Airbags are installed in vehicles to minimize the personal injuries suffered in a car accident. According to the NHTSA, 2,790 lives were saved by frontal airbags in 2017 alone. However, airbags can still cause injuries themselves. It’s better to be injured in a crash than the alternative, but injuries caused by airbags can be severe, [...]
When most people hear the term “black box,” they generally think of the black box that is used in airplanes in the event of a crash. What many people don’t realize is that commercial trucks also have black boxes. Black boxes, or Event Data Recorders (EDR), are used to record various data about what a [...]
A 35-year-old Teamster was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer. His life, and the lives of his family members were changed forever when this tragedy occurred. They put their trust in The Pottenger Law Firm to secure justice and compensation for another’s wrongdoing. As a result of the accident, our client underwent two extensive surgeries to repair [...]
Two semi-trucks were involved in an accident in Pratt on Monday. Luckily, both drivers escaped serious injury in the collision. According to officials, the accident occurred as a 61-year-old was heading westbound and was pulling a trailer full of hazardous material when he came to a stop at the railroad tracks. A pickup truck that [...]
A tractor-trailer accident on Interstate 485 caused the vehicle, that was carrying cheese and peppers at the time, to overturn on the roadway. According to officials, the accident occurred around 4:45 a.m. when the man somehow lost control of the truck and it flipped over across the interstate, just south of Interstate 35. No other [...]
