Personal Injury Services
San Diego Truck Accident Lawyer
Truck cases involve commercial policies, corporate defendants, and evidence that disappears fast. Move quickly.
Experience on Both Sides
We Know How Trucking Companies Defend These Claims
A collision with a commercial truck is a different kind of case. The injuries are usually severe. The defendant is usually a business, with commercial insurance, defense counsel, and a claims team that starts working the file the day of the crash. Driver logs, maintenance records, and onboard data can be overwritten or lost within weeks unless someone acts to preserve them.
Chris Villasenor has spent more than 30 years handling serious injury litigation, and his practice includes representing trucking and hauling businesses on the defense side. That means he understands how trucking companies operate, how their insurers defend claims, and where the pressure points are when he brings a claim on behalf of an injured client.
Details that Matter
What Makes Truck Cases Different
Multiple liable parties. Driver, trucking company, freight broker, maintenance contractor, and cargo loader may all share responsibility.
Commercial policies. Commercial trucks carry policies many times larger than personal auto coverage, and carriers defend them accordingly.
Evidence on a clock. Hours-of-service logs, inspection records, and electronic data must be preserved before they disappear.
Regulatory standards. State and federal trucking regulations create standards of care that shape the case.
FAQs
Questions Clients Often Ask
Answers to the questions injured clients raise most often about these cases.
Commercial truck cases can involve business defendants, commercial insurance policies, multiple potentially responsible parties, state and federal trucking standards, and records that may be overwritten or lost quickly. The trucking company and its claims team may also begin investigating immediately after the crash.
Important truck accident evidence can include driver logs, hours-of-service records, maintenance and inspection records, and onboard electronic data. Because some of that information can disappear or be overwritten, the firm prepares accepted truck accident cases with evidence preservation and potential litigation in mind from the beginning.
Depending on the facts, potentially responsible parties may include the trucking company, freight broker, maintenance contractor, or cargo loader in addition to the driver. Identifying each party can be important to understanding how the crash happened and which commercial policies may apply.
Speak With an Attorney Who Knows Your Case
If a commercial vehicle caused your injuries, the company's team is already working. Get someone working for you.