As trucks are the most effective way to move goods across the country, today, over 70% of the country’s freight is transported annually by trucking companies. Trucking has become one of the most vital systems of the United States economy. This is due, in part, to the country’s vast landscape, the need to navigate through [...]
Fighting For YOU Hurt Trucker Attorneys pride ourselves in representing the hard-working men and women in the trucking industry for nearly 50 years. We know just how much our clients put on the line every day when showing up for their job, and we want to do the same for them. Your case is more [...]
The Truth About Truck Drivers As of 2019, the US Census Bureau indicates that more than 3.5 million people work as truck drivers, 15.5 million trucks are operating, and the industry is continuing to grow. Trucks are everywhere on the road and are an extremely important component to keeping our economy running smoothly. Without truck [...]
How Do Trucking Injuries Happen? Driving a truck is a dangerous job. American truckers drive billions of miles each year on dangerous highways, work with heavy equipment, and do a lot of physical labor. There are many risks taken with this profession, and work-related injuries are very common. As personal injury and workers’ compensation attorneys [...]
Over the years, trucking companies pushed to classify employees as owner-operators. The reason us simple - to avoid paying truckers workers' compensation benefits. Trucking companies and other employers usually only have to pay workers' compensation benefits to employees (company drivers). They generally are not required to pay benefits to owner-operators because they are considered "independent [...]
Credit: WHO/PAHO You probably knew that diesel fumes could be bad for your health. But now it's official. The World Health Organization has declared that diesel exhaust does cause cancer, and placed it in the same category as “passive smoking”. The risk of getting cancer from diesel fumes is minimal. However, since so many people [...]
Could More Owner Operators Be Entitled to Work Comp? Let’s Hope So!