Houston 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers

Getting injured in an 18 Wheeler Accident in Houston is one of the most horrific experiences in anyone’s life. While you are seeking treatment for your injuries, struggling with the mounting medical bills or dealing with the devastating loss of a loved one, you should strongly consider reaching out to a Houston 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyer to explore your legal options for financial recovery.

One of the most important steps you should take in the aftermath of your 18 Wheeler Personal Injury Accident or the Wrongful Death of a loved one is to hire a trusted law firm that has demonstrated skills and experience in handling truck accident cases involving 18 Wheelers in Houston. At Miller Weisbrod Olesky, our legal team is ready to guide and assist you every step of the way until you receive the financial compensation you are entitled to from all the parties liable for your injuries.

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We will fight to make sure you get all financial compensation you deserve through settlement against the responsible trucking company and their insurers or take your case to trial with through preparation of evidence and a winning legal strategy if they fail to pay you the money you are owed. Schedule your free consultation with our legal team today. Our proven record of success in obtaining substantial settlements and verdicts for our injured clients speaks for itself.

Our Truck Accident attorneys are led by Clay Miller who is Board-Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law. Less than 3% of all Texas attorneys have achieved board certification and less than that have a personal injury trial law board certification which required numerous jury trials and the passing a rigorous exam in the specialty.

Our law firm has recovered more than $1.3 Billion in settlements for clients in all kinds of personal injury, wrongful death, car accident cases, truck accidents, construction accidents and even medical malpractice lawsuits.

If you were hurt or a loved one was severely injured or tragically killed in a trucking accident, immediate investigation and concerted legal action may be necessary to protect your right to seek maximum recovery. Contact our Houston 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers for a free consultation.

This is my first time needing a law firm and I can’t think of anyone better, they were extremely courteous, and determined to get me exactly what I am owed. I can’t thank them enough for what they have done for me they really do care when it comes to their clients!

Ryan

Miller Weisbrod Olesky Client

To ensure maximum possible financial recovery for your personal injuries or the wrongful death of a family member in an 18 Wheeler Crash in Houston, the lawyers at Miller Weisbrod Olesky will move fast to take the following steps as soon as you sign up with us.

• Getting You the Best Medical Care for your Truck Accident Personal Injuries:
  If you need medical treatment for your injuries, our legal team will work with specialists to make sure you receive the quality of care you need. If you cannot afford to pay for a doctor we will find one that will wait on a financial recovery before requiring you to pay. We even work with surgeons and hospitals that will cost you nothing up front if you have a serious injury requiring a surgery.


• Collecting Evidence to Establish a Strong Claim for the 18 Wheeler Accident:
  The trucking company will hire insurance adjusters and investigators to be on the scene within hours or even minutes. It’s a sad reality that we have handled Wrongful Death 18 Wheeler Accident Cases where the insurance company arrives on the accident scene before the victim has even been removed from the wreckage.
  
  Our experienced 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers in Houston will waste no time in reaching the crash site to collect physical and forensic evidence, photograph and videograph the scene of accident, talk to potential eyewitnesses, and move legally to obtain the truck’s black box data, video recording device, driver’s logs, trucking company records, cargo loader records, and truck maintenance records to identify all negligent parties that should be held liable.
  
  The Miller Weisbrod Olesky 18 Wheeler Accident Attorneys in Greater Houston employ in house investigators and videographers that can be at the scene anywhere in the Houston or Southeast Texas area within minutes of you contacting our office. The key is to contact our truck accident lawyers quickly so we can get to the scene and protect your rights!


• Analyzing the Data and Evidence to Prove Liability in the 18 Wheeler Accident:
  Our 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers work with highly skilled accident reconstruction experts that will make sure we find out the true cause of the accident regardless of what the police may believe. We hire black box analysts and other expert witnesses who will work together with our in-house investigators to analyze all available evidence and data to determine how and why the accident happened. We will uncover FMCSA violations as well as state law violations that the trucking company and any third parties may have committed that contributed to your accident and injuries.


• Negotiating with the Defendants and Preparing for Trial against Trucking companies:
  With our formidable track record of large settlements and verdicts in 18 Wheeler Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases, our 18 Wheeler Accident Attorneys can negotiate hard with all the potential defendants and insurance companies to get you the rightful settlement. At the same time, we will spare no effort and expense in preparing for the trial during this time, if it becomes necessary in order to maximize your damages we will not hesitate to try your case to a jury.

The size and weight of an 18 Wheeler increases the risk of Catastrophic Injuries and Wrongful Death in any accident with another vehicle. Our Houston 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers understand what an injured victim or the family members who have lost a loved one goes through in the aftermath of a crash with a large, heavily loaded commercial truck.

• Traumatic Brain Injury:
  An injury to the head and brain can have permanent debilitating effects depending on the severity of the injury. Accidents involving 18 Wheelers often result in life-altering Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), leading to extensive pain and suffering, permanent disability or even death of the victim. Victims of a traumatic brain injury after a truck accident often are under-diagnosed. TBI victims often suffer from problems at work due to concentration, attention and memory problems. Other common brain injury symptoms after an 18 Wheeler Accident include a change in personality, loss or change in smell, vertigo (dizziness) or even hearing loss/ringing in the ears (tinnitus).
  
  

  

  
  
  Our expert 18 Wheeler Accident Attorneys understand how Personal Injury Victims are at risk of a traumatic brain injury due to a truck wreck and will make sure you are evaluated by the appropriate medical specialists.

NOTABLE CASE
Traumatic Brain Injury: Our client was ejected from his vehicle following a commercial vehicle accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury. When the insurance company refused to take responsibility for the accident, we announced ready for trial. Suddenly, the insurance company changed its position and paid our client $4,350,000 to compensate him for his injuries.

• Spinal Cord Injury:
  The nerves, muscles or bones in the spinal cord may get injured due to the massive impact in an 18 Wheeler Crash. Spinal cord injuries may lead to full or partial paralysis in various areas of the body. Injured victims usually require surgeries and complex rehabilitation, and may go through prolonged pain and suffering. Many spinal cord injuries have lifetime effects—we work with highly specialized medical experts called “life care planners” to help the insurance company and jury understand the complications and costs of a spinal cord injury.





• Internal Organ Injury:
  The blunt force trauma resulting from a collision with an 18 Wheeler may cause serious damage to critical internal organs, such as the lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, spleen or bladder. Internal organ injuries are often hard to treat, life threatening, and may sometimes require complex and expensive organ transplants.


• Amputation Injuries:
  The crushing impact in an 18 Wheeler Collision may sometimes lead to the upper or lower limbs or extremities getting severed during the accident. In some other cases, a surgical amputation may have to be carried out later to save the injured victim’s life.


• Burn Injuries:
  Burn injuries are dangerously common in 18 Wheeler Crashes in Houston, especially when the truck is carrying oil, chemicals, inflammable materials or other hazardous cargo. Fuel tank damage during the accident can also cause a fire or explosion, leading to second or third degree burns for the victims. Some burn injuries can be fatal.

NOTABLE CASE:
Burn Injuries: When an 18 wheeler driver chose to drive after very little sleep and then attempt to read an email on his on-board computer. His tractor-trailer rear-ended our client’s car causing a post-crash fire. We proved the trucking company (one of the country’s largest companies) knowingly had disabled a lock-out device that would keep drivers from using their on-board computers. Days before trial, the trucking company and its insurance companies paid the family of our client $6,000,000 and announced they would be locking out thousands of truck computers from use while driving.

• Other Injuries:
  Broken bones, fractures, neck and back injuries, rib and torso injuries, cuts and lacerations, disfigurement injuries, and airbag and seatbelt injuries are some of the other serious injuries that may result from your Accident with an 18 Wheeler. Wrongful Death in Catastrophic 18 Wheeler Crashes is also not uncommon in Houston.

Your best chance to maximize your financial recovery in an 18 wheeler personal injury claim is to prove the liability of the trucking company and/or other defendants, such as cargo loaders, auto repair and maintenance companies, truck tire and component manufacturers, construction companies, and third party vendors.

The dedicated and capable Houston 18 wheeler accident lawyers at Miller Weisbrod Olesky will not stop at proving the liability of the negligent trucker. We will investigate the underlying causes for the driver’s speeding, aggressive driving, fatigued or drowsy driving, distracted driving, or other bad driving behavior.

The trucking company may have a pattern of pushing the limits and pressuring their drivers to meet unrealistic delivery deadlines. They may have indulged in poor hiring and training practices to cut costs and overcome labor shortages. The trucking company can be held vicariously responsible for the driver’s Hours of Service (HOS) rule violations and other violations of FMCSA regulations.

When the 18 Wheeler carrying non-hazardous materials weighs more than 10,001 pounds, the minimum liability insurance coverage is $750,000. In case of hazardous materials, the insurance coverage goes up to $5 million. Our Houston 18 Wheeler Accident Attorneys will negotiate with the insurance company as well as the trucking company directly (where the motor carrier has bought a self-insured retention policy) to maximize your settlement for your injuries or the wrongful death of a loved one.

With a 30-year history heading the 18 Wheeler Accident Department of Miller Weisbrod Olesky, firm partner Clay Miller has a proven record of holding Trucking Companies accountable. Clay regularly speaks to Trial Lawyer Groups around Houston and across the State of Texas on the topics of trucking discovery and trial techniques and the latest Trucking Technologies in order to better assist 18 Wheeler Accident Cases throughout the state of Texas.

Clay was asked to be the featured speaker for the Texas Trial Lawyers Association on the new changes to trucking laws passed by the State of Texas. Clay has been consistently listed in Super Lawyers as one of the Best Lawyers in Texas, published in Texas Monthly, for over 15 years. Miller Weisbrod Olesky is regularly recognized by the U.S. News and World Report as one of the top injury law firms in the United States.