On December 12, 2009, truck driver Thomas M. Wallace crashed his tractor-trailer into a disabled car, killing Julie Stratton, the 33 year old mother of two young boys. This tragedy was no mere accident. Not only had Wallace been on on duty for 27 hours--far more than the 14 hours allowed by Federal safety regulations; not only had Wallace kept a falsified log book to try to cover up his rulebreaking; but Wallace was actually watching porn on his lapop while driving. This fatigue and distraction kept his attention off the road and as a result there are two little boys who lost their mother.
Unfortunately, this type of behavior is far to common. For that reason, I and the other lawyers at The Cowen Law Group will keep working to hold trucking companies accountable when the violate safety rules and hurt people.
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