Maison Law represents victims hurt in truck accidents around Visalia. We get aggressive to win support for victims who need help with medical bills and to replace the income they’ve lost while unable to work. Careless truck drivers and their employers should be 100% liable for these and other hardships.
You can contact Maison Law of Merced for a free case consultation to talk over your options and how to get complete compensation as quickly as possible. This no-risk, informational meeting comes with no obligation and is an easy way to figure out what your injury may be worth.
Deciding If You Need a Lawyer for Your Truck Accident Case
Semi-trucks, produce trucks, and even delivery vans are already heavy, and they usually carry plenty of heavy cargo, which brings extra force into collisions. The impacts can cause severe accidents and bodily harm. Victims with serious injuries will usually benefit the most from having a lawyer handle their cases.
Recovery times get longer, medical bills go higher, and insurance companies for at-fault truck drivers work overtime to avoid the rising costs. They resort to trying to remove blame from the truck driver or try to pass off an injury as not that serious, to get away with providing less.
Unfortunately, businesses and farms can also afford corporate lawyers to help escape blame.
A lawyer first collects all the evidence available so that the finger of blame points in the right direction. Then Maison Law goes to work to earn our clients everything they need to rebuild their lives.
We help clients earn more, especially when they are dealing with these types of injuries:
- Painful bone fractures anywhere in the body
- Spinal cord injuries
- Soft tissue tears in muscles, tendons, ligaments
- Debilitating Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs)
- Neck injuries, including serious cases of whiplash
- Injuries resulting in permanent physical disabilities
- Back injuries with pain that lasts more than a few days
- A serious injury to a child/loved one
If you only come away with minor soreness or superficial cuts, or just car damage, you might not need a lawyer’s help. And you always have the right to file claims on your own. However, when a serious injury is involved, an experienced attorney can often secure thousands of dollars more for you and your family.
Schedule a Free Consultation with a Real Merced Truck Accident Attorney
You can have a lot of questions after a scary accident involving a big rig. Is my case strong enough to pursue? Is the truck driver or the trucking company at fault?
Maison Law of Merced never wants you to feel helpless. We offer a free, confidential review with no obligation. It’s a quick way to determine who might be responsible and how much they may end up having to pay you. If we can’t help you earn more for your case, we’ll tell you that. But we’ll also point you in the right direction if you can file a successful claim yourself.
What Can Earn Compensation After a Truck Accident?
Your Maison Law attorney creates a full list of your hardships since your accident and the damages that may linger for months or years. This list keeps insurers from ignoring any part of your difficult recovery and slow progress to getting your normal life back.
You shouldn’t have to worry about their current hospital and physical therapy bills as you focus on healing. These should be covered without question. A settlement should include enough to cover any medical complications that can occur down the road.
The physical pain that you endure should earn full compensation. The emotional trauma that a frightening accident with a truck can cause must be addressed in a settlement. The struggles through rehabilitation and the loss of enjoyment of life must also be factored in.
The wages and benefits you lose while you miss out on valuable work hours are also the insurance company’s responsibility to make up to you.
Truck Accident Dangers Across Merced County
Truck drivers and delivery drivers usually have heavy payloads behind them, making controlling a big rig and stopping a big rig much harder. These trucks become large hazards, especially in stop-and-go traffic on busy roads like G Street.
Professional drivers are also working while behind the wheel, leaving them susceptible to distractions from work on their cell phones. A distracted truck driver can glance at a text along Route 140 and not notice a veer across a centerline until it’s too late.
- The California Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) recorded 110 truck accidents involving injury and 8 tragic deaths across Merced County in 2025. The number of serious accidents was up from 2024 when there were 105 truck collisions and another 8 fatalities reported.
There are several factors that contribute to the high truck accident rate in Merced and across the county:
- Truck drivers coming from local packing plants and canneries who don’t get enough breaks and become fatigued
- Truck drivers who use drugs or alcohol while behind the wheel while driving for agricultural companies
- Truck drivers making deliveries to grocery stores and other retailers distracted by their cell phones, computers, or communications from their companies
- Produce trucks going too fast on Highways like 99 while carrying cargo for Merced County farms, orchards, and ranches
- Unbalanced loads incorrectly packed at warehouses and shipping docks
- Truck and truck part breakdowns that cause drivers to lose control
- Lack of training and lack of safety testing for drivers
- Lack of proper background checks that allow a driver with a bad record to get hired
Proving That a Truck Driver Caused Your Accident
The factors listed above can all play a role in any truck accident, but proving that the truck driver was careless or reckless can be much harder.
A skilled attorney can help you collect evidence, including securing surveillance footage and dash cam video. Maison Law would collect eyewitness testimony and use expert witnesses to show what really happened.
Maison Law commonly uses accident reconstruction teams to provide real data on who caused a truck accident.
Photos you collect at the scene and a Merced Police accident report, or a CHP collision report, provide strong evidence for your case.
Who Can Be Held Responsible for My Stanislaus County Truck Accident?
Large companies will usually carry bigger commercial truck insurance policies. Victims will usually be able to secure more for their recoveries from companies and corporations.
A truck driver working for themselves may have a personal policy, but these policies will usually carry the minimum coverage, and hit their limits before all of your medical bills are paid.
Bottom line, victims will usually want to aim their claims at the bigger employer. A lawyer can help force businesses to accept blame for their employees, even if they try to claim that a truck driver is an independent contractor and not their responsibility.
There may be other parties who can be held liable after a big rig accident.
These are just a few:
- Owner/Operator Truck Driver: Drivers who work for themselves or perhaps in a two or three-person business would have to carry commercial accident insurance.
- Local Trucking Company: A local business may provide drivers for any manufacturer or delivery company. These businesses should provide decent coverage to their employees.
- Large Corporations and National Distributors: Some companies, like Amazon or Walmart, build their own network of distribution with tractor-trailer trucks and vans.
- Farms and Agricultural Businesses: Local orchards and ranches send out trucks all year round. They should be liable for the accidents that occur.
- Truck Manufacturer: Truck makers bear fault if a defect in the design of the truck or a part causes an accident.
Each company or local business is also responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of its fleet. An accident caused by worn tires or brake pads could leave businesses fully liable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my family supported after a truck accident claims a loved one’s life?
Families can earn support by filing a wrongful death claim. This claim would seek compensation for the burial costs families must pay, and for the leftover medical bills a victim could leave behind. A spouse or children could also seek help in replacing the income they can no longer rely on in the future. The family’s lost care and guidance must earn support. The lost special moments, such as holiday get-togethers, weddings, and the birth of children, must be considered in a settlement check. A Merced fatal truck accident lawyer can help keep the blame on the truck driver and secure more for families left in extreme need.
How long do I have to file a truck accident injury claim?
Victims have two years to take legal action against a truck driver and trucking company. Victims may have years to file, but acting quickly is in their best interest. Waiting to turn your case over to a skilled lawyer can mean evidence gets lost, witnesses become harder to track down, and surveillance video gets erased.
What if I can’t afford to pay a truck accident lawyer?
Victims of a truck accident should be allowed to focus on getting better and not on how they’ll get a lawyer paid. Our lawyers don’t accept any payment unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement money that a truck accident insurance company is forced to provide.
Contact a Merced Truck Accident Attorney
If you’ve endured a serious injury, and a truck driver or delivery driver was to blame, it’s a good sign that you could earn more with a lawyer’s help. Contact us to set up a free consultation with a real lawyer to go over your options.
You can also contact us if you have already started the injury claims process and suddenly realize a truck accident insurer isn’t taking your hardships seriously, or is trying to blame you for what happened.
We are ready to answer questions for any injured Merced County accident victim in a free, no-obligation case consultation. If you don’t end up needing our help to earn justice, we can still send you in the right direction for winning a fair settlement on your own.
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