Accidents involving 18 wheelers trucks or tractor-trailers far too frequently result in deaths or serious injuries. Almost 3,700 persons in cars and other passenger vehicles die annually in collisions with heavy trucks.
Truck manufacturers have also been held liable when defects in the trucks' mechanical systems resulted in the accident.
For example, in 2003, the children of a woman in Nebraska killed when a dump truck slammed into her car at a fast-food drive-through sued the truck's manufacturer, Freightliner LLC of Portland, Oregon. The children alleged that defective brakes on the dump truck led to the accident that killed their mother. After the accident, according to press reports, Freightliner voluntarily recalled 133,000 trucks with brake pins similar to the one thought to have failed in the crash.
Damages in these lawsuits have included general and compensatory damages for:
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