Catastrophic Truck Accident Injuries & Compensation
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Traumatic brain injuries in truck crashes range from concussions to diffuse axonal injuries, hematomas and severe cognitive deficits. Caused by violent rotational acceleration or blunt force impact with the cab or cargo, TBIs often require lifelong rehabilitation, speech therapy, and cognitive care. Texas law allows full recovery for past and future medical expenses, loss of future earning capacity, and profound mental anguish damages.
View Injury Claims Guide →Spinal Cord Injuries & Paralysis
Spinal cord injuries (complete or incomplete lesions) caused by crushing truck collisions frequently result in permanent paraplegia or quadriplegia (tetraplegia). Under Texas law, victims can recover past and future medical expenses, home and vehicle modifications, assistive mobility technology, 24/7 attendant care, and substantial non-economic damages for physical impairment.
View Injury Claims Guide →Amputation & Traumatic Limb Loss
Extreme crushing forces and underride impacts can sever limbs at the scene or cause ischemic tissue trauma requiring surgical amputation. Texas law permits recovery for lifelong advanced prosthetic replacements (which require renewal every 3–5 years), physical therapy, home modifications, lost vocational capacity, and severe disfigurement damages.
View Injury Claims Guide →Severe Burn Injuries
Commercial trucks carry up to 300 gallons of volatile diesel fuel in exterior saddle tanks, and chemical tankers carry hazardous materials (hazmat). Ruptures often cause thermal, electrical, or chemical burn injuries (2nd, 3rd, and 4th degree). Recovery in Texas covers intensive burn unit hospitalization, skin debridement, grafting, reconstructive plastic surgeries, and permanent disfigurement damages.
View Injury Claims Guide →Broken Bones & Orthopedic Fractures
The massive weight disparity in commercial collisions turns bones brittle under high energy loads, causing compound, comminuted, and pelvic fractures that rarely heal with simple casting. Treatment typically requires surgical open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) with titanium plates, rods, and screws, with long-term risks of traumatic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and mobility impairment.
View Injury Claims Guide →Back, Neck & Herniated Disc Injuries
Violent collision forces exert severe rotational torque and compression on the spine, causing herniated, ruptured, or bulging discs that pinch the spinal cord and nerve roots (radiculopathy). Texas personal injury claims address epidural steroid injections, microdiscectomies, anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), and lumbar spinal fusions, debunking insurance company claims of "degenerative disc disease."
View Injury Claims Guide →Fatal Truck Wrecks & Wrongful Death
When a commercial motor vehicle crash results in a fatality, surviving statutory beneficiaries (surviving spouse, children, and parents) may pursue a wrongful death lawsuit under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code Chapter 71. Recoverable damages include lost financial support, lost inheritance, loss of companionship, and mental anguish. Additionally, a survival action (CPRC § 71.021) recovers damages the deceased suffered prior to death.
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