Tractor Trailer Accident
Tractor Trailer Accident in New York
Attention Truck Injury Accident Victims: If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a trucking accident, don't delay in finding a truck accident attorney to represent your claim. Trucking accidents are not like typical motor vehicle accidents. Special rules and regulations apply to truckers and truck companies, and the damage caused by tractor trailer crashes can be devastating. Slappey and Sadd provide high quality legal services to victims of trucking accidents throughout the United States.
MORRIS -- State police say the first female trooper to die while on duty was driving a cruiser back to the Oneonta barracks from her assignment at a local school when she was killed in a collision.
Police say 31-year-old Trooper Jill Mattice was traveling east on State Route 23 when she collided with the westbound tractor-trailer around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday in the Otsego County town of Morris, 57 miles southeast of Syracuse.
Trooper Nelson Torres says it was a side-impact collision, but the wreck remains under investigation and no other details are being released before a 1:30 p.m. press conference Thursday.
The Cheektowaga native was a six-year veteran and had worked as a school resource officer the past 2 1/2 years.
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Verdicts, Judgments and Settlements
A sample of verdicts, judgments and settlements achieved for our clients:
- $10.2 Million: For wrongful death in vehicle accident.
- $ 5.6 Million: For insurance bad faith failure to provide coverage.
- $ 2.6 Million: Serious injuries sustained in trucking accident.
- $ 1.7 Million: For serious injury caused by drunk driver.
- $ 1.6 Million: For serious injuries sustained in trucking accident.
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