What Should You Do First?
Before you speak with an insurance company, or accept even a single dollar of payment or compensation, or sign anything, or attempt to file a lawsuit on your own, you must contact our competent lawyers.
Here’s a perfect example of why.
We were once hired by the families of two men who were involved in a terrible accident with a big rig after the initial accident that did not involve our clients. The truck’s trailer was stretched across an unlit road on a moonless night. Only the tail lights of the trailer near the highway’s shoulder were visible to oncoming drivers. Our clients rounded a curve and smashed into the trailer. One man died at the scene. The other was left fighting for his life. More on this website
The force of the collision ripped off the roof of the vehicle. The next day we were hired, flew to the scene of the accident and quickly begin our investigation. Our client’s car was already in the salvage yard by the time we arrived. We examined the vehicle and found it odd that the headlights were gone. This immediately raised a red flag, especially when we spotted a security camera trained on the yard. We asked the owner to view the video and were appalled to see someone with the trucking company illegally removing the headlights! Then the company tried to claim our client had been driving a car without them. You can imagine the egg on their faces when we produced the video that caught them red-handed. You can also guess who won this case.
So here’s the thing. If the love ones of these two men who were doing nothing more than driving down the road (sober we might add), minding their own business when they ran into the big rig had waited just a couple of days to hire us, this crucial video evidence would have been gone forever, because, in order to reduce costs, the salvage yard’s surveillance system recorded over its tapes every two days.
This is why you must take steps to preserve the evidence in your case now and to act quickly. You must hire a lawyer to begin investigating the accident scene immediately. Every second you wait, evidence can disappear, sometimes very curiously. Witnesses’ memories fade. Or their stories’ can “mysteriously” change. The accident scene changes either by the passing of just a few days or because your opponents do it themselves. Lies and missing evidence can cripple your legal right to fair compensation for a big rig accident from the moment it happens only if you allow it to happen by waiting just a day or two before hiring an experienced commercial trucking accident attorney following your wreck. If you want an advantage, don’t waste the “golden day” (or two) after your big rig wreck by being indecisive.
As soon as we are hired, our Law Firms’ investigators begin a thorough inquest of the accident scene. We uncover every bit of evidence that proves the liability of the truck driver, the trucking company and any other third-parties. We inspect all the vehicles involved. We clearly survey the accident scene, measure distances, hunt for photographic and video evidence and assemble it all to prove your strong case. No stone is left unturned to bring all the evidence into play that proves beyond reproach, your damage claim.
Take Back Your Life After Big Rig Accident with the Help of an Experienced Lawyer
Insurance companies begin their fight against injury claims before the accidents even occur. They have experienced attorneys on staff or permanent retainers. They’re just waiting to take on personal injury claims. They specialize in cases like yours and know every trick known to them to tilt the case in their favor. Insurance defense lawyers (and adjusters) race to the scene of an accident as soon as it happens and begin investigating to build a case against you while you are still deciding whether or not you should even hire a lawyer. The best way for a seriously injured victim in a big rig accident to ensure full compensation is to find assistance from an experienced big rig wreck lawyer who knows how to clearly prove defendant liability and win just and fair damage compensation. You only get one bite at the compensation apple. And once it’s lost, there are no do-overs.
Our Law Firm has decades of hard-fought experience handling personal injury litigation in commercial trucking accident cases. If you or a loved one has been hit by one of these trucks, our expertise assures that you receive the fairest compensation possible for the injuries and pain you have suffered. We’ve helped deliver millions of dollars to hundreds of big rig accident victims in Texas. So if you or a loved one has been involved in a trucking accident in Texas, our experienced accident lawyers can win the best compensation possible for you.
Call us today at 1(800) 862-1260 (toll-free) for a free consultation to continue your road to total recovery and that of your family.