Category: Truck Crashes
New Illinois Laws in the New Year
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Bicycle Crash, Bike Accidents, Legal Rights, Nursing Home, Nursing Home Abuse, Older Adults, Truck Crashes Bicyclists, nursing home residents and commercial truck drivers are among the Illinois residents who will be affected by new laws that take effect in 2017. Attorney Grant Dixon, founder of Dixon Law Office, helps personal injury clients navigate laws –Continue reading
Four Top Reasons Social Security Disability Applications Are Denied
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Bike Accidents, medication errors, Nursing Home, Older Adults, Pedestrian Injuries, slip and fall, swimming pool, Train Crashes, Truck Crashes, wrongful death, Young Adults If you or a loved one have been injured and have a long-term disability, applying for Social Security Disability benefits is one option to provide needed financial assistance. The sad reality is that most first-time Social Security Disability (called “SSD”)Continue reading
Cyclist on a Mission Struck By Semi, Injured
Jacob Landis is on a mission: raise money and awareness for cochlear implants. This year, he set out to ride his bike to all 30 major league baseball stadiums before the season ended. Why? Jacob was deaf by age 10. Continue reading
Truck Driver Dies In One Truck Crash
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, hospital, Truck Crashes, wrongful death The main east-west highway through the Chicagoland area was closed this week when a westbound semi-truck crossed over all lanes of eastbound traffic, rolled and dumped tons of cooking oil it carried. The accident occurred about 10 miles west ofContinue reading
Farm Equipment Dangers
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Farm, injury, Pedestrian Injuries, Product Liability, Truck Crashes Few “city folk” spend any time on the farm but for much of the US that is their way of life. What most people don’t know is that Dixon Law Office founder, G. Grant Dixon III, spent many summers workingContinue reading
Seven Injured in School Bus Crash
A driver slammed into the side of a school bus injuring seven yesterday. The crash occurred in the west central Illinois town of Nauvoo. Driver Martin Daley allegedly failed to yield for the school bus, hitting the passenger side rearContinue reading
Texting Kills When Driving
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Bike Accidents, Pedestrian Injuries, Truck Crashes, Young Adults We all understand that driving while drunk is dangerous and wrong. We would never close our eyes for 5 or 6 seconds while we speed down the road. Studies show that texting while driving is as dangerous as driving drunk.Continue reading
Results Matter for 1,400,000 Reasons
On a foggy day in December, 2006, a truck driver pulled out into the intersection of a State Highway. He knew he could not see but he pulled his rig – loaded with 80,000 pounds of corn – into theContinue reading
Serious Injuries from Bus Crash, Serious Results
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Children, Infants, Pedestrian Injuries, Truck Crashes, Young Adults When a pedestrian is crossing the street, they assume they are safe. “This woman was doing exactly what she was supposed to do. She was crossing with the light and in the crosswalk. The bus driver just blew it,” saidContinue reading
Truck Crashes – Trucks Must Follow the Same Rules of the Road
Author Dixon Law OfficePosted on Categories Auto/Car Crashes, Children, Infants, Truck Crashes, Young Adults Some of the most horrific and tragic crashes involve large trucks and semis. Many of these trucks weigh more than 80,000 and cause tremendous damage when involved in a crash. Well-established regulations require trucks to follow the same rules ofContinue reading