On behalf of Smith Magram Michaud Colonna, P.C. | May 31, 2015 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
A 33-year-old resident of New Jersey who was working as a conductor on a derailed Amtrak train has filed a lawsuit against Amtrak for serious injuries he claims to have suffered in the fatal accident on May 12. The man was on a break to use the restroom when the...
On behalf of Smith Magram Michaud Colonna, P.C. | Jan 19, 2015 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
According to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, many changes need to be made to improve trucker safety. Such changes include anti-collision technology, better hours for truckers and better regulation of companies with high accident rates. These are among...
On behalf of Smith Magram Michaud Colonna, P.C. | Dec 29, 2014 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
An accident on the New Jersey Turnpike in the morning rush hour left 10 people injured on Dec. 17. An investigation into why the crash happened is ongoing, and no charges have been filed as of the time of this report. The crash involved three tractor-trailers and a...
On behalf of Smith Magram Michaud Colonna, P.C. | Nov 24, 2014 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
A crash on the New Jersey Turnpike resulted in death for one of the truckers involved when three semitrailers collided and caught fire the evening of Nov. 18. Although no charges or citations have been issued as of this report, a New Jersey State Police representative...
On behalf of Smith Magram Michaud Colonna, P.C. | Oct 6, 2014 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
Despite initial assurances from Wal-Mart that they would take full responsibility for the New Jersey accident that injured Tracy Morgan and killed a passenger in the limousine in which they were riding, a responsive filing by the retailer in the federal lawsuit partly...
On behalf of Smith Magram Michaud Colonna, P.C. | Oct 1, 2014 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
A Sept. 26 accident in New Jersey left one person dead and hospitalized another. According to authorities, the Teaneck incident occurred at about 5 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 at the Interstate 80 junction. That is where a tractor-trailer crashed...
On behalf of Smith Magram Michaud Colonna, P.C. | Sep 16, 2014 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
Around 4 a.m. in November 2012, a 61-year-old man was in a parking lot at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. At the same time, a driver for Academy Bus Lines was preparing for his day of transporting passengers between various parking lots and airport...
On behalf of Smith Magram Michaud Colonna, P.C. | Sep 4, 2014 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
On Aug. 27, a dump truck traveling east on Interstate 280 in New Jersey crashed into several other vehicles, one of which burst into flames, killing all three occupants. According to police, the accident happened around 10:30a.m in East Orange. The car that was...
On behalf of Smith Magram Michaud Colonna, P.C. | Sep 2, 2014 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
A fiery crash killed three people and injured four others on Interstate 280 in East Orange. The accident involved a tractor-trailer truck that was hauling garbage and five other passenger vehicles. It happened at about 10:30 a.m. on August 27 in the eastbound lanes....
On behalf of Smith Magram Michaud Colonna, P.C. | Jul 22, 2014 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
A New Jersey man died in a collision in Lawrence that sent his car into a lake on July 17. Police filed charges against the driver of the dump truck involved in the commercial vehicle accident the following day. Police charged the man with driving while intoxicated at...
