Semi Truck and Motor Vehicle Negligence

Rapoport Law Offices, P.C. attorneys represent individuals injured and families of those killed as a result of semi tractor trailer truck accidents, automobile crashes, motorcycle collisions and watercraft accidents. The lawyers in our firm have represented clients involved in many different types of accident scenarios, including big rig truck crashes, towing and trailer hitch accidents, and personal watercraft accidents.

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■ $5 million settlement for the families of two men killed in a trucking accident on Interstate 80.

■ $2.7 million settlement for a partial quadriplegic as a result of a car accident.

■ $1.8 million awarded in automobile accident case involving the death of an 84 year old man.

■ $1.315 million for the father of a child from southern Illinois who suffered severe injuries resulting in her death after the vehicle she was riding in was struck by a semi tractor-trailer that had crossed the median of the interstate, entering the oncoming lanes of traffic.

■ $1.125 million settlement on behalf of a 30 year old man who was injured when the driver of a van lost control while traveling westbound on Interstate 80 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

■ $1 million settlement, the limit of the under-insured motorist coverage of the defendant, in a case for two teenagers injured when the teenage driver of the car they were passengers in lost control of the vehicle and crashed.

■ Settlement, the amount of which is subject to a confidentiality order, was reached on behalf of the family of a teenager who was killed when a landscaping company trailer hitch failed resulting in the trailer breaking free and colliding with the teenager's car.

■ A confidential settlement was reached on behalf of two persons who were severely injured when a semi-truck collided into the rear of their automobile while it was stopped on a divided highway signaling to make a left turn into their farm.

■ A confidential settlement was reached on behalf of a woman who was injured while riding in a vehicle which was struck by a semi tractor trailer from the A.R.F. landfill in Lake County, Illinois.

■ A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the families of two people who were killed, and one person who was severely injured, when the car they were in was hit in the rear, then run over, by a tractor trailer traveling at a high rate of speed.

■ The firm is representing the a victim of a tractor-trailer truck accident which occurred in Portage, Wisconsin The plaintiff was left in critical condition after the minivan he was traveling in burst into flames trapping him inside.

■ Rapoport Law Offices, P.C. has filed a lawsuit following a semi tractor-trailer crash on the Indiana Toll Road near Bristol, Indiana which claimed the lives of a thirty nine year old woman, her two young sons and her mother.