Things to know in selecting a truck accident attorney by Huston & associates

 Things to know in selecting a truck  accident attorney

Our  Truck and 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers have won Billions and recovered the largest truck and 18 wheeler accident verdicts and settlements in history on behalf of accident victims across Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico and the United States, including:

#1 Largest Truck Accident Settlement in Texas

#1 Largest Accident Verdict in Texas

#1 Largest 18 Wheeler Accident Verdict in R&L Trucking Company’s corporate history

#1 Largest 18 Wheeler Accident Settlement in Oakley Trucking Company’s corporate history

#4 Largest Accident Verdict in Texas

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Trucking companies know that once our Truck Accident Attorneys are involved in the case, their only options are to offer a settlement that fully compensates our clients for all their injuries and damages or risk a record-setting verdict at trial, where our lawyers remain undefeated.

Truck accident lawsuits are far more complex than those involving other motor vehicles. Not every personal injury lawyer has the knowledge and experience needed to bring these cases to a successful conclusion. When choosing a truck accident attorney, it’s essential to look for a law firm with a track record of success handling claims against the largest trucking companies and insurers in the world, both in and out of the courtroom.

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Most personal injury firms – including ours – offer free consultations to truck accident victims. During this consultation, you’ll be able to discuss the specifics of your accident and the attorneys’ experience with similar cases. Some questions you might want to ask include:

How many truck accident cases have you handled? What were the results?

Have you taken truck accident cases to trial? How often do you win?

Have you represented truck accident victims with my types of injuries?

Do you think I have a valid claim for damages?

How quickly does your office respond to emails and return phone calls?

How long might my case take to resolve?

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How much will I pay and when?

Unlike many other law firms, our business is based on maximizing our clients’ recoveries, not on volume. By limiting the number of clients that we accept, we’re able to devote our full resources to each and every one, all of the time. From sign-up to settlement, we’re with you every step of the way until we have maximized your recovery.

Common Injuries Sustained During an Accident with a Big Rig.

Because 18-wheelers and semi-trucks are so much larger than just about anything else on the road, truck collisions involving cars and other passenger vehicles are far more likely to cause severe and even fatal injuries. Some of the most common injuries sustained during an accident with a big rig include:

Spinal Cord Injuries:

 A spinal cord injury could result in partial, temporary, or complete paralysis to the lower body and torso, resulting in life-long pain and suffering. Even with years of treatments, surgeries, physical therapy, and adaptive devices, many victims will remain permanently disabled for the rest of their lives. Because damage to the spinal cord isn’t always apparent, truck accident victims need to seek medical attention as soon as possible.

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Head and Brain Injury:

Head injuries may range from minor bruises and mild concussions to a traumatic brain injury resulting in life-long cognitive impairment and loss of motor function. Severe brain injury can occur even without direct trauma to the head and may not be apparent immediately after a crash.

Internal Bleeding: 

Blunt force trauma that occurs during a truck accident can cause bleeding in the bladder, liver, kidney, pancreas, spleen, and other vital organs. Because these injuries are difficult to detect and treat, you should seek immediate medical attention, even if you don’t think you’re hurt.

Soft Tissue Injury:

Contusions caused by blunt force trauma, ligament sprains, muscle and tendon strains, lacerations and abrasions, and puncture wounds are considered soft tissue injuries.

Burns:

It doesn’t take much to ignite a fire should a fuel tank rupture during a truck or 18-wheeler accident. If the flames are allowed to spread and engulf the truck and other nearby vehicles, drivers and passengers might sustain severe or fatal burns.

Bone Fractures:

 Skull fractures, limb fractures, rib fractures, and vertebral fractures are all common injuries after a commercial truck collision. In fact, it’s not unusual for truck accident victims to sustain multiple broken bones.

Amputation and Disfigurement: 

Crushing injuries, severe burns, and other serious injuries can result in permanent disfigurement and even limb amputations. Victims may require long-term medical treatment and personal care assistance, and some might need to use prosthetics and other adaptive devices to function in daily life.

After a truck or 18-wheeler accident, your financial security could well depend on whether or not you’re fully compensated for all of your injuries and losses. When you hire our law firm, you can rest assured that our Texas Truck Accident Attorneys will never accept an inadequate settlement offer that fails to account for all of your economic damages, as well as the personal, non-economic losses you’ve suffered due to your injuries.

5 Common Types of Truck Collisions.

Although commercial trucking is an essential component of our economy, big rigs pose a serious threat to others on the road. Just about any truck accident can cause significant property damage and catastrophic injury to multiple innocent victims.

Five of the most common types of truck collisions include:

Jackknife Truck

 Accidents: Jackknifing occurs when a tractor-trailer folds into itself, forming a 90-degree angle with the trailer. Jackknife truck accidents often occur when a truck driver must brake hard to stop quickly.

Rear-End Collisions: Distracted driving, driver fatigue, speeding, and tailgating are just a few of the behaviors that can cause a big rig to rear-end another vehicle.

Underride Crashes: Underride crashes occur when a smaller vehicle rear-ends a semi-truck and slides under the back of the trailer. Distracted driving, impairment, speeding, and fatigue also contribute to truck underride accidents.

Side-Impact Crashes: T-bone or side-impact crashes often occur when a truck driver is distracted, fatigued, or impaired and speeds through a red light or stop sign at an intersection. Other drivers and their passengers are likely to suffer catastrophic injuries when the full weight of a big rig smashes into the side of a smaller vehicle.

Cargo-Related Accidents: Cargo-related crashes are usually the result of improperly secured loads and overloaded trucks. Cargo may shift during transport, causing the trucker to lose control of his rig and swerve into another lane. Cargo shifts can also cause an 18-wheeler to tip, rollover, and crush adjacent vehicles. If the truck does tip over, the load may spill out onto the roadway, creating a serious hazard for any approaching traffic.

Our Undefeated Texas Truck Accident Lawyers have successfully represented thousands of people injured or tragically killed by distracted, impaired, fatigued, and reckless commercial drivers. We have proven time and again that no company is large enough, no insurance agency assertive enough, to stop us from recovering the maximum settlement for our clients. By holding ourselves to the highest standard, we have secured historic wins for our clients.

About the Huston

Zehl & Associates Injury & Accident Lawyers is a Houston Personal Injury Law Firm that represents accident victims across Texas, Louisiana and the United States.

Every one of our lawyers is a Houston personal injury attorney who’s undefeated in the courtroom and has recovered some of the largest verdicts and settlements in history.

Hire a Houston personal injury lawyer with a proven track record. We’ve won over $1 Billion for our clients, recovered some of the largest verdicts and settlement in history, and obtained record-setting victories against the biggest trucking, oil and gas, maritime and petrochemical companies in the world.

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