Georgia & Texas Accident Attorneys

Have you been involved in a semi-truck accident? We handle all types of big truck accidents including semi-truck, log trucks, tractor trailer truck, bus, and commercial box trucks.  With over 80 years of combined experience, our attorneys are ready to assist you with your case.

Contact Minkah Merritt
Managing Attorney, for a free case review

Truck Accident? Call us at 1-800-738-WE-WIN

Accidents involving big trucks are totally different than your ordinary car accidents most truck accidents involve serious injuries or death. However, if your injuries do not rise to this level of severity, you still have case and we will treat your case with the utmost priority.

It takes less than 10 minutes to retain our services.

Our offices are located in Atlanta and Houston and there are 3 ways to retain our services:

  • 1
    Telephone consultation with all documents sent via DocuSign – you never have to leave your home.
  • 2
    You can come to our office for a face-to-face appointment.
  • 3
    We can come to your home, workplace, or hospital.

From beginning to end you have full control over your case and we will make whatever accommodations possible to make sure you are comfortable throughout the process.

Experience Matters – Over 80 Years

All of our attorneys have extensive experience with truck accidents. We’ve handled minor accidents where they have been an illegal lane change to a client being run over on the interstate by a semi-truck. We have seen it all and we apply our experience to each and every case.  We collected millions of dollars in settlement and verdicts from trucking companies.  The trucking companies know what firms are going to settle for a quick low offer and they know which companies are going to file suit.  We do not mind filing suit and we not hesitate to file if it’s in our client’s best interest.

Minkah Merritt

Managing Partner

Experience Matters – Over 80 Years

Get the Compensation You Deserve

Here are a few of the steps we take after filing suit:

  • Complaint is filed against the driver and trucking company and their insurance carrier
  • Review the defendants answer and address any defenses,
  • Respond to potential motion to dismiss
  • File summary judgment motions
  • File our interrogatories and
  • File request to admit
  • Schedule depositions of the defendant driver, safety officer at trucking company, investigating police officer, and coroner
  • Schedule Mediation
  • File pre-trial order

Should you hire a truck accident attorney?

It is always wise and prudent to hire our truck accident attorneys. We handled hundreds of trucking cases. Truck accident require knowing the law and understanding what facts of the case will be beneficial.  The insurance company after an accident automatically hires a defense attorney to handle the case.  Although the adjuster may contact you instead of the attorney the attorney is most likely advising the adjuster what to say to you.  Often the adjuster will make an offer of a few thousand dollars to resolve the case.  This offer should never been taken medical bills alone for a truck accident can be from $10,000 to $500,000 or more. So, settling without knowing what your medical bills are and the value of your pain and suffering

Get the Compensation You Deserve

Our Georgia and Texas truck accident attorneys have the resources to investigate and prosecute big truck cases and find ways to get you maximum compensation for your injuries. We visit the accident scene to inspect when and how the accident happen to determine who was at fault. If a police officer was called to the accident scene, we will review their findings to help bolster your case.

Some of the evidence we will collect for you case:

  • Interstate and highway video footage

  • Witness statements

  • Truck driver’s driving history, employment history

  • Obtain police report

  • Copies of your medical records and medical bills

  • Photos of accident scene

  • Put insurance carrier on notice of the claim and obtain insurance policy limits

  • Inspect damaged vehicles including the truck

  • Inspect logs, repair records, and hiring practices

These are just some of the things we do to build a successful case.  While we are doing the legal work so you can focus on getting the treatment you need and focusing on family.  We will be sure to keep you update with major developments with your case. If you receive any written document from the defendant’s insurance company, medical bills, or any other document pertaining to the case forward those documents to us immediately. If you have any questions at any point during the process, feel free to reach out to us at 1-800-738-WE-WIN.

Main Causes of Semi Truck Accidents

  • Distracted driving
  • Speeding
  • DUI or drug use
  • Road hazards
  • Texting or talking on cell phone
  • Following to closely
  • Failing to maintain lanes
  • Failure to obey traffic signals
  • No securing load properly
  • Distracted driving
  • Speeding
  • DUI or drug use
  • Road hazards
  • Texting or talking on cell phone
  • Following to closely
  • Failing to maintain lanes
  • Failure to obey traffic signals
  • No securing load properly

Dos and Don’ts – After you are in a Truck Accident

Do call the police
After any accident, especially one involving a semi-truck, you need to call the police immediately. Do not wait to speak with the other driver. Pick up the phone and call the police after impact. By calling 911 you can let them know if you need an ambulance and they will send an officer to the scene.

Do go to the Emergency Room (ER)
If an ambulance comes to the accident scene and you are feeling pain anywhere in your body it would be a good idea to allow the ambulance to take you to the nearest ER. If you are not feeling pain immediately after the accident and begin to feel pain a few hours or a few days after the accident, go to the nearest emergency room to get checked. There is nothing wrong with making sure you did not serious injury yourself. Also, the ER may refer you to physical therapy or chiropractic care for follow up treatment.

Do take pictures at the accident scene
If you have the strength and feel safe enough to take pictures after the accident, take photos. The photos will be helpful in depicting exactly how the accident looked before vehicles are moved and witness statement sometime change over time. Be sure to share your pictures with our truck wreck attorneys so we can archive so they are not lost or destroyed.

Don’t speak with the insurance company.
The insurance adjuster will attempt to get you to give a recorded statement.  They know if they can trip you up or confuse you on a question you will not be able to pursue a claim at all. Be mindful and not speak with an insurance company because they will use whatever you say in court in the future which may ultimately hurt your case.

Don’t accept a settlement offer
By accepting a settlement offer it will prevent you from collecting any monies in the future from the insurance company or trucking company. Often the adjuster will offer you a few hundred or few thousand dollars to settle your claim when your claim could be worth millions. Never speak with the insurance company and never sign any settlement document before speaking with one.

Don’t try to handle the case yourself
There are laws and rules that govern your case that only a truck accident attorney would know. Like what steps need to be taken or what documents need to be filed, or who do you need to send spoliations documents or does an ante litem notice need to be sent.

Do not wait to call us
The sooner you call us the quicker we can get to work on your case. We can prevent the trucking company from destroying documents. We can interview the police officer while the accident is fresh in his memory. And we can file your case before the statute of limitations and bars your case.

Injured from a Trucking Accident

Usually, truck accidents cause major injuries. Here is a list of injuries we have handled:

  • Fatality
  • Broken back
  • Broken hand
  • Fractured fibula and tibia
  • Broken ankle
  • Paralysis
  • Whiplash to neck and shoulders
  • Broken knee cap
  • Strained back and neck
  • Torn ligaments in legs and hips
    • Concussion
    • Head injuries
    • Brain injuries
    • Sever burns
     

    • Fatality
    • Broken back
    • Broken hand
    • Fractured fibula and tibia
    • Broken ankle
     

    • Paralysis
    • Whiplash to neck and shoulders
    • Broken knee cap
    • Strained back and neck
    • Torn ligaments in legs and hips
     

    • Concussion
    • Head injuries
    • Brain injuries
    • Sever burns
     

    No matter what your injuries is we work with some of the best primary physicians, physical therapy, orthopedic, surgeons and chiropractic’s who will be able to treat you for any injury you have. You also have the option to see your own doctor if you have one you would like to use. The important thing is that you get the treatment you need.

    Results from Trucking Accident Cases

    Our focus is always to make our clients happy with their results. We work tirelessly every day to ensure each case get the attention it deserves and that we have explored all possible avenues to get the maximum results. Not only do we make sure our clients are happy, we have also collected Millions of dollars on their behalf.  We have the resources to get the best expert, best reconstructionist, best economic experts, and best medical experts. The reason experts are important is that they can assist.

    Semi-Truck and Big Truck Accident Statistics

    • Around 4,119 people die each year from large truck accidents
    • 16% of these deaths were large truck passengers, 67% were passengers of cars and buses, and 15% were motorcyclist and bicyclists
    • Most deaths in big truck accidents are cars.
    • Trucks often weigh more than 25-30 times as much as a ordinary car
    • Loaded 18-wheeler trucks take 25-40% longer to stop than cars
    • The DOT allows truck drivers to drive up to 15 hours at a time
    • There are 388,000 truck accidents each year. This means that truck accidents make up almost 7% of total accident.
    • Over 70% of products transported across the U.S. are transported by trucks and large buses.
    • 65% of on-the-job death of truck drivers were caused by wrecks and road accidents.
    • Big or large trucks are considered medium or heavy truck, not including buses and motor homes, with a gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds