Commercial Vehicle Accidents

What Is A Commercial Vehicle Accident? This includes motor vehicle crashes that involve vehicles owned or operated for a business purpose and insured under a commercial insurance policy. Common examples of commercial vehicle accidents include crashes with dump trucks, 18 wheelers, Fed Ex trucks, charter buses, the local plumber’s truck, uber/lift cars, or any vehicle displaying business advertising. Commercial insurance policies provide greater monetary coverage amounts than personal auto insurance policies. Commercial truck accidents also involve more sophisticated legal strategies and information gathering techniques.  Because of the significant money and sophistication involved in commercial truck accident cases, hiring a dedicated and knowledgeable personal injury lawyer can make all the difference in obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in cases with serious injuries or fatalities.

Three Differences Between Commercial And Personal Auto Accident Claims

First, commercial trucking accidents usually create much more physical damage to property and people because of the increased size and weight of commercial trucks. This means commercial accidents are more costly for insurance companies so they tend to hire the best and most aggressive defense lawyers. Along the same lines, the injury victims should be more discerning as to which personal injury lawyer to hire. Our Alvin Texas personal injury lawyers have a proven court record of success battling some of the fiercest insurance defense lawyers. In fact, Alvin personal injury lawyer Meagan DeKeyzer previously worked as an insurance defense lawyer before joining her husband to focus on representing injured victims in serious accidents.

Second, many commercial accident cases involve professional drivers. Transportation companies and professional drivers must follow additional regulations and laws that ordinary drivers do not. Also, transportation companies must comply with special hiring procedures when hiring professional drivers. The injury lawyers at DeKeyzer Law Firm focuses on these types of accidents and have the experience and knowledge to hold these businesses accountable. Our expertise allows us to maximize the injured victims’ financial recovery. 

Third, commercial vehicles are generally equipped with advanced technologies that track driver performance called data recorders or electronic logging devices (ELD). These ELDs contain enormous amounts of data like speed, acceleration, and braking. These devises also timestamp the information which can assist in recreating the accident if needed. Sometimes these ELDs can be manipulated or erased if not downloaded properly or not recovered in a reasonable amount of time after the accident. Alvin personal injury lawyer Holland DeKeyzer has a team of investigators that can be deployed quickly after the accident to ensure accurate data is recovered and interpreted.     

Contact Our Alvin Texas Personal Injury Lawyers

The auto accident lawyers of DeKeyzer Law PLLC have over twenty years of combined personal injury experience handling the nuances of truck accidents and personal injury cases. Commercial truck accidents have many differences between an ordinary personal vehicle accident and choosing the right personal injury lawyer can be the difference between thousands of dollars.   

Contact DeKeyzer Law PLLC at (713) 904-4004 for a FREE consultation on your Personal Injury or Wrongful Death case. DeKeyzer Law PLLC is available for consultations at our office located in Alvin, Texas at 1612 W. Highway 6 Alvin, Texas 77511. We also can come to your location as needed.