Trucking Accidents

Accidents involving large trucks or tractor-trailers often result in serious injury or death. For this reason, trucks are required to carry higher levels of insurance to cover the losses of accident victims.

The larger the truck, the more insurance it must carry to pay for the damages of people who are injured or lose family members and loved ones due to truck driver or trucking company negligence.

Here at Zamora, PLLC our legal team has the necessary resources and relevant work experience to help you seek the maximum compensation available for your losses in a large truck or tractor trailer accident case. In Truck’in Accidents there are certain employer responsibilities that need to be given proper consideration. 

In most cases, a truck accident will involve an employer who owns the truck and an employee driver. When a driver makes a delivery or uses a truck in the course or scope of his employment, the employer is legally responsible for any damages caused by the careless operation of the vehicle. In addition, there is a body of law in Texas that allows an injured person to hold the employer responsible for negligent hiring, negligent retention, and negligent supervision of an employee driver.  

When a trucking company hires someone to drive a truck, they have a duty to make certain that person is not a bad driver with a history of accidents and tickets, or potentially a drunk driver or drug user. If an employer fails to check the truck driver's history, and that driver injures or kills someone, then the employer can be independently responsible apart from their responsibility as the owner of the truck. The employer can be liable not only for compensatory damages, which include economic losses and intangible losses such as pain and suffering, but also punitive damages if the driver did something that was grossly negligent.

Our legal team can and may hire experts and engineers, as needed, to properly evaluate vehicle speed and other factors that determine responsibility in an 18-wheeler collision.

MATION THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR TEXAS TRUCKING ACCDIENT CASE

After you have collected the other driver’s information, there is other information that you should try to obtain.  First, if there were any people that witnessed the Trucking accident, you should try to collect their names, phone numbers and addresses.  Second, you should take notes regarding the condition of the road, the accident scene and any property damage.  If you have a camera, you should take pictures of the accident scene including the road, the motor vehicles, and traffic signs.  Third, speak with the police.   Find out if any traffic citations were issued and also collect the names and badge numbers of the police officers that were present.  Fourth, obtain a copy of your police accident report from your local police services station.  All of this information can later be studied and used by your Trucking Accident Legal Team, should you decide that you want to file a personal injury claim.

WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE CAN HELP YOU:

Texas Personal Injury cases are done on a contingency fee basis. This means that you pay no fees unless the law firm is successful in obtaining compensation for you.  We pursue fair and just compensation from insurance companies for personal injury cases, including compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, rehabilitation, future special needs, and pain and suffering.