How Do Wrongful Death Truck Accident Cases Work in Texas?
How Wrongful Death Truck Accident Cases Work Losing a loved one is never easy. But losing a loved one due to something that is entirely preventable creates a pain all its own. Each year, thousands of families learn this firsthand by losing a loved one to an accident involving a commercial vehicle, such as an...
What Do Victims Need to Understand About the Opposition in Truck Accident Cases?
Understanding the Opposition in a Fatal Truck Accident Case As discussed in further detail on our page explaining the basics of these crashes, accidents with commercial vehicles need to be handled differently than those involving passenger vehicles. At Grossman Law Offices, one of the ways we prepare to do so is by researching our opponents,...
Do Trucking Companies Have to Pay for Funeral Expenses after a Fatal Truck Accident?
A fatal commercial truck accident is almost always devastating for the families of the victims. There's obviously a huge emotional toll involved in such a loss, but in a practical sense there may be serious financial burdens as well. For example, funerals for the victims can place some families in a difficult position. One of...
Which Family Members Can File Suit?
Under Texas Law, Which Family Members Can File a Wrongful Death Truck Accident Lawsuit? When 40 ton 18-wheelers are involved in an accident, the sheer size of the truck greatly increases the likelihood that the crash will be a fatal one. This leaves families without a mother, father, sister, daughter, or cousin. Texas law recognizes...
How Does Mediating a Commercial Vehicle Case Work?
Mediation can get you the compensation you deserve, without ever stepping foot inside a courtroom In the multi-stage process of litigating a commercial vehicle accident claim, mediation is the last stop before trial. It is essentially the civil justice system's attempt to broker a compromise that satisfies both parties. As you may know, settlement is...
How Does Trying a Commercial Vehicle Case in Texas Work?
An Overview of Truck Accident Jury Trials - by Texas Truck Accident Attorney Michael Grossman You've probably heard by now that most cases settle. The expense and time that trying a case before a jury require can lead even the most disagreeable parties to the negotiating table. Trials can be risky for both parties. No...
Why Do Trucking Companies Try to Blame Unidentified Vehicles for Crashes?
How Trucking Companies Try to Shift Blame Onto a Mystery Vehicle Among the many strategies trucking companies may try to avoid being held accountable for a crash is the "phantom car" defense, where they blame the accident on some mystery car. These vehicles apparently travel from place to place, cause wrecks involving semi-trucks, and then...
How Do Trucking Companies Use the Comparative Fault Defense Unfairly?
How Trucking Companies Use the Comparative Fault Defense Unfairly There exists a defense argument under Texas law known as the "comparative fault defense." While this defense is intended to be used to allow a negligent defendant to not be unfairly blamed for the whole extent of an accident when he or she is not entirely...
How Can Social Media Affect Your Truck Accident Case?
Trucking company lawyers will try to discredit your case using anything they can. That includes your social media posts. Social media is almost impossible not to engage in today. Many people have a false sense of privacy and feel that their social media activity is off-limits when it comes to their truck accident case. But...
How Does Truck Accident Litigation Work in Texas?
Litigating truck accident cases under Texas law: A complete walk-through by attorney Michael Grossman. Most people believe that when an accident with an 18-wheeler happens, the trucking company is obligated to pay the victims fair compensation. In reality, you must hire an attorney and make them pay. While every bit of an attorney's leverage in...
Do Drunk or Intoxicated Truck Accident Victims Have a Viable Case?
Trucking companies try and shift blame for accidents onto their victims by claiming they were intoxicated at the time of the crash. In this article, we'll discuss the defense strategy trucking companies use in which they argue that the other party's intoxication was the true cause of a crash, not the truck driver's negligence. When...
How Do Trucking Companies Use Family Issues to Devalue Your Claim?
How trucking companies make victim's or their family members look bad, and how that could impact your case Trucking companies facing the substantial costs of a civil suit after a crash love nothing more than to try to portray good families as dysfunctional to lower the jury's opinion of the plaintiff. If you've been in...
Can a Trucking Company Defend Itself by Claiming a Victim Was Sick or Elderly?
How trucking companies use a victim's age or health conditions to devalue their claim One defense strategy we've seen trucking companies use in wrongful death cases is arguing that, because the victim of a crash was old or sickly, their death is less significant and therefore should be considered less valuable to those left behind....
Are Road Conditions Really to Blame for My 18-Wheeler Accident?
How do road conditions impact a truck accident case? Trucking companies often like to downplay their liability by trying to blame a crash on road conditions, rather than their driver's negligence. Why do trucking companies try to blame road conditions? Well, put simply, they do so because don't want to compensate you for your injuries...
Do I Have to Prove My Losses in a Commercial Truck Accident Lawsuit?
How We Prove Your Losses in a Truck Accident Case Truck accident cases play out in several phases. First, our attorneys gather evidence to learn what happened, and then we use the evidence to prove the defendant is at fault. But once we establish the defendant's liability, the next step to winning your truck accident...
Do I Need Testimony From an Economist in a Truck Accident Case?
How can the expert witness testimony of an economist can help demonstrate the value of your case to a jury? Winning an accident lawsuit against a trucking company is a trying, challenging ordeal. The best way to make the process as easy as possible is to stack the cards early in your favor. One way...
How Does a Lawyer Prove a Trucking Company Is Liable for an Accident?
Truck accident cases never settle because a trucking company decides to do the right thing and pay fair compensation to their victims. The only thing that makes them pay for their misconduct is either a jury verdict against them or the fear that a jury will rule against them. As such, your case must be...
How Can a Truck Driver’s Past Medical Info Help My Case?
A Truck Driver's Medical Records Can Be a Vital Source of Evidence in a Commercial Vehicle Accident Lawsuit. Commercial trucking companies owe a duty to all of us to make sure that their drivers do not pose a danger on the highway. A serious risk is posed by truckers who drive while suffering from certain...
How Do I Obtain a Trucking Companies Maintenance Records after an Accident?
After a truck accident, you need the truck's maintenance records. Many truck accidents are caused by a mechanical failure, such as a tire blowout, brake failure, or an engine stall that leaves the truck blocking a roadway. Naturally, when such an accident occurs, one of the most important pieces of evidence in the ensuing case...
Can Truck Driver Drug & Alcohol Test Results Be Used as Evidence?
How Drug Tests For Truck Drivers Are Supposed to Work. Our experience has shown us that in many cases of truck drivers causing accidents, alcohol or drugs have been an influence. According to federal regulations, all trucking companies are required to submit employees who have a commercial driver's license (CDL) to random drug and alcohol...