by Charles Buchanan | Feb 6, 2012 | Illinois, Injury Claims, Laws, Lawyer, Missouri, Owner Operators, Trucker rights, Workers Compensation
During our recent appearance on the Truth About Trucking blog talk radio program, we discussed “Trips, Traps, and Frustrations Faced by Hurt Truckers.” We are grateful to Allen and Donna Smith at Truth About Trucking for hosting this wonderful resource for truckers and allowing us to participate and share important information with hurt truckers. You [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Feb 2, 2012 | Employment law, Federal law, Paul Taylor, STAA, Trucker rights
Truckers must make tough decisions: but you are protected We recently attended the First Annual Truck Driver Social Media Conference in Tunica, Mississippi. The conference was organized by Allen and Donna Smith, the fantastic trucker advocates with Ask the Trucker and Truth About Trucking. For more information about the conference, check out our prior post [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Jan 30, 2012 | Accidents, Attorney, Employment law, Federal law, Injury Claims, Injury Rating, insurance, Laws, Lawyer, medical care, Missouri, Paul Taylor, Personal Injury, Safety, Trucker rights, Workers Compensation
On Thursday, February 26th Charles Buchanan, Hurt Trucker's lead attorney and editor of the Hurt Trucker blog, had the pleasure of speaking with many truckers and trucking advocates on Truth About Trucking's weekly live online radio show. Listen to internet radio with Aubrey Allen Smith on Blog Talk Radio The topic of discussion was "Truckers Rights [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Jan 29, 2012 | Health, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported early Saturday morning that a truck driver crashed into the Schneider National facility in Edwardsville, IL igniting a fire. The condition of the trucker and the specifics of the crash were not immediately known. As it turns out, the crash was only part of a sequence of events that [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Jan 23, 2012 | Benefits, Impairment Rating, Injury Claims, Injury Rating, Payments, Personal Injury, Uncategorized, Workers Compensation
Workers' Compensation can help truckers pay bills after an injury. We continue our series this week on “Paying Bills After an Injury” by discussing workers’ compensation benefits. Our last post in this serious gave an overview of the "no fault" workers' compensation system. This week we provide more information about the workers' compensation benefits [...]
