Truck driver fell asleep, crashed, burned, shut down I-40 in TN
On I-40 in Tennessee, a tractor trailer driver fell asleep, hit a guard rail, and crashed. His rig burned, shutting down I-40 for several hours. See news story. Fortunately, no one was injured this time. However, the incident underscores the chronic problem of driver fatigue in the trucking industry, compounded by hours of service violations and the common occurence of sleep apnea and related medical conditions among truck drivers.
The Shigley Law Firm represents plaintiffs in wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases statewide in Georgia, and in other states subject to the multijurisdictional practice and pro hac vice rules in each state. Ken Shigley was designated as a "SuperLawyer" in Atlanta Magazine and one of the "Legal Elite" in Georgia Trend Magazine. He is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, Chair of the Southeastern Motor Carrier Liability Institute and former chair of the Georgia Insurance Law Institute. He particularly focuses on cases arising from truck wrecks and accidents (tractor trailers truck wrecks, semi truck wrecks,18 wheeler truck wrecks, big rig truck wrecks, log truck wrecks, dump truck wrecks).
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