Industry Negligence
Trucking accidents aren’t always about truck driver negligence or improper training. Often, accidents occur that are no fault of the professional truck driver behind the wheel. Improper loading practices at the dock often result in dangerous, shifting freight. Poor maintenance at the garage results in equipment failure at high speeds. Truck companies often provide insufficient training and supervision that result in drivers not following safety regulations.
$600 billion dollars in trucking revenues are on the line every year. Truck company executives often push their truck drivers to exceed safe limits behind the wheel.
At Tabor Law, we go beyond just blaming the truck driver for errors or negligence. In fact, we often represent professional truck drivers who are injured in accidents that result from industry negligence.
Don’t trust an insurance company to tell you the truth about the causes of the accident. Truck accidents often involve more than one party responsible for your injuries, including management policies, freight warehouses, and middlemen.
Case Study
Robert Ferman v. Plastic Crafts, Inc., et. al.
On April 18, 1996, a semi-tractor trailer owned by Plastic Crafts, Inc in Elkhart, Indiana was on its way to pick up plastic materials for transport back to the plant in Richmond, Indiana. Agents and employees of the Defendant Plastic Crafts filled boxes with scrap plastic and then loaded and stacked the boxes in the semi-trailer. The boxes weighed between 76 lbs. and 603 lbs. each. When the driver, Robert Ferman returned to his plant with the loaded semi-trailer, he attempted to open the door, which was forced open by an avalanche of plastic scrap. Robert was engulfed by the scrap and thrown to the ground. He sustained serious and permanent disabling injuries. The Defendant Plastic Crafts was careless and negligent in the way it loaded the semi-trailer with the boxes of scrap plastic, packaging the load in an unsafe manner' loading the cargo itself in a haphazard fashion; negligently securing or failing to secure the load; and failing to load and secure the load in a safe manner consistent with the driver's requests. Tabor Law Firm successfully represented Robert Ferman in a personal injury claim against the shipper Plastic Crafts.