fix SR-72 so similar tragedies cannot happen.
Most fatal big-rig accidents occur in and around major cities such as Columbus, Cleveland, and Toledo. More specifically, they tend to happen on the interstate highways that crisscross Ohio, such as I-70 and I-71.
In addition to the interstate highways running through Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton, and Cincinnati, fatal truck crashes also occur on Ohio’s rural roads.
Below is an interactive data map detailing Ohio’s fatal truck crashes by year.
Notable trends appear along the Ohio Turnpike (US 80 and US 90), Interstate 270, Interstate 70, Interstate 71, Interstate 75, Interstate 77, and US Route 23.
It’s important to remember that truck drivers are not necessarily more reckless than other drivers, but when they do crash, because of the nature of their vehicles, death is a much more common result.
We believe in the healing power of litigation.
Explore how The Law Firm for Truck Safety has helped truck crash victims champion their stories for justice – inside and outside of the courtroom.
You can sue a trucking company in Ohio for a driver’s negligence. This is true even if the driver is an independent contractor rather than an employee. Following are some of the parties you can hold liable for a truck accident (depending on the circumstances):
An experienced truck accident attorney in Ohio may be able to identify other possible defendants.
Ohio recognizes three main types of damages: economic, non-economic, and punitive. Courts award punitive damages only rarely and most people don’t realize that non-economic damages often amount to the vast majority of the total injuries recovered. A truck accident attorney in Columbus can help you calculate how much your claim is worth.
Economic Damages
It can be helpful to think of economic damages as compensation for the physical ways your truck crash has harmed you. Economic damages are more objective and usually cover items with costs like future medical care, funeral costs, loss of income, prosthesis, etc.
Non-Economic Damages
Where economic damages exist to compensate you for the more quantitative harm your truck accident caused, non-economic damages are more qualitative and are meant to compensate you for things like pain, emotional distress, suffering, and the like.
Punitive Damages
When negligence is so severe, punitive damages may be awarded in your trucking case. This type of compensation is intended to punish responsible parties for their gross misconduct. To similar parties within the trucking industry, punitive damages serve to deter them from engaging in similarly negligent and dangerous business practices / behaviors.
Ohio truck accident lawyers almost always work on a contingency fee basis, which means around 33% to 40% of the total amount you recover. We only win if you win, too, giving you the confidence that we will fight for the maximum compensation possible for your truck accident claim.
In most truck crash cases, lawsuits are filed in the state where the crash occurred, but that’s not necessarily the case. There are times when it makes sense or is advantageous to the truck crash victim to file their claim in the state where the truck driver resides or where the truck company is located. An experienced truck crash attorney can help you determine the best state to file your claim during a case consultation.
At The Law Firm for Truck Safety, our attorneys have worked on trucking cases in over half the states. We would be happy to evaluate the details of your crash with you and review the legal option available to you for filing your claim. Because we regularly partner with and support other attorneys across the nation on their trucking cases, if it is determined that your case would be better represented by another truck accident law firm in another state, we are happy to make co-counsel recommendations for your case.
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