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Hornblower, Manning, Ward, Harrison, Venecia & Rodriguez has handled an extensive docket of truck accident cases all across the State of Texas. In the five years from 1995 to 2000, the Firm handled over 150 accident cases involving commercial trucks. During that time, the firm has demonstrated the benefits of early response and effective liability assessment of truck accidents, in coordination with experienced and qualified accident investigators and reconstruction experts.
The Firm has handled litigation arising from a wide variety of motor vehicle accidents, including the following types of truck accidents:
- Head on collisions
- Rear end collisions
- Broadside collisions
- Right hand squeeze (car attempts to pass truck on right side while truck is making a wide right turn)
- Center line bump and lane change collisions
- Stationary or slow-moving trucks hit from behind by other vehicles
- Jack-knifed trailers
- Vehicles sliding under trailers
- Vehicles losing control on road in front of or near eighteen wheeler
- Loss of control by truck driver, including single vehicle rollovers.
- Alleged hit and run or bump and run cases
Truck Accidents are Different:
Truck accident cases present unique challenges and issues not usually encountered in typical motor vehicle accident cases, including:
- Greater likelihood of substantial damage claims
- Juror prejudice against truck drivers and trucking companies.
- Claims of negligence in the areas of driver hiring, qualification and training
- Claims of negligence in the areas of vehicle maintenance
- Conflicting or overlapping insurance coverages for leased tractors or trailers
- Claims by co-drivers or unauthorized passengers
- Claims by employees covered by workers' compensation insurance in a different state
- Subject to more governmental regulations than non-commercial vehicles
- Unique physical limitations on driver and equipment due to the size and bulk of vehicles.
- Identification of vehicle operation and ownership in alleged bump and drive cases.
Representative Clients and Insurers:
Insurers:
- A.I. Transport
- Vanliner Insurance Company
- TransProtection Service Company
- Nautilus Insurance Company
- Guaranty National Insurance Companies
- Orion Specialty
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- Interstate Insurance Group
- Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Group
- Garage Services and Equipment Dealers Liability Association of America
- National Transportation Adjusters
- Worldwide Outfitter & Guides Association
- Prime Insurance Company
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Trucking Companies:
| Action Delivery Service, Inc. |
Masters Moving & Storage Co. |
| American Transport, Inc. |
McClatchy Bros., Inc. |
| Armstrong Moving & Storage, Inc. |
Merchants Dutch Express, Inc. |
| A-Plus Towing |
Mill Transportation Company |
| A-Rocket Moving & Storage |
G. H. Miller & Sons, Inc. |
| Arrow Moving and Storage Co., Inc. |
P & S Trucking, Inc. |
| Barbour Trucking Co. |
P.A.M. Transport, Inc. |
| O. F. Barnes Company |
Polar Express, Inc. |
| Beech Trucking Company, Inc. |
R & D Trucking Co., Inc. |
| Bowling Green Freight, Inc. |
RBX, Inc. |
| Bright Truck Leasing, Inc. |
Alan Ritchey, Inc. |
| Carpet Transport, Inc. |
Ruel Smith Transportation Services, Inc. |
| Continental Express, Inc. |
Vernon Sawyer, Inc. |
| DAE Trucking, Inc. |
Southwest Freightlines |
| Dallas Carriers Corporation |
Stiles Truck Line, Inc. |
| deBoer, Inc. Transportation |
Suddath Relocation Systems, Inc. |
| W. M. Dewey & Son, Inc. |
Suddath Van Lines |
| Ronnie Dowdy Trucking Service |
TCB Transportation, Inc. |
| Fikes Truck Line, Inc. |
Thomas Transfer & Storage Co., Inc. |
| Harold Ives Trucking Co. |
TLC Lines, Inc. |
| Harris Transport Co. |
Trans-Western Express, Ltd. |
| Hawk Transport, Inc. |
The Transporter, Inc. |
| James Helwig & Son, Inc. |
United Van Lines, Inc. |
| Hill's Van Service of Florida |
Valley Trucking Co., Inc. |
| Houston Moving Systems |
The Waggoners Trucking |
| Howard Trucking, Inc. |
Wald Moving and Storage Services, Inc. |
| J.W. Delivery Moving and Storage |
Walton Transportation Company |
| Kelly Truck Line, Inc. |
C.A. White Trucking Company |
| Kennedy-Simmons Trucking Company |
Whittier Transfer & Storage Co., Inc. |
| Mayflower Transit, Inc. |
Yellow Freight System, Inc. |
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