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Undefeated Texas Truck Accident Lawyers

Undefeated Texas Truck and 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers

Our Texas Truck and 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers are known for securing the #1 largest recoveries in history for Truck and 18 Wheeler Accident victims across the State of Texas.

In addition to being Undefeated, our Texas 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers have won Billions and repeatedly set records with our verdicts and settlements, including:

Trucking companies know that once our Truck Accident Attorneys are involved, they only have two choices: offer a settlement that fully compensates our clients and their families for all their injuries and damages or risk a record-setting verdict at trial.

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As our track-record confirms, our Truck Accident Lawyers Don’t Just Win for Texas Truck and 18 Wheeler Accident Victims – We Set Records.

We’re able to consistently achieve these unprecedented results for our clients because we have the experience and resources to take on any company—no matter how large, we know how trucking companies and their team of lawyers operate, and we refuse to settle a case unless our clients are fully compensated for ALL their injuries and damages.

Because of our continued success—both inside and outside the courtroom—a majority of our client’s cases are settled for record-setting amounts before trial.

If you or a loved one were injured or tragically killed in a truck or 18-wheeler accident, our Undefeated Truck Accident Lawyers will devote whatever time and resources are necessary to holding the trucking company accountable and making sure that you and your family receive the compensation you deserve.

Call 1-888-603-3636, click the “live chat” button, or send us a confidential email through our Contact Form by Clicking Here.

All consultations are free—and you won’t pay a dime unless we win your case.

We Don’t Just Win – We Set Records

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In this video testimonial, our client—who received a $32,000,000 Settlement (the largest Truck Accident Settlement in Texas)—discusses her experience with our truck accident lawyers and the record-setting settlement that we recovered on her behalf.

To see what other Truck and 18 Wheeler Accident Victims say about their experience with our firm, just click on the links below or visit our Client Video Page or our firm’s YouTube Channel.

Billions Won and the Largest Truck and 18 Wheeler Accident Recoveries in History

As our track record confirms, the verdicts and settlements that our Truck Accident Lawyers have obtained for truck and 18 wheeler accident victims across Texas, Louisiana and the United States consistently set records as both the largest in the state and the trucking company’s corporate history.

We’ve highlighted some of these record-setting recoveries below.

Largest Truck Accident Settlement in Texas

Ryan Zehl recently obtained the largest Truck Accident Settlement in Texas on behalf of a 34 year-old man who was severely injured after being hit head-on by a large commercial truck.

To learn more about the record-setting settlement and our client’s experience working with our truck accident lawyers, watch his video testimonial by clicking here.

The settlement—which is also the largest in the company’s corporate history—will ensure that our client receives the best medical care available and is able to provide for himself and his family for the rest of his life.

Record-Setting Truck Accident Settlement for Family of Man Tragically Killed by an 18-Wheeler while Driving to Work

Our Truck Accident Lawyers recently reached a record-setting (and confidential) settlement for our client and her 4 year-old boy after her husband was tragically killed by an 18-wheeler in Jefferson County, Texas while on his way to work.

The trucking company, the driver, and their team of lawyers initially refused to take responsibility for the tragic crash, claiming that our client’s husband was distracted by his cell phone when the collision occurred.

After several depositions and working with the Texas DPS officers who investigated the crash, our 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers not only proved that our client’s husband never used his cell phone that morning, but also that the trucking company had violated federal and state safety regulations by allowing the truck driver—who had already been on the road for over 14 hours at the time of the crash—to continue driving.

The case settled several weeks later and remains the largest wrongful death settlement in the trucking company’s history.

Largest Verdict in R&L Trucking Company’s History

Our 18-Wheeler Accident Lawyers recovered the largest verdict in R&L’s corporate history after a 5-week trial against R&L Carriers, the largest privately owned trucking company in the United States.  Our client was rear-ended by one of R&L’s drivers while driving on I-20, just outside of Weatherford, Texas. The impact caused her vehicle to roll-over multiple times before finally coming to a rest on the highway’s shoulder.

R&L immediately denied responsibility for the crash, offered less than $150,000 to settle the case, and called a team of over 15 experts at trial—including neurologist, neuropsychologists, orthopedists, and accident reconstructionists—to dispute our client’s injuries and attempt to prove that the crash was “unavoidable.”

After hearing the evidence, however, the jury disagreed with R&L’s witnesses and awarded our client $4.3 Million, plus punitive damages, for the company’s negligence and gross negligence in failing to properly train its driver.

The verdict is the #1 Largest Verdict in R&L’s corporate history, the only case where punitive damages have been awarded against the company, and the only reported truck accident case in Texas in the past 15 years where punitive damages have been affirmed by a Texas Court of Appeals.

Largest Settlement in Oakley Trucking Company’s History

Our Truck Accident Lawyers also obtained the #1 Largest Settlement in Oakley Trucking Company’s corporate history on behalf of a client who was rear-ended by truck driver who was distracted by his cell-phone on Christmas Eve.

The impact from the crash caused our client’s pick-up truck to rollover on the highway at over 50 mph.

Oakley initially refused to offer our client more than $125,000 to settle the case.

Less than 6 months later, Oakley settled the case with our client for over 25 times their original offer, making it the largest settlement in the trucking company’s history.

We Force Trucking Companies to Take Responsibility

Due to the repeated and unprecedented success that our truck and 18-wheeler accident lawyers have achieved for our clients, trucking companies and their lawyers take our clients and their cases much more seriously.

Why? Because they know that our Truck Accident Attorneys will never be outspent or overworked, that we take cases to trial—and set records, and that we refuse to settle a case unless our clients and their families are fully compensated for ALL their injuries, losses and damages.

We Prove the Trucking Company and its Driver Were at Fault

When we’re hired in a truck or 18-wheeler accident case, our Truck Accident Lawyers immediately obtain the truck driver’s logbook and the truck’s black box and ECM records and send an accident reconstruction team to inspect the scene and the vehicles involved in the crash.

This evidence not only allows our Truck Accident Lawyers to determine whether the trucking company or its driver violated federal safety regulations and state transportation laws, but it also provides us with physical evidence that establishes how fast the truck was traveling at impact, if and when it braked, and whether the driver was fatigued or distracted at the time of impact.

We then consult with both our client’s treating doctors and our medical experts to determine the nature and severity of our client’s injuries, the doctors and specialists who are most qualified to treat them, and the cost and frequency of medical care that our clients will require in the future.

After obtaining evidence proving how the crash occurred and the effect that the crash had—and will continue to have—on our client’s health and future earning potential, we work with our experts and engineers to determine what the truck driver could and should have done to avoid the crash, and the total amount of compensation needed to ensure that our clients are able to care and provide for themselves and their families for the rest of their lives.

If the trucking company refuses to offer a settlement that fully compensates our clients and their families for their injuries and losses, we take the case to trial—where our 18 wheeler accident attorneys remain undefeated.

Contact Our Undefeated Truck Accident Lawyers for a Free Consultation at 1-888-603-3636 or by Clicking Here

If you or a loved one were injured or tragically killed in a truck or 18-wheeler accident, our truck and 18-wheeler accident lawyers will devote whatever time and resources are necessary to holding the trucking company accountable and ensuring that you and your family are fully compensated for all your injuries and damages.

Just call 1-888-603-3636, click the “Chat Now” button, our send us a confidential email through our Contact Form.

We’ll answer your questions, explain your rights, and make sure you have the information you need to decide what’s best for you and your family.

All consultations are free, and you won’t pay us a dime unless we win your case.

Record-Setting Verdicts and Settlements Against the Largest Trucking Companies in the Country

While almost every personal injury attorney claims to have experience handling truck accidents, there are very few who have actually taken a trucking company to trial—and even less who have won record-setting verdicts for their clients.

Why is that important? Because, despite what some may think, trucking cases are nothing like car accidents.

In addition to substantial differences in the size and weight of the vehicles, truck accident cases are won or lost based on the attorney’s understanding of the Federal Safety Regulations, the technology that trucking companies and their drivers use to monitor the movement, speed, fuel consumption and driving activity of the trucks, and the lawyer’s willingness and ability to take your case to trial—and win.

In addition to having won over $1 Billion for our clients, our Truck Accident Lawyers have consistently recovered the largest verdicts and settlements in history against trucking and transportation companies and repeatedly distinguished our firm as the Best Truck Accident Lawyers in the United States.

Truck Drivers and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations

Unlike in ordinary car wrecks, truck accident attorneys have to thoroughly understand the hundreds of state and federal safety regulations that trucking companies and their drivers are required to follow in order to operate commercial vehicles on public roads and highways across the United States.

Many of these rules are found in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations —  laws created by the United States Department of Transportation that govern every trucking company and truck driver in the United States.

The FMCSRs dictate everything from the type of training a truck driver is required to receive and the maintenance that must be performed on the truck and trailer before and after each trip, to the number of hours a driver can spend behind the wheel or “on-duty” before the driver is considered fatigued and disqualified from driving.

Having successfully represented thousands of 18 wheeler and semi-truck accident victims against the largest trucking companies in the United States, our Undefeated Truck Accident Lawyers know what evidence to look for, where to find it, and—most importantly—how to use it to hold trucking companies and their drivers accountable for seriously injuring or killing other drivers or passengers in a crash.

Common Causes of Truck and 18-Wheeler Accidents

While there are typically a number of factors involved in causing or contributing to a truck or 18-wheeler crash, some of the most common include:

  • Driver fatigue and Hours of Service Violations
  • Hiring inexperienced and unqualified drivers
  • Failing to provide proper training
  • Failing to perform legally required pre and post-trip vehicle inspections
  • Requiring drivers to drive in excess of the maximum hours permitted by federal law
  • Speeding, unsafe lane changes, and other traffic violations
  • Violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
  • Drug use and intoxication

Contact our Undefeated Truck and 18-Wheeler Accident Lawyers for a Free Consultation at 1-888-603-3636 or by Clicking Here

With Billions won and the largest truck and 18 wheeler accident verdicts and settlements in history, our Truck Accident Lawyers have consistently proven that we don’t Just Win for truck accident victims and their families – We Set Records.

If you or a loved one were injured or tragically killed by a truck or 18-wheeler, call 1-888-603-3636, click the “Chat Now” button, or send us a confidential email through our Contact Us form.

We’ll answer your questions, explain your rights, and make sure you have all the information you need to decide what’s best for you and your family.

All consultations are free, and you won’t pay us a dime unless we win your case.


Texas Truck Accident Lawyers with the #1 Largest Verdicts and Settlements in History

From rear-ends and jackknifes to catastrophic multi-vehicle fatalities, our Undefeated Truck Accident Lawyers are known for consistently winning the largest truck and 18-wheeler accident verdicts and settlements in history for our clients and their families.

Our 18 Wheeler Accident Attorneys have repeatedly demonstrated, time and time again, that we don’t just win against the biggest trucking companies in the world – we set records.

Our Truck Accident Attorneys not only know what evidence to look for and how to use it to prove that the trucking company and/or driver were at fault, but also have the experience and resources to take on any trucking company and team of lawyers, no matter how large, and ensure that our clients receive the maximum compensation possible.

Why It’s Important to Hire a Texas Truck Accident Attorney with a Proven Track-Record

Why should you hire an experienced Texas Truck Accident Lawyer?

The trucking company, its insurance company, and their teams of attorneys will do anything to avoid paying you and your family the damages you deserve. They’re certainly not above blaming you for the crash and downplaying the seriousness of your injuries. But some will also “misplace” and destroy driving logs, training records, and other evidence that proves the company and its driver were at fault for the accident. No matter how much the trucking company and its insurer promise to make things right, you need to remember that they’re only interested in protecting their bottom line.

Having successfully recovered the largest truck and 18-wheeler accident verdicts and settlement in Texas, we know what it takes to win and have the resources to devote whatever time is necessary to ensure that you receive the maximum recovery possible. If the insurance company refuses to offer you and your family a settlement that fully compensates you for all your injuries and damages, our Truck Accident Lawyers won’t hesitate to take your case to trial, where our lawyers remain undefeated.

Record-Setting Verdicts and Settlements for Truck and 18-Wheeler Accident Victims

Our commitment to our clients and our refusal to accept anything less than the maximum recovery possible has allowed our truck accident attorneys to consistently win billions  including the largest verdicts and settlements in history – for truck and 18-wheeler accident victims in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and across the United States.

In addition to recovering the Largest Truck Accident Settlement in Texas, our Truck Accident Lawyers won the Largest Verdict in the Corporate History of R&L Trucking and the Largest Settlement in the History of Oakley Company. In every case, the trucking companies refused to offer our clients more than $500,000 to settle their claims.  We rejected the settlement and recovered over 10 times the settlement offers.

18 Wheeler Accident Victims Who Hire Experienced Truck Accident Lawyers are More Likely to Recover Substantial Damages

Under Texas law, the statute of limitations governing personal injury lawsuits – including truck and 18-wheeler accident cases – is two years. That means you must file a lawsuit within two years of the crash, even if settlement negotiations are ongoing.  If you don’t, you are legally barred from doing so in the future.

Texas 18-wheeler accident victims and their families are entitled to compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and other damages when the negligence or gross negligence of the truck driver and/or the trucking company caused the crash. Even if you’re partly to blame for the accident, it’s essential to talk to an Experienced 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyer because many states, like Texas, allow accident victims to recover as long as the trucking company or its driver is at least 50% responsible for causing the accident.

For example, if the jury finds you were 30% at fault in the truck accident, you’ll still be able to recover 70% of your damages.

Texas also allows accident victims to recover punitive damages when the trucking company or truck driver was grossly negligent in causing the crash.  These damages punish the responsible party for egregious conduct, like intoxicated driving, distracted driving, inadequate trainingdriver fatigue, and other hazardous behavior.

While this egregious and grossly negligent conduct is often seen in truck and 18-wheeler accident cases, many law firms have never been able to recover punitive damages at trial due to the higher burden of proof needed to establish gross negligence.

Our Truck Accident Lawyers, however, have repeatedly established gross negligence and recovered punitive damages for our clients in every major truck and 18-wheeler accident case that we’ve taken to trial.

How to Increase Your Chances of Recovery After a Truck or 18 Wheeler Accident

There are many personal injury law firms that advertise for truck and 18-wheeler accident cases. But the reality is, very few have actually taken big trucking and insurance companies to trial, and far fewer have consistently set records for their clients.

Our Texas 18-Wheeler Truck Accident Lawyers have repeatedly won the Largest Verdicts and Settlements in Texas against the biggest trucking companies and commercial motor vehicle carriers in the United States.

Things to Look For When Selecting a Truck Accident Attorney

Truck accident lawsuits are far more complex than those involving ordinary, passenger vehicles. And not every personal injury lawyer has the knowledge and experience needed to recover the maximum compensation available to you and your family.

When choosing a truck accident attorney, it’s essential to look for a law firm with a track record of success handling cases against the largest trucking companies in the world, both in and out of the courtroom.

Most personal injury firms – including ours – offer free consultations to truck accident victims. During the consultation, you’ll be able to discuss the specifics of your accident and the attorneys’ experience with similar cases.

Some questions you might want to ask include:

  • How many truck accident cases have you handled? What were the results?
  • Have you taken truck accident cases to trial? How much have you won at trial?
  • Have you represented truck accident victims with injuries similar to mine?
  • What do you think my case is worth?
  • What is the most you’ve settled a truck accident case for?
  • How long do you think it will take to resolve my case?
  • Will you get me to the best doctors in the country and cover my living expenses while my case is pending?

Unlike many other law firms, our focus is on maximizing our clients’ recoveries, not on volume. By limiting the number of cases we handle, we’re able to devote our full attention and resources to each and every one of our clients, all the time. From sign-up to settlement, we’re with you every step of the way.

Common Injuries Suffered in Big Rig Accidents

Because 18-wheelers and semi-trucks are so much larger than passenger vehicles, they are far more likely to cause severe and, in many cases, fatal injuries.

Some of the most common injuries sustained during a semi-truck accident include:

  • Spinal Cord Injuries:spinal cord injury could result in partial, temporary, or complete paralysis to the lower body and torso, resulting in life-long immobility, pain and suffering. Even with years of treatments, surgeries and therapy, truck accident victims with spinal cord injuries will remain permanently disabled for the rest of their lives. Because these types of injuries isn’t always apparent, it’s critical to seek medical attention as soon as possible.
  • Head and Brain Injury: Head injuries may range from minor bruises and mild concussions to a traumatic brain injury resulting in life-long cognitive impairment and loss of motor function. Severe brain injury can occur even without direct trauma to the head and may not be apparent immediately after a crash.
  • Internal Bleeding: Blunt force trauma that occurs during a truck accident can cause bleeding in the bladder, liver, kidney, pancreas, spleen, and other vital organs. Because these injuries are difficult to detect and treat, you should seek immediate medical attention, even if you don’t think you’re hurt.
  • Soft Tissue Injury: Contusions caused by blunt force trauma, ligament sprains, muscle and tendon strains, lacerations and abrasions, and puncture wounds are considered soft tissue injuries. These injuries, if serious enough, can require surgery and long-term medical care
  • Burns: All it takes is a spark or other heat source to ignite a fire if a fuel tank or other gas source ruptures during a truck or 18-wheeler accident. If the flames spread and engulf the truck or other nearby vehicles, drivers and passengers can sustain severe or fatal burns.
  • Bone Fractures: Skull fractures, limb fractures, rib fractures, and vertebral fractures are all common injuries after a commercial truck collision.
  • Amputation and Disfigurement: Crushing injuries, severe burns, and other serious injuries can result in permanent disfigurement and even limb amputations. Victims may require long-term medical treatment and personal care assistance, and some might need to use prosthetics and other adaptive medical devices to function in daily life.

After a truck or 18-wheeler accident, your financial security will often depend on whether you’re fully compensated for all of your injuries and losses. When you hire our Undefeated 18 Wheeler Accident Lawyers, you can rest assured that we will never accept a settlement offer that fails to compensate you for all of your damages.

5 Common Types of Truck Collisions

Although commercial trucking is an essential component of our economy, big rigs pose a serious threat to other drivers and passengers on the road.

Five of the most common types of truck collisions include:

  • Jackknife Truck Accidents: Jackknifing occurs when a tractor-trailer folds into itself, forming a 90-degree angle with the trailer. Jackknife truck accidents often occur when a truck driver must brake hard to stop quickly.
  • Rear-End Collisions: Distracted driving, driver fatigue, speeding, and tailgating are just a few of the behaviors that can cause a big rig to rear-end another vehicle.
  • Underride Crashes: Underride crashes occur when a smaller vehicle rear-ends a semi-truck and slides under the back of the trailer. Distracted driving, impairment, speeding, and fatigue also contribute to truck underride accidents.
  • Side-Impact Crashes: T-bone or side-impact crashes often occur when a truck driver is distracted, fatigued, or impaired and speeds through a red light or stop sign at an intersection. Other drivers and their passengers are likely to suffer catastrophic injuries when the full weight of a big rig smashes into the side of a smaller vehicle.
  • Cargo-Related Accidents: Cargo-related crashes are usually the result of improperly secured loads and overloaded trucks. Cargo may shift during transport, causing the trucker to lose control of his rig and swerve into another lane. Cargo shifts can also cause an 18-wheeler to tip, rollover, and crush adjacent vehicles. If the truck does tip over, the load may spill out onto the roadway, creating a serious hazard for any approaching traffic.

Our Undefeated Texas Truck Accident Lawyers have successfully represented thousands of people injured or tragically killed by distracted, impaired, fatigued, and reckless commercial drivers. And we have proven time and again, that no company is too big to stop us from recovering the maximum recovery possible for our clients.

Contact Our Undefeated Texas Truck Accident Lawyers for a Free Consultation at 1-888-603-3636 or by Clicking Here

With Billions won and the largest truck and 18 wheeler accident recoveries in history, our Truck Accident Lawyers have consistently demonstrated that we don’t just win for truck accident victims and their families – we set records.

If you or a loved one were injured or tragically killed in a truck accident, call 1-888-603-3636, use the chat form on our website, or send us a confidential email through our Contact Form by clicking here.

Our lawyers will answer your questions, explain all your rights, and make sure you have the information you need to decide what’s best for you and your family.

All consultations are free, and you won’t pay us a dollar unless we win your case.


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“10 stars need to be allowed! My journey with Ryan and his amazing group of Bulldogs who will never stop fighting for you! My story and nightmare began when I was rear-ended by a speeding 18 wheeler on the interstate in a construction zone. That day will be forever etched in my memory and if I wouldn’t have had Ryan & associates, I know for a fact this wouldn’t have ended up as a happier ending. My life will forever be changed by this wreck. I was completely in agonizing pain and angry and unable to figure out what I was supposed to do. I was able to always call and even email and feel assured always and that made such a difference in this long overdue journey. I had to have surgery’s and do physical therapy and see doctors and never had to worry about these Bill’s Ryan and staff handled all my appointments flights medicine I was able to heal and not stress or at least try to. This group never waivered and ALWAYS had my back and never once gave me dought! My trail was in Dallas Texas and 6 weeks long the 2nd worst time in my life and I was taken care of by Ryan and his amazing associates. We won everything I mean everything from the beginning to the Supreme court and this is the outcome of dedicated and caring attorneys and staff Judgement $4,088,669 we were aware something that hasn’t happened in 20 years which is punitive damages of 50,00 this is why you want Ryan in your corner he will fight for you and do everything in his power to get you justice! Pre and post judgments interest is another million. I would never want anyone to experience loss and pain in their life, but I will say if you ever need an attorney, Please call Ryan & Associates and let them do what they do and get you justice. I’ve had a 7-year relationship with this wonderful group and they made a horribly painful process a lot easier and I trust them! Thank you”

– Bobbie M Bush