Strategic New Jersey Truck Accident Attorney Ensures Your Case Is Successful

Every year thousands of motorists and truck drivers get injured or killed in tractor-trailer accidents caused by drivers’ errors and negligence of trucking companies. Tractor-trailer drivers and their employers have a duty to operate trucks in a safe and responsible manner. Reckless driving, oversized loads and negligence are major causes of truck accidents.

Areas of Expertise with Truck Accidents

Every professional tractor trailer driver is heavily regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. We are experienced representing several types of truck cases, including:

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Cement Truck Accidents

Cement trucks can create a serious risk for traffic and pedestrians around them and for the truck driver. Cement truck accidents often involve complex issues. Rolling over is one of the major causes of cement truck crashes.

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Commercial Truck Accidents

According to the Department of Transportation, 45,000 traffic deaths occur every year within the U.S. Around 9% of those deaths involve commercial vehicles. Human error is a common cause of truck accidents.

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Dump Truck Accidents

Commercial trucks and their drivers are held to different, often more strict, traffic laws. If you have been involved in an accident with a dump truck, these laws could play a crucial role in your case.

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Fedex Truck Accidents

In the express delivery business, the accidents are often caused by the negligence of the drivers, many of whom may be in a hurry to meet deadlines and adhere to their schedules.

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Jackknife Truck Accidents

Jackknifing is the folding of an articulated truck in a V-shape in an uncontrolled skidding movement. If a vehicle towing a trailer skids, the trailer can push it from behind until it spins and faces backwards.

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Logging Truck Accidents

As with any commercial truck, logging trucks are larger than the average car. The great size and weight of such trucks may lead to catastrophic injuries and wrongful death if an accident occurs.

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Rollover Truck Accidents

Pickup truck rollover accidents are relatively rare, but they do occur more often than rollover accidents involving smaller vehicles and tend to be more dangerous than rollover accidents involving smaller cars.

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Underride Truck Accidents

These accidents can be the most serious crashes involving large trucks because the smaller vehicle's passenger compartment is often crushed or its top is torn off completely.

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Truck-Pedestrian Accident

When a truck hits a pedestrian, serious injuries may result. A truck accident involving pedestrians can result in a variety of serious injuries, including fractures, broken bones, internal bleeding, head trauma, severe neck and back injuries, emergency surgery and even death.

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18-wheeler / Semi-Trailer Truck Accidents

When 18-wheeler trucks and passenger vehicles crash the results are usually major and in most cases cause devastating life-threatening injuries and even wrongful deaths. If you have suffered an injury or loss from an accident or collision, you may be entitled to money damages.

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Side Impact / T-bone Truck Accidents

Side impact collisions often result in serious head and neck injuries when the head of a vehicle occupant is thrown against the door or door frame. This type of crash often involves enough force to spin the vehicles in a different direction from which they were initially traveling.

Highway safety is an important issue of concern to most New Jersey motorists and residents. Attorney Jeffrey S. Hark at Hark & Hark has the experience you need for cases involving trucking safety and trucking accidents. Semi truck and 18-wheeler accidents present unique problems that may differ significantly from a typical motor vehicle accident. Some issues that are particular to truck accidents include:

  • Tractor/Trailer Maintenance
  • Negligent Maintenance
  • Negligent Hiring and Supervision
  • Sleep-Deprived Truck Drivers
  • Government Regulations
  • Trucking Records and Logs
  • Risk of serious injuries and deaths
  • Insurance coverage Issues
  • Federal Regulations
  • State Regulations
  • Drug Testing
  • Defective Manufacture of Tractor/Trailer/Parts

Unfortunately, are many truck-vehicle collisions happen in New Jersey every year. Truck accidents often occur when trucks are traveling in an unsafe manner or are loaded in an unsafe manner, causing catastrophic injuries and wrongful deaths. If you have been seriously injured or lost a loved one as the result of a truck crash or a tractor-trailer accident, Hark & Hark is here to help. To protect your legal rights following injury or wrongful death resulting from a tractor-trailer accident, contact an experienced New Jersey truck accident lawyer Jeffrey S. Hark at Hark& Hark. With over 18 years of experience and success in achieving monetary awards for our accident clients, attorney Jeffrey S. Hark at Hark& Hark knows how to successfully represent trucking accident victims. At Hark & Hark, we have the ability to visualize and reconstruct an accident scene for the jury. Cal us now for your free initial consultation.