Truck Accidents: Jackknifing

Qualified New York Trucking Accident Attorney

When you turn your steering wheel in your car or light truck, your vehicle easily moves to the left or right. When you press the brake pedal of your car or light truck the vehicle slows or rolls to a stop. 

18-wheelers and tractor-trailers function much differently: 

When the steering wheel of a large truck is turned too sharply or if the truck is turned when it is going too fast, the trailer can angle too sharply with the tractor, stopping or tipping the truck or blocking an intersection and causing an accident. 

If the brakes of the tractor and trailer aren’t aligned and working properly the brakes of the trailer can be overpowered by the brakes of the tractor. This can cause the trailer to crash into the back of the tractor creating a danger for nearby pedestrians and vehicle drivers. 

Legal Assistance for Truck Jackknifing Accidents In New York City 

Though drivers are trained in the proper operation of semitrucks, and truck companies are legally required to properly maintain vehicles, negligence and carelessness can lead to jackknifing and other truck accidents. If you have been injured in a truck crash in New York, the attorneys of the law firm of Smiley & Smiley, LLP, can provide experienced and effective legal help. 

Smiley & Smiley has represented thousands of clients across New York in our more than four decades of legal practice. Our investigation and courtroom litigation skills have yielded hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation for our injured clients, including dozens of seven- and eight-figure awards.