Trucking Accidents

Thell Thomas is an experienced New Mexico truck accident attorney who will aggressively stand up for your rights if you have been injured in a crash with a semi-tuck.

It is crucial that you immediately seek legal advice, if you or a loved one have been involved in a trucking accident, so that the semi-truck crash can be immediately investigated. The trucking company and their insurance company will also immediately investigate, and try to figure out ways to avoid responsibility. While not all law enforcement officers have the proper training to fully investigate an 18 wheeler accident, our team along with the experts we hire, can help. Gathering evidence and conducting an accurate accident reconstruction as soon as possible is important to preserving evidence in a complicated trucking case. Your lawyer and his team will need to quickly conduct interviews and depositions.

Thell Thomas is an experienced New Mexico personal injury lawyer who holds wrongdoers responsible for their reckless conduct. Truckers can violate the laws that regulate driving a commercial truck, bad driving puts New Mexico motorists at risk of serious injury or death. When truckers Speed, or keep illegal log books to conceal their driving time, driving without the right certifications, or driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol they frequently cause semi-truck crashes.

Thell Thomas also holds trucking companies accountable when a company fails to safely train drivers or maintain safety standards. For example, federal and state regulations prohibit truck drivers from driving beyond a certain amount of continuous time on the road. When drivers break these rules, and their employers do not manage the drivers properly to know the truck drivers are driving too long, truck drivers can become fatigued on the roadway and cause serious crashes.

Thell Thomas sues trucking companies for violating their obligations to ensure that all of their trucks are properly maintained and inspected. If you've been injured in an 18 wheeler accident because of poor maintenance of the truck, the company may be held liable.

Albuquerque personal injury attorney Thell Thomas can help you get the money needed so you can pay medical and other bills that can accumulate during your recovery. You are owed a significant amount of money for pain and suffering, and lost enjoyment of life. If the truck driver intentionally ignores important safety rules you may be entitled to significant punitive damages to teach the trucker, and the trucking company a lesson. Your settlement could help make New Mexico roads safer. All lawyer's fees are deducted from the truck crash settlement at the end of your case, so you pay no fee unless the case is successful.

Semi-truck crashes often cause catastrophic injuries, or death. Injured people in New Mexico, or families that have lost loved ones due to negligent truck operation, deserve money to compensate them for their losses. Trucking cases are hard fought, New mexico families deserve a lawyer that will stand up for their rights against big insurance companies, and trucking companies. Because the losses are so devastating there is often a significant amount of money at stake, and big companies fight to avoid taking responsibility by paying what they owe. Thell is an experience New Mexico truck crash lawyer who will fight for you and your family to get you full compensation and the justice that you deserve.