Tractor Trailer Accident in Mississippi
The interstate trucking industry is central to our way of life. Accustomed to shopping locally for food and products from distant locations, we rarely consider how goods become available for our purchase or use. The Gardner Law Firm, PC represents clients who have been injured in trucking accidents in Mississippi caused by driver error or equipment failure, known as products liability in the law.
More often our attention is drawn to news of Mississippi tractor trailer accidents—what happens when something goes wrong in the process of delivering products from here to there.
The trucking industry never stops. Inherent danger in the size, speed, and potentially hazardous freight of large trucks requires state and federal regulation of drivers, equipment, and cargo loads.
Despite regulation, tractor trailer accidents in Mississippi are not uncommon. Frequent causes of truck accidents in Mississippi include:
- Driver fatigue or error
- Improperly secured or shifting loads
- Improperly designed or maintained equipment
Like a passenger car, a tractor trailer is a complicated system of components. While mechanical failure on a passenger car is hazardous, breakdown on a tractor trailer can be devastating.
Design failure can lead to accidents
Failure in the design or manufacture of truck parts can contribute to mechanical breakdown causing an accident. Consider these points:
Interconnection: Failure of one component on a large truck can immediately affect other systems, resulting in a Mississippi tractor trailer accident.
Design and maintenance: Like all vehicles, components of tractor trailers are subject to failure and must be inspected and regularly maintained. Lights, tires, and especially brakes are prone to failure.
- Brakes: Jackknifing, the 90 degree swing of a trailer behind a semi truck, is commonly caused by brake failure. Jackknife accidents take lives, destroy property, and can result in spillage of hazardous or flammable material into the flow of traffic.
- Tires: Worn or improperly repaired or mounted tires quickly become dangerous in the event of blowout or detachment from the tractor trailer.
Component failure can give rise to product liability lawsuits against manufacturers of faulty truck parts, or the mechanics that improperly installed or maintained them.
Because of the complicated nature of these matters, and the vigorous defense mounted by trucking companies, it is important to contact a tractor trailer accident lawyer in Mississippi if you have suffered injury in a trucking accident. the Gardner Law Firm, PC provides thorough and aggressive representation to clients who injured by defective automotive parts.
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We can help with tractor trailer accidents in Mississippi
With decades of successful experience with personal injury and products liability matters, the Gardner Law Firm, PC tractor trailer accident attorneys in Mississippi provide skilled legal counsel to individuals and their families who have suffered injury in Mississippi tractor trailer accidents. Contact the Gardner Law Firm, PC online today or call 228-471-4204 for a free consultation.
