Year: 2025

Commercial trucks far outweigh standard passenger vehicles, leaving motorists in smaller cars especially vulnerable to severe and catastrophic injuries after a collision. If you were injured in a crash involving a commercial truck, working with an experienced Bozeman truck accident lawyer can help you pursue the full compensation available under Montana law. Under Montana Code…

A fully loaded commercial truck can legally weigh up to 80,000 pounds, far outweighing standard family cars, which typically weigh about 4,000 pounds. Motorists are at increased risk of severe or catastrophic injuries in crashes involving commercial trucks. When these crashes occur, injured victims often turn to an experienced Bozeman truck accident lawyer to uncover…

The trucking industry is a critical part of the state’s economic infrastructure, connecting the agriculture and mining sectors with their markets and bringing necessary goods and services into the state. Although the trucking industry is essential, it also results in highways that are often congested with large commercial trucks. Freight-carrier trucks like 18-wheelers loom over…

Due to the size and weight advantage of large commercial trucks that share the road with standard cars, the aftermath of a truck accident is a devastating, chaotic scene, especially when it results in serious, catastrophic, or fatal injuries to motorists in smaller vehicles. Unfortunately, even as a truck accident victim in Montana recovers from…

Large commercial trucks far outweigh standard family cars, looming over them with the tank-like structure of a garbage truck or an immense, fully loaded 18-wheeler weighing as much as 80,000 pounds. Over 70% of those injured or killed in truck accidents are motorists in other vehicles, not the truck driver. If you lost a loved…

Beck, Amsden & Stalpes is honored to support the Range of Motion Project (ROMP) in its work to expand access to prosthetic care worldwide. Through a sponsorship in honor of Bozeman’s Bri Daniels—an adaptive ski instructor with Eagle Mount and an amputee herself—ROMP will help send Bri to Ecuador, where she will climb Cotopaxi, one…

Large commercial trucks are critical aspects of the nation’s supply chain, bringing goods and services into and out of Montana. Because trucks regularly cross state lines and sometimes national borders, they are subject to federal regulation. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has laws in place to regulate all aspects of trucking, with crucial…

Bozeman, Montana – Trucking Safety & Medical Examiner Negligence Our client stopped to help a stranded semi on a winter night. Minutes later, a chain-reaction crash caused life-changing injuries. The Bozeman personal injury lawyers at Beck, Amsden & Stalpes, PLLC proved that a certified medical examiner should never have cleared the truck driver to be…

Key Takeaways: The two deadliest ten-mile road stretches in Montana are both located on I-90, with one near Missoula and the other near Bozeman. Each recorded 7 fatal crashes and 8 fatalities over a five-year period. I-90 accounts for eight of the nine deadliest road segments in the state. I-15 accounts for one. Fatal crashes…

Unlike the few no-fault car accident states in the U.S., Montana is one of the majority of states with a fault-based insurance system where the party responsible for the accident is financially accountable for the damages caused to others, like medical expenses, lost earnings, and compensation for pain and suffering. Typically, a Montana car accident…