Texas has become a key player in interstate traffic as more 18-wheeler trucks and other commercial delivery vehicles use our highways and roadways. This increase in traffic also results in an increase in accidents. When a semi truck and a passenger vehicle collide, the rules of physics come into play. Due to the size, weight and speed of large commercial vehicles, most often, passenger vehicles are demolished and the occupants are severely injured or killed.
At the Law Offices of Michael R. De La Paz in San Antonio and Corpus Christi, we represent injured parties and the families of those killed in 18-wheeler accidents and commercial vehicle crashes. Our firm has pursued justice and obtained recovered damages for accident victims, since 1996.
As your personal injury attorney, Michael De La Paz will work with law enforcement officials to secure and protect important evidence. We also utilize a team of investigators and experts to discover important facts. Together, we examine as many details as reasonably possible to learn what really happened and to build a solid case for your compensation.
Like any highway accident, a wide range of circumstances can lead to a trucking accident. The driver may have been distracted, under the influence of drugs or alcohol, lacked sufficient training or may have fallen asleep at the wheel. However, other causes may be beyond the control of a truck driver, such as mechanical failure, improper loading or lack of essential maintenance.
When an 18-wheeler or tractor-trailer is involved in an accident, trucking companies and their insurance representatives are often at the scene before the police and take quick action to protect the interests of the truckers and the companies they work for.
If you are involved in trucking accident, it is equally important for you to seek legal counsel immediately to protect your legal rights and preserve evidence before it is altered or lost. By filing a claim immediately after a trucking accident, your action forces drivers and trucking companies to provide investigators access to equipment and records to determine the cause of the accident and liability for any loss resulting from the accident.
If you were injured in a trucking accident in Texas, call the police, seek medical treatment and then call the Law Offices of Michael R. De La Paz at (210) 225-HURT (4878) or toll free (800) 645-8553. Do not make any recorded statements for or sign anything from the at-fault party’s insurance company until you talk to us. By working with the Law Offices of Michael R. De La Paz, we can protect your rights to bring a claim against the trucking company and/or the driver and to pursue maximum compensation for your loss.
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The Law Offices of Michael De La Paz represents clients throughout Texas in all areas of personal injury and consumer law.
The law firm serves cities including, but not limited to San Antonio, San Marcos New Braunsfels, Austin, Port Aransas, Rockport, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, McAllen, Del Rio, Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Dallas, Fort Worth, Kingsville, Alice and Harlingen as well as the counties of Bexar, Travis, Dallas, Harris, Tarrant, Jefferson, Hays, Cameron and Val Verde.