San Antonio
Truck Accident Lawyer
An 18-wheeler at highway speed weighs up to 80,000 pounds.
Your car weighs about 4,000.
When a trucking company or a truck driver cuts corners on safety, the people in the smaller vehicle absorb that difference, and the injuries are almost always devastating. Broken bones, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord damage, burns, amputations, and in the worst cases, families left without someone who should still be here.
You were just driving to work, or taking your family somewhere, or doing what you always do, and someone operating a vehicle the size of a small building decided that the safety rules designed to protect you and everyone else on that highway didn't matter more than their agenda. Every single person sharing the road with these trucks is relying on the driver being rested, the brakes being inspected, the cargo being properly loaded, and the company behind that truck following federal regulations that exist for one reason: to keep the rest of us alive.
Why Truck Cases Are Different
Here's something most people don't realize, and it's the reason you need a lawyer who actually understands trucking litigation.
Truck drivers and trucking companies are subject to an entire body of federal regulation through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on top of Texas traffic law. These regulations cover hours of service (how long a driver can be behind the wheel before they are required to rest), pre-trip and post-trip inspection protocols, driver qualification standards, drug and alcohol testing, cargo securement rules, maintenance records, and electronic logging devices (ELDs) that create a digital record of every mile driven.
When those logs don't add up, you're looking at evidence, plain and simple, and trucking companies know it.
The moment a truck or 18-wheeler wreck happens, the trucking company sends its own investigation team. Their lawyers may be getting calls before the ambulance arrives. They are preserving, collecting, and sometimes strategically handling evidence while the injured person is still in the hospital trying to understand what happened.
Dash cam footage gets recorded over. ELD data expires after a retention period. Maintenance logs go missing. The truck itself gets repaired before anyone can inspect it. I've seen it happen, and it changes the outcome of cases. If you don't have a lawyer who moves fast and knows exactly what to demand, critical evidence can disappear.
The Chain of (Bad) Decisions
In almost every truck accident case I've handled, the driver wasn't the only one who made a bad decision.
There's usually a company behind the driver that created the conditions for this to happen. Did the trucking company pressure the driver to exceed hours of service limits to meet a delivery deadline? Did they skip required maintenance to save money? Did they hire a driver with a history of traffic violations because they were short-staffed, didn’t know, or didn’t care? Did they overload the trailer or fail to properly secure the cargo?
Every one of those questions points to a separate source of liability, additional accountability, and potentially additional insurance coverage. Commercial trucking policies typically carry $1 million or more. Getting that full policy is not guaranteed, but it is our gaol when the facts support it.
I-35 Through San Antonio
If you live here in San Antonio, or close by, you already know. I-35 through downtown, I-10 heading east and west, Highway 281 north, Loop 1604, these are some of the busiest commercial freight corridors in the country.
San Antonio sits at the crossroads of major trade routes, including heavy traffic coming north from the border through Laredo.
We've worked truck accident cases on many of these these highways, and we know how to build cases that account for the specific conditions, traffic patterns, and commercial vehicle dynamics of this area.
Time Matters
If you or someone you love has been in a truck accident, call a lawyer immediately.
Not next week, not after the hospital stay. Have a family member make the call if you can't. The trucking company's team is already working. You need someone on your team and in your corner who can move just as fast and who knows exactly where to look and how to preserve evidence.
We send preservation letters within hours (or minutes if we have the necessary information when a clients signs), retain accident reconstruction experts, and subpoena ELD data, maintenance records, driver qualification files, logs, payroll information, dispatch communications, etc.
We investigate and build the case from the ground up before the other side has a chance to control the narrative.
If you call us, we’d love to help to the maximum extent possible. The consultation is always 100% free.
For the ones who keep going, we're here, and we're ready.
Free Consultation.
No Fee Unless We Win.
If you've been hurt in a truck accident in San Antonio or anywhere in Texas, call me. The consultation is free. You'll talk to a human, not AI, not a chatbot.
And if we take your case, you pay nothing upfront. No hourly fees, no retainer. We get paid when you get paid. That's it. Because if I'm not willing to bet on your case with my own time and resources, I have no business asking you to trust me with it.