Stein, Mitchell & Muse attorneys are experienced in every kind of motor vehicle collision case.  On behalf of other drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists, we have successfully prosecuted cases against drunk drivers, careless drivers, corporations employing drunk or careless drivers, and automobile manufacturers whose vehicles fail to meet "crashworthiness" standards.

Our firm has developed a particular emphasis on cases involving truck and bus collisions, including cases involving tractor-trailers, dump trucks, trash trucks, delivery trucks, tour buses and other commercial vehicles.  Contributing factors in such incidents include:

• Driver fatigue
• Speeding
• Aggressive driving
• Unrealistic schedules
• Inadequate maintenance
• Overloading
• Failing brakes
• Over- or under-inflated tires
• Defective roads
  

Large trucks are involved in thousands of collisions each year.  Because of their size and weight, they are particularly likely to cause serious harm and are especially dangerous.  Truck cases involve a specialized knowledge of the Motor Carrier Safety Regulations published by the U.S. Department of Transportation.    These cases are frequently defendant by large and well-funded insurance companies, so they require lawyers with a proven ability to take on trucking companies and obtain favorable results. 

The lawyers at Stein, Mitchell and Muse have litigated hundreds of cases involving commercial trucks, including a $20 million recovery for a brain-injured victim of a crash in Washington DC.  Our lawyers routinely handle car and truck collision cases throughout the metropolitan Washington, Maryland and Virginia.