by Andrew Buchanan | Oct 29, 2012 | #TDSMC, Attorney, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Health, Kansas City, Lawyer, Owner Operators, Paul Taylor, Social Media, Twitter
Your attorneys here at Hurt Trucker are proud to have sponsored this year's Truck Driver Social Media Convention. We were able to attend on Sunday, and were also able to catch up on the entire convention through Twitter. For those of you who were unable to attend, we've compiled tweets of many highlights from the [...]
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 | 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 | Dec 29, 2011 | Accidents, Attorney, Health, Lawyer, medical care, Personal Injury, Safety, Tips
Professional trucking is a rewarding job, but it is also very dangerous. Statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics prove this point. The transportation and warehousing sector (which includes professional truck drivers) accounts for more job related deaths than almost all other sectors (631 deaths in 2010 alone). Work injuries to truck drivers and other [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Dec 13, 2011 | Injury Claims, insurance, Laws, Lawyer, medical care, Payments, Personal Injury, Tips
How do hurt truckers pay their bills? The two questions most often asked by injured truck drivers are: (1) how do I pay my bills and support my family when I cannot work and (2) how do I pay for medical care? These can be very difficult issues for injured truckers. In most states, an [...]
