Semi vs. Car at uncontrolled intersection
Aug 01, 2025OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement
A semi truck and passenger car collided at an uncontrolled intersection. The trucking company blamed the driver of the car, and claimed the trucker arrived at the intersection first. We hired an acci ... dent reconstruction expert who went to the intersection, mapped out measurements, interpreted black box data on the vehicles, and assessed damage patterns on the vehicles to conclude that the car arrived first and the semi was required to yield. We hired a trucking expert who found serious deficiencies in the hiring and training procedures of the trucking company, who had not trained the new driver on the safe operation of the truck and trailer he was operating.