Over the years, our firm has handled a number of cases involving garbage trucks. While most of us are asleep, drivers of garbage trucks are already working picking up loads as early as 3 a.m. While that sounds industrious, the problem is that by 11a.m. these drivers have already been on the road for 8 hours. They drive huge vehicles that are so heavy that nothing will stand up to them.  In a residential neighborhood, the safest procedure is to have a route completed before children and others are on the street.

This case resulted from a 13 year old who was on a bicycle being struck in a crosswalk by a garbage truck. The injuries were serious, leaving the child with a 10 inch surgical scar and a permanent limp.

In the lawsuit, the garbage truck company blamed the boy’s parents for not training him on the rules of the road. Fortunately, the jury wasn’t fooled -but the garbage truck company has appealed, so it may be several years before this boy and his family receive any compensation.  Like many good cases, this is a case that took hard work and lawyers who were willing to go the distance.  For a grid you can use to evaluate who you should hire for your case, click here and to review the profile of an AVVO 10.0 rated attorney, go here.