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When placing a loved one in a nursing home, it's important that you trust that he or she will receive the best possible care. However, when nursing homes in West Virginia are understaffed, residents' needs are less likely to be met. At Mani Ellis & Layne, PLLC, we've seen the pain and suffering nursing home neglect...

Truck drivers are vital to our nation’s economy and their job is tough. Driving long hours and thousands of miles can put a strain on their mental and physical well-being, making the prevalence of fatigue an important issue to be addressed. Being tired affects both reaction time and judgment, but it’s a part of the...

Anyone operating a vehicle in West Virginia is expected to secure any cargo or objects being hauled. Failure to do so can result in other vehicles being struck by debris, resulting in serious or life-threatening injuries to their drivers and passengers. If an unsecured load resulted in your injury, or the injury of a loved...

Truck drivers are a critical part of our nation’s economy and they have a tough job. Long hours and thousands of miles of driving can put a strain on their physical well-being — making fatigue an important issue that needs to be addressed. Fatigue is a part of the job and truckers have turned to a variety...

Truck drivers may not need a college degree, but high school graduates still have trouble getting into the industry right out of school. Those who do are limited in their scope of work until they hit 21 because of federal law. While many states allow people to get commercial licenses at 18, federal law prohibits...

Being a truck driver is a hard job. The hours. The miles. The deadlines. The truck is a lot to handle: eighteen wheels covering the interstates. The weight of the product is counted not in pounds but in tonnage. An average haul is 20 tons. But truckers are trained to do that job well, making...

Accidents involving trucks can be some of the most devastating events on the road. With the massive size and weight difference between a passenger vehicle and a loaded truck, any collision between them has a strong chance of doing a large amount of damage. Thankfully, the number of total fatalities involving freight transport has decreased...

Our phones aren’t the only things getting smarter. The world is rapidly changing, with car safety technology being one area where this advance is especially visible. There are systems becoming standard in cars today that were exclusive add-ons just a few years ago, with some only invented recently. To get a sense of how technology...