Jeff's Blog http://www.jeffrasansky.com Dallas Personal Injury Lawyer Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:00:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Why You Need an Experienced Attorney for Your Semi-Truck Accident Injury Case http://www.jeffrasansky.com/2018/04/why-you-need-a-truck-accident-attorney/ http://www.jeffrasansky.com/2018/04/why-you-need-a-truck-accident-attorney/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:26:02 +0000 Jeff Rasansky http://www.jeffrasansky.com/?p=1493 Tweet The thought of being involved in an accident with a semi-truck is scary, and a quick look at the numbers reveals a terrifyingly-high rate of accidents involving 18-wheelers. Every 16 minutes, someone is killed in an accident involving a semi-truck. A shocking nine percent of these occur in Texas. The Fatal Analysis Reporting System […]

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]]> http://www.jeffrasansky.com/2017/11/free-roadside-assistance-texas/feed/ 0 The 7 Most-Common Causes of 18-Wheeler Accidents http://www.jeffrasansky.com/2017/10/18-wheeler-accident-causes/ http://www.jeffrasansky.com/2017/10/18-wheeler-accident-causes/#comments Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:58:05 +0000 Jeff Rasansky http://www.jeffrasansky.com/?p=1394 Tweet 18-wheeler trucks are particularly dangerous when they collide with passenger vehicles, and in recent years, there has been more effort on the part of government organizations and trucking companies to reduce the number of serious accidents on the road. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recently revised hours-of-service laws in an effort […]

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