Board-Certified Truck Accident Trial Lawyers for Missouri City, Texas
A commercial truck case is not a bigger car case. It runs on federal rules and on records the carrier holds — records that do not sit still. Fort Bend County cases are heard at the courthouse in Richmond, seven minutes from our office. Free consultation, in English or Spanish. No fee or expenses unless we win.
Call (281) 238-5400 Tell Us What HappenedIf a truck hit you in Missouri City, start with these four steps.
- Get checked, even if you feel “mostly fine.” Adrenaline hides injuries, sometimes for days. Go the same day if you can, and go back when a doctor tells you to — a gap in treatment is the first thing anyone on the other side will point at.
- Say no to the recorded statement — politely. With a commercial vehicle you may hear from more than one insurer, and sometimes from the carrier’s own adjuster, within a day or two. Texas law does not require you to give a statement to any of them. “Send me that in writing” is a complete sentence.
- Get the crash report number. Depending on where you were, the CR-3 may come from Missouri City police, the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office, DPS, or a Harris County agency if you were on that side of town. Note the company name and the DOT number off the door of the truck if you can see them.
- Ask, in writing, that the truck’s records be preserved. This is the step that has no equivalent in an ordinary car case, and it is the one that matters most in the first weeks. Tell us early and we send that demand for you.
Then, whenever you’re ready — today or next week — talk to a lawyer before you sign anything from an insurance company. The consultation is free either way.
What lives with the carrier, and how long it lives there.
A trucking company runs on records, and most of them exist because federal motor carrier safety rules require them to. Drivers’ hours are logged electronically. Vehicles are inspected and the inspections are written down. Maintenance and repair have their own files. Dispatch knows where the truck was told to be and when it was told to be there. Somewhere in that paperwork is usually the answer to why the truck was where it was, moving the way it was moving.
The difficulty is that none of it is kept forever. Retention periods are finite by design, electronic data is overwritten in the ordinary course of business, and a truck that gets repaired or sold stops being evidence. Nothing improper has to happen for the record to be gone. That is why the first weeks carry more weight in a trucking case than in almost any other kind, and why a written preservation demand — sent early, to the right company — is often the difference between a documented case and an argument between two people’s memories.
There is also usually more than one company involved. The driver is one. The motor carrier whose operating authority the truck was running under is another, and it can be responsible for how that driver was hired, trained, scheduled and supervised, not only for the driving itself. Whoever loaded the trailer may be a third, if the load shifted or was secured badly. Whoever maintained the vehicle may be a fourth. Each may carry its own insurance, and each has a reason to point at the others. Working out who is actually responsible is most of the early work in these cases.
In Missouri City the commercial traffic concentrates where you would expect: Highway 6, the Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road, and the delivery routes feeding the shopping centers along Texas Parkway and Cartwright Road. Our Fort Bend County truck accident page covers the county’s freight corridors more broadly. If the vehicle that hit you was an ordinary car rather than a commercial truck, our Missouri City car accident page is the better starting point, and our Missouri City personal injury page covers how Texas injury claims work generally.
Fort Bend County cases are tried in Richmond.
Most of Missouri City is in Fort Bend County, and Fort Bend County injury cases are heard at the county courthouse in Richmond — seven minutes from our office. Part of the city extends into Harris County, so where the collision happened, not your mailing address, decides which courthouse hears it. With an out-of-state carrier there can be further arguments about where a case belongs, which is one more reason to settle the question early rather than after a filing.
Venue is not a technicality here. It sets the local procedures, the pace, and the jury pool. A firm that tries cases at that courthouse builds the claim for it from the first week, instead of treating a Missouri City collision as an outlying file on somebody else’s docket.
Two of our attorneys are Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. It is the credential the State of Texas itself administers for injury trial lawyers — examination, peer evaluation, documented trial experience — and you can read what it involves rather than take our word for it.
No recovery, no fee. No case expenses either.
The sentence below is the whole arrangement, and we don’t fine-print our way around it: No fee or expenses unless we win. The consultation is free — and if we think you don’t need a lawyer at all, we’ll tell you that for free too.
Here’s what happens when you call.
- You tell us what happened, in English or Spanish. A few minutes is usually enough. No phone tree, no out-of-state intake center — you’re talking to the office in Richmond.
- We tell you honestly whether there’s a claim worth bringing. A no-injury fender bender doesn’t need a lawyer even when a truck was involved, and if that’s your situation, we’ll say so rather than sign you up.
- If you do have a case, we explain the next steps, send the agreement to your phone, and get the preservation demand out to the carrier. From that point, the insurance companies deal with us, not you.
Tell us what happened. We’ll call you back fast.
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Common questions
Why does a truck case need to start faster than a car case?
Because the evidence that decides it belongs to the other side. Electronic logs, inspection and maintenance files, dispatch records and the vehicle itself are all kept on ordinary business cycles, and they don't last indefinitely. A written preservation demand sent early is what stops the record from thinning out.
How much does a truck accident lawyer cost?
No fee or expenses unless we win. The consultation is free.
Besides the driver, who can be responsible?
Often the motor carrier, for how the driver was hired, trained, scheduled and supervised. Sometimes whoever loaded the trailer, if the load shifted or was secured badly. Sometimes whoever maintained the vehicle. Each may have separate insurance, and each has a reason to point at the others.
It was a minor collision. Do I even need a lawyer?
Often, no. If nobody was hurt and it's a property-damage claim, you usually don't need a lawyer — and we'll tell you that on the phone rather than sign you up. The one wrinkle with a commercial vehicle is timing: if there is any injury at all, the records question makes an early call worth more than it would otherwise be. Ask us; that answer costs nothing.
How long do I have to file in Texas?
Generally two years from the date of the collision, with exceptions that can shorten or extend it. If a city, county or other governmental vehicle was involved, formal written notice is required well inside that period. Talk to a lawyer about your specific dates.