Dump Truck Accident Attorneys

Have you or a loved one been involved in a Houston dump truck accident? Our experienced Houston dump truck accident attorneys can help you.

Houston Texas is home to numerous accidents involving dump trucks each year due to the high volume of construction in the area.

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Most people know that dump truck accidents usually cause considerably more damage conventional car accidents.

However, it is not so commonly known that legal cases spawned by dump truck accidents are considerably different that those stemming from car accident cases. It can be quite detrimental to approach a dump truck accident case in the same fashion you would a car accident.


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Did you know: Dump trucks are insured by rather large commercial insurance policies. These policies are usually about 50 times greater in value than a conventional automobile policy. As a result of this, these insurance policies are heavily protected against. In the course of filing a claim, you will experience aggressive opposition as the carrier scrambles to do anything to avoid a large payout.

Did you know: The adjusters assigned to commercial vehicle insurance policies are the most aggressive adjusters in the industry. These adjusters are assigned to these policies because they have proven themselves to be highly effective at saving money for their insurance company. Generally, these commercial policy adjusters have several years of experience and have promoted into these upper level positions. In addition to their experience, these commercial policy adjusters have a vested financial interest in paying you as little as possible as they are paid bonuses and commissions based on their ability to deny or reduce claims.

Did you know: The insurance carriers that insure dump trucks understand the risk associated with one of their vehicles injuring someone. They know that such a large vehicle can inflict massive damage. In order to further protect their insurance policy form this risk, commercial insurance carriers will have a team of defense attorneys on standby at all times. These attorneys are dispatched at a moments notice to start building a case against you.

Did you know: Large trucks are subjected regulations defined by the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration. In addition to that, there are state level laws which also apply to these trucks. This results in a complex scenarios where one set of laws may be at odds with another. Commercial policy insurance adjusters routinely assign an unfair portion of blame or deny claims based on technicalities that you have probably never even heard of.

Did you know: If a dump truck driver is found to be the cause of a serious accident, their ability to earn an income is on the line. As you can imagine, with so much at stake these drivers will sometimes say anything they can to keep their record clean. You can usually bet that the dump truck driver will say that the accident is your fault. Often, the accident victim is taken from the scene by ambulance and the dump truck driver’s less than accurate description of the events is all that the police report may initially record.

Did you know: Another method that insurance companies use to protect their valuable policies is to have a special investigative team which is dispatched to every accident scene. In Houston, most of the major insurance companies have investigative teams in the area at all times. That means that they are never more than a few minutes away from an accident scene. These investigators are looking for any evidence they can use to blame the accident on you, and deny your claim.

In most of the dump truck accident cases that our firm has worked, these investigators arrived on the scene before our client ever even left in an ambulance.

Did you know: By the time you have discovered this website and read this information, your dump truck accident has already been investigated by accident recreation experts, defense attorneys, and adjusters who are all working against you.

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When you are facing such opposition from professionals who spend all day every day working against people just like you, it becomes quite obvious that you need a team of your own to fight back.

Our experienced and aggressive Houston dump truck accident lawyers would like to be that team.

Our Houston personal injury attorneys have spent the last 20 years defending the rights of innocent accident victims, just like you, from the greed of commercial insurance companies.


Some of Our Most Recent Successful Cases
$102,500.00 Recovery - Commercial Vehicle Accident (Both Legs Broken)
Recovery for client who suffered injuries to both legs in a truck accident.
Total Recovery:
$102,500.00
Attorney Fees:
$40,833.00
Litigation Expenses:
$19,984.00
$250,000.00 Recovery - Wrongful Death / Commercial Vehicle Accident
(policy limits) A young mother was killed in an accident involving two commercial vehicles, one an 18-wheeler. The accident occurred as the young woman was a passenger in a vehicle that was traveling down a highway in the early morning hours. Without warning, the vehicle in which she was a passenger collided with a stalled 18-wheeler that parked in the right of way, resulting in catastrophic injuries that claimed the young woman's life soon thereafter.

The authorities initially faulted the driver of the vehicle in which the victim was a passenger, stating that he was using an electronic device rather than paying full attention to the roadway. However, the 18-wheeler was indeed blocking the roadway and plaintiff alleged that the vehicle did not follow the requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act in regard to providing adequate reflective or laminated warning at specific intervals. Further, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant failed to remove his vehicle from the roadway when he first noticed signs of mechanical failure.

Had he simply moved to the shoulder of the road, plaintiffs argued, his lack of adequate warning signs would have been inconsequential. An initial settlement has been obtained in this case, yet litigation has commenced in full against the remaining defendant, and is currently ongoing.
Total Recovery:
$250,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$78,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$370.00
$700,000.00 Recovery - Commercial Vehicle Accident / Work Injury (Fractured Pelvis, Other Internal Injuries)
A loading dock employee suffered a fractured and damage to internal organs as the result of a crushing injury sustained when an 18-wheeler backed into him and crushed him between the trailer and loading dock.
Total Recovery:
$700,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$175,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$1,084.00
$145,000.00 Recovery - Commercial Vehicle Accident (Back and Neck Injury)
Recovery for driver struck from behind by 18-wheeler: Driver sustained back and neck injury.
Total Recovery:
$145,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$48,333.00
Litigation Expenses:
$2,696.00
$150,000.00 Recovery - Automobile Accident (Nerve Damage)
Recovery for client who suffered nerve damage and required steroid injections as a result of a car accident.
Total Recovery:
$150,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$50,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$4,800.00
$1,000,000.00 Recovery - Wrongful Death/ Commercial Vehicle Accident
(policy limits) A husband and father of three was killed when the driver of an 18-wheeler veered into oncoming traffic, striking the young man's vehicle and several others. The defendant was employed by a small construction company that operated only a single 18-wheeler. As such, the defendants were largely underinsured and were not financially solvent.

Furthermore, the defendants had an eroding insurance policy and numerous other parties were intent upon filing claims of their own since the 18-wheeler struck multiple other vehicles. This created the need for an aggressive and rapid response before the other claimants could erode the policy.

Defense counsel made it clear that they wished to litigate the case despite the insurmountable liability arguments that our attorneys presented. They intended to designate a third party as a responsible defendant since the accident happened in a construction zone, even though it was abundantly clear that the construction zone played no role in the crash.

Additonally, the defendants made it clear that they wished to downplay the extent of the damages by virtue of a character assasination on the decedent. Fortunately for our clients, our firm has successfully litigated against the defendant's insurer in nearly a dozen cases, so the carrier was quite aware of our courtroom capabilities. We presented a sample lawsuit to the defendant's insurance carrier and informed them that the lawsuit was to be filed the moment that they refused to settle.

Additionally, our attorneys submitted a Stowers' Demand with a brief window of time for the defendants to respond. We made it abundantly clear that we intended to seek punitive damages and that we would assert the full limits of the carrier's exposure under the Stowers' Demand should the carrier not offer policy limits.

The defendant's attorney adamantly persuaded the carrier to litigate, however, our attorney's threats of litigation, past track record, and incredibly aggressive pre-litigation actions convinced the insurance carrier to disregard their own attorney's advice and to settle the case, lest they face our attorneys in court.

Had our clients been represented by virtually any other firm who did not have our specific track record or who would have not recognized that this case required special and immediate attention coupled with an abnormally aggressive stance, the client's would have certainly been tied up in litigation for years, with the limited supply of funds rapidly depleting since the other claimants who did not need to litigate would have essentially had right of first refusal.
Total Recovery:
$1,000,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$333,333.00
Litigation Expenses:
$0.00
$335,000.00 Recovery - Wrongful Death/ Commercial Vehicle Accident
The mother of a young man hired our firm to investigate the death of her son following a fatal car accident. The incident occurred as one of the two vehicles involved ran a red light and drive into the path of the other. The defendant was driving a work vehicle for a construction company. The defendant survived the accident and stated to police that the decedent caused the accident. The police could not conclusively determine who was at fault, yet the police report strongly implied that the decedent was likely at fault based on the statement provided by the defendant.

The plaintiff's mother was not convinced. Through a thorough investigation, we ultimately determined that the stoplight that the defendant claimed that our client ran, in fact, worked on a timer whereby the light was always green between certain hours unless a vehicle traveling on the intersecting road had been stopped at the right light for more than 30 seconds. Based on an analysis of the vehicles and tire markings, it was conclusively determined that both vehicles were traveling at the speed limit, which clearly indicates that the defendant driver had not accelerated from stop, rather, he was traveling at the speed limit, which would not have triggered a green light for the defendant.

The logical implications of this information is that the light could not have been red for the plaintiff, and it certainly would have been red for the defendant. As a consequence of this information, the case was resolved through litigation.
Total Recovery:
$335,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$134,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$63,000.00
$300,000.00 Recovery - Commercial Vehicle Accident (Back Injury Requiring Surgery)
A delivery driver hired our firm to pursue a negligent trucking company following a collision with insecure cargo. Our client was driving his work vehicle when numerous large metal pipes fell from the back of a flatbed trailer onto the roadway. Our client took evasive action but was unable to avoid the debris, which resulted in a fairly severe accident. As a result, our client sustained lower back injuries including two herniated discs which required surgery to correct. The defendants conceded liability early on but would not make a reasonable settlement offer. As such, suit was filed and the case was ultimately successfully resolved through litigation.
Total Recovery:
$300,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$120,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$1,500.00
$75,000.00 Recovery - Commercial Vehicle Accident (Soft-Tissue Back Injuries)
Recovery for client who suffered soft tissue back injuries when he was rear ended by a delivery truck.
Total Recovery:
$75,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$25,000.00
Litigation Expenses:
$100.00
$19,000.00 Recovery - Commercial Vehicle Accident (Pulled Muscle)
Recovery for client who sustained a pulled muscle in an 18-wheeler accident.
Total Recovery:
$19,000.00
Attorney Fees:
$6,270.00
Litigation Expenses:
$100.00

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