What to Do After a Truck Wreck
Tractor-Trailer Truck /Semi Truck / 18 Wheeler Truck Accidents
After a Dallas tractor-trailer trucking accident it is natural to feel overwhelmed and confused. Catastrophic injuries often accompany these devastating accidents, and it is precisely during this time of vulnerability that many insurance companies take advantage of trucking accident victims. Unfortunately, many victims of Texas trucking accidents fail to obtain immediate legal counsel. As a result, they significantly jeopardize their chances of maximizing their case value after a catastrophic Texas trucking accident. If you haven’t yet contacted one of the skilled and knowledgeable trucking accident attorneys at Tate Law Offices, here are two very important facts to consider:
Never speak to anyone outside of our firm: Under no circumstance should you or anyone you know speak with anyone at the tractor-trailer trucking company–including:
- Trucking company representatives
- Current or past employees
- Trucking company insurance agents
- Investigators
- Trucking company lawyers
In addition, you should also advise your friends, family and anyone else who is involved, not to speak with anyone from the tractor trailer trucking company. Any statement you make can and most likely will be used against you. Even a few simple words can be taken out of context and used as a means to deny you Texas trucking accident lawsuit. If someone from the tractor-trailer trucking company contacts you, call your Texas trucking accident lawyer immediately. Our veteran Dallas trucking accident lawyers know how to effectively deal with insurance companies after a serious trucking accident Texas or anywhere in the nation.
Contact a Trucking Accident Attorney Immediately: Important items like the tractor-trailer truck’s black box, GPS data, driver’s logs, and even the tractor-trailer truck itself have a way of disappearing with crucial evidence that could be used to prove your Texas tractor trailer lawsuit. Mere minutes after an 18-wheeler truck accident, the trucking company is working diligently with its trucking accident attorney’s to make data and evidence collection as difficult as possible. The sooner you contact and hire an aggressive tractor trailer accident attorney at Tate Law Offices to represent YOUR interests, the sooner we will be able to prevent crucial evidence from being lost or destroyed by the 18-wheeler company.
Texas Tractor Trailer Truck Accidents Should be Investigated At Once
After a catastrophic 18-wheeler truck wreck, our Dallas, Texas trucking accident attorneys immediately protect your case and add value to your insurance claim by:
- Sending a highly-trained 18-wheeler Texas truck accident reconstruction professional to the crash site to take photos, necessary measurements and to collect evidence
- Locating the tractor-trailer truck’s black box and recover any available data
- Finding the tractor-trailer truck’s Global Positioning System (GPS) and retrieving the 18-wheeler truck’s coordinates at the time of the Texas truck wreck
- Securing eyewitness and bystander statements
- Serving notice letters to the tractor-trailer trucking company, demanding that all evidence be preserved and maintained in its post-accident state
- Examining the tractor-trailer truck company's licenses, insurance, safety record, etc.
- Executing a complete background and criminal history of the Texas tractor-trailer truck driver at the time of the wreck
- Obtaining the police report of the accident
- Acquiring autopsy records in the event the 18-wheeler truck wreck resulted in death
- Researching the best venue in which to bring the tractor-trailer truck claim to court – even though the accident may have occurred in Texas or another state, the tractor-trailer truck company can many times be sued in a variety of jurisdictions such as Dallas, Fort Worth, or Houston, Texas; Santa Fe or Albuquerque, New Mexico; Oklahoma City or Tulsa, Oklahoma; New Orleans, Louisiana; or Little Rock, Arkansas.
EXAMPLE: In a recent tractor-trailer truck case, we put more than $3.7 million dollars into our clients’ pockets – money that went directly into their bank accounts – largely because we gained access to the 18-wheeler accident site and witnesses immediately after the wreck, allowing us to document and uncover evidence that might otherwise have been lost.
The lawyers at Tate Law Offices are committed to expediting your case and maximizing the value of your insurance claim or lawsuit.
CALL US AT 214-509-6995, 817-479-9174, or 888-207-7701 FOR A FREE CONSULTATION REGARDING YOUR TRACTOR-TRAILER CASE.
