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San Antonio Personal Injury FAQ
Personal injury questions answered for San Antonio and Bexar County — car accidents, truck crashes, workplace injuries, wrongful death, and more. Wayne Wright LLP has recovered $500M+ for Texas injury victims. Short answer here, full article one click away. New topics added regularly.
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Car Accident Questions
The five most important questions San Antonio car accident victims ask — answered with Texas law specifics and Bexar County context.
Call 911, seek medical care immediately even if you feel fine, photograph everything, exchange information without admitting fault, and contact a Wayne Wright attorney before speaking to any insurance adjuster. The first 48 hours determine the quality of the evidence available for your claim.
Two years from the date of the accident under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 16.003. Missing this deadline permanently bars your claim regardless of how clear the liability is. Exceptions exist for minors and claims against government entities, which have much shorter notice requirements.
Settlement value depends on medical expenses, lost wages, permanency of injury, liability clarity, and the at-fault driver's insurance limits. Soft tissue injuries with full recovery typically settle for $10,000–$50,000. Serious injuries with permanent effects can reach six or seven figures. The insurance company's first offer is almost never fair value.
Texas has one of the highest uninsured motorist rates in the country. If the at-fault driver has no insurance, recovery comes from your own Uninsured Motorist (UM) coverage if you purchased it, or through a direct lawsuit against the driver. Wayne Wright pursues every available source of recovery, including third-party liability when a vehicle owner or employer is involved.
Almost never. The first offer from an insurance adjuster is designed to close your claim before you understand the full extent of your damages. Once you accept and sign a release, the claim is closed permanently — even if your injuries worsen or new medical problems emerge from the accident.
Truck & 18-Wheeler Accident Questions
Commercial truck accidents involve federal law, multiple defendants, and evidence that disappears in days. These are the most critical questions to understand before any other step.
Commercial truck accidents involve federal FMCSA regulations, multiple liable parties, mandatory electronic logging device data, black box records, and insurance policies up to $1 million or more. The trucking company deploys defense counsel within hours of a serious crash. Truck accident cases require immediate evidence preservation that car accident cases do not.
Liability in a San Antonio truck accident can extend to the driver, the motor carrier (trucking company), the cargo owner, the vehicle manufacturer, and the maintenance contractor — each under separate legal theories and separate insurance policies. Identifying all liable parties is critical because the driver alone often cannot satisfy the full damages in a serious crash.
Electronic Logging Device (ELD) data, black box records, dash cam footage, pre-trip inspection reports, driver qualification files, and GPS route data must all be preserved immediately. Trucking companies have legal retention periods after which this data can be legally destroyed — Wayne Wright issues spoliation letters the same day to prevent that.
Two years from the date of the accident under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 16.003 — the same deadline as car accidents. However, the practical urgency is greater in truck cases because critical electronic evidence can be legally destroyed in six months, and government entity claims involving TxDOT or municipal vehicles require notice within six months.
18-wheeler accidents produce some of the largest personal injury recoveries in Texas because they involve mandatory higher insurance limits ($750K–$1M+), severe injuries from the mass disparity between vehicles, and multiple defendants. Recoverable damages include medical expenses, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, pain and suffering, physical impairment, and in some cases punitive damages.
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