Truck Accident Attorney Scranton, PA
Truck Accident Statistics
- Fatal crashes involving large trucks often occur in rural areas (57%) and Interstate highways (26%).
- The vast majority of these fatal crashes (83%) and non fatal crashes (88%) occurred on weekdays, Monday through Friday.
- Collision with a car or another vehicle was the first harmful event in 73% of fatal crashes and 84% of injury crashes involving large trucks.
- There were 13.5 fatal large truck crashes per million people in the United States in 2018, a 27% increase from 10.6 in 2010.
- In 2018, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 5,096 large trucks and buses were involved in fatal crashes.
- There were 121,000 injury producing crashes in 2018 involving large trucks and buses.
- In 2015 Scranton had 130 fatal crashes recorded across the logged truck crashes.
- In 2015, there were 6,916 crashes involving a total of 7,465 heavy trucks in Scranton, PA.
Our Process
You have every right to seek money damages for personal injuries caused you by another’s negligent conduct. We only take cases in which our investigation shows the defendant acted negligently to cause your harm. Your decision to seek justice, to hold the careless person accountable, makes the world safer for everyone else. It also places the responsibility for payment of damages on the bad actor, not society, not other people and not your family.
- $2,450,000 against trucking company who allowed its driver to drive in excess of the “hours of service rules” on 71 occasions in the 11 months before the wreck, including the day of the wreck, causing its driver to be fatigued and unable to react to normal daylight road conditions.
- $1,775,000 against a bus company for failing to properly eliminate blind spots in the vehicle so that when turning left the driver could not see a pedestrian.
- $675,000 against a tanker tractor company for failing to properly ensure the side of the tractor was properly illuminated so that drivers approaching it from the side could see it resulting in a driver crashing into it at night when it attempted to cross an intersection
- $2,400,000 against a nationwide delivery company for improper training and supervision causing a driver to not pay attention to pedestrians when turning right onto a city street.
- $750,000 against a towing company for failing to ensure that its driver’s medical certificate was proper and allowing him to drive in excess of the “hours of service rules” resulting in the death of a pedestrian
- $500,000 against a limousine bus company for not training its driver and not putting in place polices and procedures to prevent drunk partiers from standing up while the bus was moving causing a passenger to fall and suffer a head injury
Anthony J. Baratta (“Tony”) has been recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 15 years since 2006. He has received the highest possible rating amongst his peers by Martindale-Hubbel (AV Preeminate), is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, is a Member of the Million Dollar Advocate Forum, and a winner of the AVVO Choice Award for client recognition.
Andrew E. DiPiero Jr. has been recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 16 years since 2005. He has received the highest possible rating amongst his peers by Martindale-Hubbel (AV Preeminate), and he is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
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How Can We Help You?Scranton
Scranton is listed as the largest city in northeastern Pennsylvania with a population of over 76,000, recorded in 2019. There are nine districts that make up Scranton: North Scranton, Southside, Westside, the Hill Section, Central City, Minooka, East Mountain, Providence, and Green Ridge.
Coal and textiles were responsible for a boom in population to Scranton during World War II. Because of the resources that the city provided, it became a major industrial city, a center of mining and railroads, and attracted thousands of new immigrants to the growing city. Along with a steady drive of coal, the city began producing streetcars solely powered by electricity.