18 Wheeler and Big Truck Accidents
The highways across the state and nation are littered with reckless and dangerous truck drivers. This is very true on the one and two-lane roads throughout South and West Texas. Many of these smaller Texas county roads and State highways were never engineered or planned for 18 wheelers being driven on them 24 hrs a day. These big semi-trucks are often traveling at excessive speeds for the conditions, overloaded, driven by aggressive drivers sometimes with marginal training, and working close or beyond the allowed hours without adequate rest.
Truck accidents aren't confined to just 18 wheelers. Many trucks in accidents are owned by service and delivery companies, UPS, Federal Express, Amazon Prime, dump trucks, armored trucks, construction companies, and many other business types. Many of these vehicles are speeding down the highway while the driver is texting, falling asleep at the wheel, on drugs or alcohol, due to being overworked and even some just don't lack the driving skills or training to be a truck driver in the first place. If you have been a victim of a semi-truck accident, call and talk to a truck accident lawyer now.
In serious injury and death cases, it is imperative that an experienced attorney be retained so that an immediate accident reconstruction engineer and other experts can be hired so that the skid marks, road gouges, crush zones and other needed critical evidence can be measured, photos were taken and witness statements recorded as soon as possible. Talk to a West Texas Truck Accident Attorney Today
SUV & Pickup Truck Rollover Accidents
Due to the high center of gravity and short wheel-base of most SUVs and pickup trucks, they can more easily flip over or roll over in sudden emergency or avoidance accidents. This situation can occur when the driver is suddenly confronted with an animal in the road, tire tread blowout or separation, or even a road hazard in the vehicle's path occurring at highway speeds. The driver often will oversteer, overcorrect, or over brake causing them to lose control of the vehicle and flip over. When this happens, the roof can collapse or crush down, doors can open, airbags can fail or seatbelts can fail to restrain.
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Pickup truck rollovers involving larger and heavy-duty trucks like the Ford F150, F250 and F350, and the Dodge Ram, Chevrolet & GMC 2500, and 3500 series pickup trucks are especially prone to catastrophic and fatal roof collapse and roof pillar failure due to the extreme weight of the trucks. The Ford F-150 like the bigger F-250 & F-350 pickups, the roof can crush nearly flat with the top of the dashboard killing, maiming, and trapping its victims. Often the driver is dodging an animal, deer, or road hazard at highway speeds and oversteers or overcorrects causing loss of control and resulting in the vehicle sliding sideways and rolling over. Also when a rear tire blowout or tire tread separation occurs on any vehicle, but especially a pickup truck, the vehicle becomes very difficult to steer and control at highway speeds and can result in the vehicle flipping over.
The most serious rollover injuries can range from broken necks, partial amputations, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and even death. Many of these vehicle defects may be actionable again the manufacturer. The Willis Law Firm has represented 100+ injured drivers and occupants in rollover accidents over the last 38 years and has some of the nation's best engineers and experts ready to help in all phases of your unique rollover case from the initial investigation and through trial.
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Oilfield and Oil Rig Drilling Accidents
In the oil patch, the worker can be injured on the rig in many ways whether it be on the rig floor, stabbing pipe, casing the well, falls, electrocutions, fracking, or even riding in a vehicle riding to and from the drilling rig. Many others are injured and killed due to loading or unloading of trailers of drilling pipe, handling casing pipe, drilling mud, or using worn out or ungrounded electric power equipment in wet environments.
In an oilrig accident, there may be many other subcontractors or 3rd parties, that may also be negligent in causing the accident in whole or in part. When an oilfield accident happens, it is important to get a lawyer on your side and start building your case. In any serious injury case, the defendants are preparing their legal defense, taking witness statements, talking to OSHA investigators, and hiring experts soon after the accident. See more information about the West Texas Oilrig Accident Attorney
Auto Accident Lawyer
Every minute innocent drivers and passengers are involved in automobile accidents, whether being rear-ended, T-boned in a side impact, or head-on collision. Many of these accidents are caused by distracted drivers talking on their cell phones, texting while driving, drunk or intoxicated drivers, or just careless or negligent ones. In these wrecks, the victims might be injured from the initial impact and then re-injured even more by defective seating systems, seatbacks that fail, airbags that don't properly deploy, defective seatbelts, tire blowouts, tire defects, tread separations, roof collapse, and many more causes. If you have been seriously injured in an accident, call and talk to a personal injury trial lawyer with offices located in the Texas Hill Country in the quaint town of Hunt, Texas just outside Kerrville, Texas. We are here to discuss your legal options
Asbestos Mesothelioma & Benzene AML Leukemia Cancer Lawsuits
For decades, American workers have worked around dangerous chemicals, vapors, and dust, Many of these chemicals are life-threatening and even life-ending. In factories, shipyards, oil platforms, boilers, and many hundreds of work environments, workers have breathed into their lungs asbestos fibers that decades later can cause asbestos cancer and mesothelioma. Asbestos is a deadly and silent killer. Mesothelioma lawsuits are filed against the makers and distributors of these fireproofing and insulating materials.
Other chemical workers may have been exposed to benzene, toluene, xylene, and other solvents and light hydrocarbons. These chemicals are responsible for causing AML Leukemia, MDS, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and other blood cancers. If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, leukemia, or any industrial disease, call us and let us help determine if past exposures to thinners or solvents, or other chemicals are responsible.
Defective & Dangerous Drugs and Medical Devices
For decades American consumers have been brainwashed to trust the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to protect us from dangerous, untested drugs and defective medical devices. Instead, daily we hear reports of more FDA recalls of drugs that lack proper warnings or contain dangerous ingredients and others that will cause birth defects, severe injuries, and even cancer. Some examples of bad drugs that are under current FDA recall or review include:
- Pressure Cookers Explosions - All to common occurence with devastating injuries
- Hernia Mesh Complications resulting in numerous repair surgeries for 10,000's patients
- Allergan Breast Implant Cancer due to textured implants. Implant warnings have been announced by FDA.
- Elmiron Vision Loss - Blindness, Loss of Night Vision and Permanent Eye Injuries
- Zimmer, Stryker, Depuy, Omni and Wright Hip Implants, Knee Implants &/or Shoulder Implants for defects.
If you or a loved one have suffered injuries due to a defective or dangerous drug or medical device, talk to an attorney now. Over the last almost 40 years, we have represented 1000's of clients in these mass torts including cases involving TVM, Paxil, Fen-Phen Diet drugs, Silicone Breast Implants, Bextra, Vioxx, Accutane, Rezulin, Baycol, Medtronics Leads, and many others. Call us to learn more about your legal rights in a class action lawsuit or in an individual case. No Fees, Unless Your Win
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All personal injury and wrongful death cases are handled by our firm on a contingency fee basis. All court costs and law firm case expenses are paid by the lawyers and at no time is any money requested from the client. The attorneys do not get paid any expenses unless a favorable recovery is attained for the client.
Talk to an Injury Lawyer
If you have been injured or a loved one killed in an accident, then a personal injury lawsuit or wrongful death claim may be available under the law for you. Damages and losses may include past and future medical expenses, pain and suffering, mental anguish, disfigurement, loss of income, loss of a loved one, and other legal damages.
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