San Antonio Truck Accident Lawyers

These are by no means all of the dangerous roads and intersections in San Antonio. However, it is a strong example of how hazardous the city’s roads can be, particularly for large, heavy, and cumbersome vehicles.

If you were hit by a truck and suffered injuries in San Antonio or Bexar County, do not hesitate to call a San Antonio truck accident lawyer.

The Law Giant, Personal Injury & Accident Lawyers is highly experienced in handling truck accident claims. Let us investigate the wreck, gather evidence, and fight hard for you to receive appropriate compensation.

Types of Truck Accidents We Handle

Our truck accident lawyers represent victims who were injured in all types of truck accidents. We do not limit our practice to certain types of commercial vehicles or certain kinds of events. Following any truck accident, you can call us for help.

• 18-Wheeler Accidents
• Trailer Accidents
• Underride & Override Accidents
• Jackknife Accidents
• Tractor-Trailer Accidents
• Wide Turn Accidents
• Runaway Truck Accidents
• Hazardous Material Spills
• Rollover Accidents
• Blind Spot Accidents
• Tanker Truck Accidents

After a car accident, the cause of the crash is often obvious. It may be that someone was tailgating you, and when you suddenly stopped, they rear-ended you. Or, someone may have been speeding, running a red light, and collided with you in an intersection. However, truck accidents are not always as obvious.

It can be extremely difficult to know what went wrong. It is hard to tell if the trucker was negligent, or if the trucker did everything they could despite the circumstances.

For example, if a truck’s brakes fail, the driver has limited options on how to avoid a crash. That being said, many truck accidents are the result of driver negligence, such as speeding, conducting dangerous maneuvers, or driving while overly tired.

To find out what went wrong and who is at fault, you are going to need a semi-truck accident lawyer to conduct an in-depth investigation. At The Law Giant, we will immediately seek to preserve potential evidence.

We will gather all of the evidence possible and file a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit. By filing suit, we have the opportunity to use the discovery process to gather more evidence, including depositions of the truck driver, their employer, and other parties.

• Truck Driver
• Trucking Company
• Maintenance Provider
• Vendor for the Trucking Company
• Cargo Owner
• Loading Company
• Truck Manufacturer

FMCSA Regulations & San Antonio Truck Accidents

A significant component of truck accident law are the federal regulations created and enforced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Commercial vehicles and motor carriers are highly regulated. They essentially have to follow rules regarding everything they do. This is the federal government’s way of making the trucking industry as safe as possible. A San Antonio truck accident lawyer will investigate all potential violations of these critical regulations.

A brief example of some FMCSA regulations, which may be relevant to your truck accident case, include:

• A truck driver’s qualifications, including a commercial driver’s license and necessary license endorsements;
• Hours of service regulations: how long a truck driver can operate the vehicle within a certain period;
• Truck inspections;
• Truck maintenance;
• The length, width, and weight of different types of trucks and their cargo; and
• The legal blood alcohol limit for commercial drivers: .04 percent.

Through a lawsuit and insurance claim, The Law Giant will fight for you to receive compensation for:

• Medical Expenses
• Lost Wages
• Pain and Suffering
• Emotional Distress and Mental Anguish
• Disfigurement
• Physical Limitations
• Lost Earning Capacity

Fatal Truck Accident Claims

Due to the size, weight, and speed of semi-trucks at the time of most collisions, our truck accident law firm has unfortunately handled many fatal truck accident claims. We have worked with many parents, husbands, wives, and children who have lost loved ones in a truck wreck. Their only goal is to move on with their lives and get some sense of justice, as well as to financially recover from the crash, through a San Antonio wrongful death claim.

In a wrongful death lawsuit, we can fight for your family to receive compensation for:

• Medical Expenses
• Funeral and Burial Expenses
• Lost Financial Support
• Lost Inheritance
• Loss of Society, Companionship, and Love
• Loss of Household Services
• Emotional Distress and Mental Anguish

Preserving Evidence is Critical

One of the most significant issues with a truck accident case is that you cannot access important evidence easily. Instead, the trucking company, truck driver, maintenance provider, manufacturer, and other businesses have control over the evidence. This means you need a semi-truck accident attorney to take steps to protect this evidence from disappearing and to gain possession to that evidence.

To ensure evidence is not lost, also known as spoliation, we will send a spoliation letter to the other parties involved in the crash. This letter will notify them of your forthcoming claim and specify certain pieces of evidence or broader categories of evidence that must be maintained from that date onward.

This improves your chances of gathering the truck driver’s records, including those related to hours of service regulations and vehicle inspections, trucking company records, vehicle maintenance and repair records, and data from the truck’s “black box.”