Truck Accidents

When a truck accident occurs on Maryland’s highways and roads, the aftermath is often chaotic and complicated. These accidents can lead to severe injuries, substantial property damage, and, tragically, even fatalities. For the Maryland truck accident attorneys at Plaxen Adler Muncy, one of the most critical aspects of building a strong case for our clients…

Because of their massive size and weight, commercial trucks can cause significant damage and severe injuries when involved in an accident. Accidents involving trucks carrying hazardous materials (also called “hazmat” trucks) can be even more deadly and dangerous due to the materials they are carrying. Here’s why a hazmat truck accident can cause devastation, injuries,…

Passing a tractor-trailer on any road can be frightening and intimidating. These large trucks are several times bigger than your small automobile and can cause significant damage to your body and vehicle very quickly. When it is time to pass, you may feel your heart beating fast as you do not want to make a…

A side underride crash is a common type of truck accident. A side underride crash is when a passenger car and an 18-wheeler truck collide, and the passenger car goes underneath the large truck. This happens because semi-trucks are more elevated than passenger vehicles, making it easier for passenger cars to partially fit directly underneath…

As trucks increase in size and weight, their blind spots grow and they become more difficult to control. When most drivers envision a “heavy truck,” they have an arbitrary picture of a big rig in their head. The fact is that a heavy truck falls into a classification between two significant categories, and these types…

Large trucks have the ability to cause many different types of injuries. However, one of the most severe injuries that truck accident victims often face is a traumatic brain injury (TBI). While cuts, broken bones, and whiplash are terrible injuries to suffer after a truck accident, a TBI is the hardest from which to heal.…

There is no doubt that a regular truck accident can be extremely dangerous, but what happens when you add hazardous materials to that combination? A truck accident involving a cargo spill can easily become even more disastrous to you and anyone around you. Aside from their already massive strength and size of 80,000 pounds, it…

With the pandemic dying down, traffic numbers are rising– and so are the number of fatal truck accidents. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports a 13% increase in fatal truck accidents between 2020 and 2021. The same report states that traffic fatalities in 2020 were the highest across the board since 2005, with…