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Investigating Negligent Big Rig Drivers


If you or a loved one has been injured in a traffic accident involving an 18 wheeler truck or other commercial vehicle, it is critical that you consult with an experienced auto wreck and personal injury lawyer as soon as possible. Time is often of the essence in semi crashes so the sooner you hire an attorney to look after your best interests, the better. The longer you leave it the more likely it is that evidence proving the truck driver's negligence will disappear or that witnesses' memories of what really happened will fade. The longer you leave it, the more opportunity you give the commercial trucking company and their insurance adjustor to prevent you from receiving the full and fair compensation you are entitled to under Texas law.


For more information, please call the Denton truck wreck lawyers at the Anderson Law Firm today. Call toll free at 800-354-6275 or call locally at 817-294-1900. You can also contact us online with the full details of your unique situation and we will call you back immediately. The Anderson Law Firm's founding lawyer is board certified in personal injury law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and he has been fighting trucking companies on behalf of injury victims from Denton and across the wider Dallas-Fort Worth region since 1991.

Post-Accident Testing on Commercial Truck Drivers

In Texas, immediately following an accident involving a commercial carrier vehicle, the trucking company is required to perform a drug and alcohol test if the crash resulted in either an injury or a fatality. Testing is also required when the investigating officer issues a citation to the driver involved in the accident or if the collision resulted in disabling damaged to any motor vehicle involved in the wreck. Ideally, the post-accidents test should be conducted as soon as possible following the crash. If the alcohol test cannot be administered within two hours of the wreck occurring, then the carrier must maintain on file a record indicating why the test was not promptly administered. A motor carrier's cancellation of a scheduled test (or other failure to complete the required testing) is admissible as evidence tending to show that the carrier was trying to conceal the driver's potential use of alcohol or controlled substances.


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The Anderson Law Firm offers free no obligation consultations to people injured in accidents or who have suffered physical harm as a result of someone else's actions. We do not charge you to initially discuss your situation and establish whether you have a claim to pursue. You can call us and discuss your case over the phone, we can set up an appointment for you to come into our office, or we can visit you in your home anywhere in the metroplex.

If after meeting with us you decide that we are the best personal injury lawyer for you, then we will enter into a contingent fee agreement. This means that we only get paid when we win a settlement or jury verdict in your favor. You don't pay us anything up front. We will cover all expenses spent working on your case. Only when we win for you will you need to pay us. If we don't win, then you owe us nothing.

Contact us online now or call us 24 hours a day toll free on 1-800-354-MARK (1-800-345-6-275). You can also call us locally in Fort Worth on 817-294-1900 or in Dallas on 214-327-8000.


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