Motor Vehicle Accidents

Truck Accidents

Motorists seldom walk away from an accident with a 70,000-pound moving vehicle. More than half of the more than 150,000 trucking accidents last year involving cars and trucks were the fault of the truck driver.

Drug use and sleep deprivation were the causes in more than half of those cases.  Speed, illegal maneuvers, aggressive behavior, inadequate evasive action and distraction make up the other fifty percent.

Further complicating the situation, truck accidents often involve drivers with out-of-state licenses, multiple insurance policies and companies cutting corners on tires, safety inspection and weight limits -- putting profits before public safety.

The deadly facts:

• Collisions with large trucks are to blame for one out of eight traffic deaths.
• Two or more vehicles are usually involved in almost 80 percent of accidents involving large trucks.
• Truck accidents kill.  There were more than 4000 fatalities in the USA in 2009.

The New York and New Jersey truck accident lawyers at Simonson Hess Leibowitz & Goodman have been representing victims of truck accidents for more than three decades.  We have recovered money for our clients in 98% of the cases we have handled.  

Collectively our partners have well more than one hundred years of experience representing victims of motor vehicle accidents including truck accidents. Simonson Hess Leibowitz & Goodman is one of only seven law firms in New York City to be ranked by US News & World Report as a New York Tier 1 law firm in the category of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs in 2010. One of our lawyers has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America, and three of our partners have been recognized in Super Lawyers