18-Wheeler Accident Attorney Serving Bexar County in San Antonio
Victims may find it difficult to decide how to proceed in crashes involving 18-wheelers and other commercial trucks. Despite the fact that 18-wheelers are required by Federal law to carry at least $750,000 in insurance, the insurance companies who provide these policies stand to lose a lot. The highly skilled insurance adjusters who deal with 18-wheeler accidents frequently employ every stratagem in the book to reduce a victim’s claim or to outright deny coverage. Having an expert personal injury solicitor on your side will help you convince an experienced adjuster to take you seriously while dealing with them.
At Alford & Clark Injury Attorneys, we have experience trying trucking accident claims in court. Our lawyers have experience battling some of the biggest trucking corporations in the nation and are well-versed in the federal and state laws that control the trucking industry. We are a full-service company, and our staff takes great pride in happy customers. We can thoroughly examine a truck accident to discover who was at fault. Once we’ve identified everyone who should be held accountable, we’ll work with you to seek compensation to completely address the damages you’ve suffered and make sure your family has the resources it needs.
Help with Legal Issues in 18-Wheeler Accidents and Crashes
Litigation is not uncommon for the majority of trucking companies. These vehicles can easily weigh up to 20 times as much as an average passenger car or light truck. The driver of the little passenger vehicle typically sustains severe injuries or dies as a result of the collision caused by their enormous commercial vehicles. If your family has been harmed by these problems, you are probably not the first individual who has been damaged by the incompetence and recklessness of a particular trucking company. Any errors made by truck drivers can have fatal consequences.
A trucking business may dispatch a “crash team” of attorneys, accident reconstructionists, and private investigators to the accident scene right away after a collision involving a commercial vehicle. In order to prove that their business and driver were not at fault, it is their responsibility to secure the scene and begin collecting evidence. They might even try to persuade the police investigators to change their findings about what caused the collision or to add or remove particular information from the accident report.
You will have your own team of attorneys and specialists on the scene when you get in touch with Alford & Clark Injury Attorneys following a commercial truck accident. We’ll search for the proof that the transportation firm might be attempting to downplay. To demonstrate liability for your injuries and damages and to ensure that crucial evidence is preserved, we will take all reasonable steps. We can help in situations involving:
Truck drivers’ violations of the hours-of-service rules or their continued driving while sleepy or otherwise unable to operate a commercial vehicle safely contribute to driver tiredness.
Failure of equipment, such as malfunctioning brakes, tyre blowouts, disengaged trailer connections, or electrical issues, that resulted in an accident.
difficulties involving cargo, such as overweight vehicles or unsafe cargo that led to a truck driver losing control or to objects falling into the road.
Accidents involving jackknife trucks in which an 18-wheeler and its trailer obstructed several lanes of traffic or struck one or more cars.
truck accidents brought on by negligent driving, such as speeding or texting while driving.
