Commercial vehicles are subject to special safety rules because of the potential for a semi-truck to cause life-threatening and fatal injuries during a crash. Big rigs routinely weigh up to 80,000 pounds and have safety issues such as blind spots and slow to stop. People injured because of the carelessness of a professional truck […]
Each person or entity who has a role in a truck crash depends on the specific facts of each accident. While each crash is unique, after investigation, who can be held legally responsible for causing a crash can be predictably determined. The following may have responsibility in an 18 wheeler accident: The driver The motor […]
After a serious accident with the commercial vehicle, there are certain things that personal injury victims should do and shouldn’t do. The following is a list of things to do and things not to do after a serious injury crash. DO • Get as much information as you can from the scene • Make […]
With the major 18 wheeler accident, one involving serious injury or wrongful death, the importance of an early investigation and a quick response team cannot be over emphasized. It is the time when families who have lost a loved one are in shock and often mentally paralyzed due to the trauma of the loss. […]
According to a recent DOT study, the leading cause of serious injury or wrongful death in truck wrecks is poor decision-making by the truck driver. Determining Fault in a Truck Wreck One of the hardest parts of the study was defining the “cause” of the truck accident. Experienced personal injury lawyers […]
An injury 18-wheeler semi truck wreck case is complicated, so much so that only an experienced trucking accident attorney who knows the trucking regulations and trucking rules should be your choice of counsel. No Substitute For Experience There are diverse rules and regulations that are involved in the trial of a trucking accident personal injury […]
If you have been seriously injured in an 18-wheeler accident or if you have lost a family member due to a truck driver’s negligence, there’s a good chance that you will receive a call from an adjuster for the insurance company covering the trucking company and driver. Insurance adjusters are trained to take steps to […]
Recent developments in expert witness selection for a trucking accident lawsuit have served to clarify what is required of an attorney handling a case for personal injury victim. Texas courts have largely followed federal courts in analyzing when an expert may testify and when an expert should be excluded. There are four individual factors that […]
You’ve been in a truck accident, an insurance adjuster is calling and you don’t know what to do. This is a very common occurrence, one that we hear frequently at the Baumgartner Law Firm. Generally, we recommend that you do not speak with an adverse insurance adjuster until you have consulted with an experienced personal […]
One very important issue in a number of personal injury cases is whether or not the evidence has been preserved. One would guess that the answer would always be yes, however that is not the case. Some evidence by its very nature has a very limited life and will vanish after time. Skid marks on […]
After a very serious accident that resulted in severe injury, many people have a hard time coping with the changes to their circumstances and their injuries. At that time, it is difficult for an injury victim to do anything let alone hire an attorney to represent them in the eighteen-wheeler accident. Yet, it is at […]
Truck accidents are on the rise in US, especially in states like Texas and Florida. Each state has its own rules and regulations pertaining to such truck related accidents, but most have adopted the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Therefore victims of truck accidents need to be able to search for the best truck accident […]
With growing economy, the numbers of transport companies have also grown during the recent decade. And unfortunately, so have the serious injury and fatal semi truck accidents. But, it has to be noted that rules of the road are quite different for passenger cars and pickup trucks than they are for professional truck drivers. For […]
Almost from the very moment a semi-truck accident occurs, the process of collecting evidence begins as well. Law enforcement and accident ‘reconstructionists’ collect accounts from eyewitnesses, video proof from any cameras in the area; and other data in any formats that are available. Some of the most important data comes from the accident scene and […]
