Albuquerque Truck Accident Lawyers

Hit by a Semi-Truck? We’ll Help You Get the Compensation You Deserve

A dump truck killed a man on I-40 in January, about 10 miles east of Albuquerque near mile marker 176. Snow had fallen overnight, leaving the westbound lanes slick. Deputies shut down the highway for hours while they investigated.

That crash is one of many involving commercial trucks on New Mexico roads each year. When an 80,000-pound vehicle collides with a passenger car, the results are predictably devastating.

If a truck hit you or someone you love, you’re dealing with more than a typical car accident. Your injuries are likely more serious. The trucking company already has lawyers working to pay you as little as possible. And the legal rules governing commercial vehicles are different from the ones that apply to regular drivers.

You need someone in your corner who knows how to fight these cases.

Zinda Law Group represents people injured by commercial trucks in Albuquerque and across New Mexico. Our attorneys spend their time learning federal trucking regulations, investigating companies that cut safety corners, and holding the right parties responsible when negligence causes crashes.

Find us at 10400 Academy Rd NE Ste 345, Albuquerque, NM 87111. We’ve helped truck accident victims throughout the state recover compensation that reflects what they’ve actually lost.

You won’t pay anything for your consultation. You won’t pay anything unless we win. That’s how our No Win, No Fee Guarantee works.

Call us at (800) 863-5312, or reach our local team directly at (505) 405-5725.

Meet the Attorneys Handling Your Case

Recovering from serious injuries takes all your energy. The last thing you need is a complicated legal process adding to your stress.

Our job is handling the legal fight so you can focus on healing.

Jack Zinda started this firm in 2008 because he saw too many injured people getting pushed around by corporations with unlimited legal resources. He wanted to build something different: a law practice that could stand up to any company, no matter how big.

Truck accident cases aren’t like regular collision claims. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration writes hundreds of pages of rules governing everything commercial drivers and trucking companies do. How long drivers can work before resting. How cargo must be loaded and secured. What maintenance schedules trucks must follow. When companies violate these rules and someone gets hurt, those violations become evidence. 

Our attorneys know where to find it.

We don’t take every case that comes through the door. We choose carefully so every client gets real attention from lawyers who actually know their situation. When you call us, you’ll talk to someone who’s read your file and can answer your questions without looking things up.

Supporting our attorneys is a team of more than 100 people: investigators who preserve evidence fast, medical experts who calculate what your long-term care will cost, trial lawyers who’ve won cases in front of juries, and staff who keep everything organized.

Call (800) 863-5312 or fill out our online form. We’ll review your situation for free.

What Others Say About Our Work

Jack Zinda earned lifetime membership in the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum by winning seven-figure and eight-figure settlements and verdicts for clients with catastrophic injuries.

Our attorneys hold spots in organizations like The Trucking Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 10 and the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40. We carry an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau based on how we communicate with clients and handle their cases.

Our Awards

AWARDED TO JOHN C. (JACK) ZINDA BY THE NATIONAL TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (2016-2020)

AWARDED TO JOHN C. (JACK) ZINDA (2009, 2011-2012, 2014-2021), & NEIL SOLOMON (2020-2021)

AWARDED TO JACK ZINDA (2016-2020)

LIFETIME MEMBERS JOHN C. (JACK) ZINDA

Results From People We’ve Represented

After a serious injury, the right legal support should make things simpler, not harder. At Zinda Law Group, our goal is to reduce uncertainty so you can focus on recovery while we handle the legal work.

It’s free to speak to our lawyers; give us a call at (800) 863-5312 or fill out our online form. You will not pay legal fees unless we successfully win your case! 

Hear From a Real Client – Jacob

“With Zinda Law Group, I was able to get my life back together.” – Jacob

Hear From a Real Client – Marlon

“Zinda was very prepared and very compassionate.” – Marlon

How We’re Different From Other Firms

When you’re hurt badly enough that you need a lawyer, choosing the right one matters. Here’s what working with us actually looks like.

We Don’t Get Paid Unless You Do

Hiring us costs nothing upfront. Throughout your case, you pay nothing. Our fee comes from what we win for you. If we don’t win anything, we don’t get paid. New Mexico regulates how contingency fees work, and we’ll walk you through the details before you agree to anything.

We Actually Know Federal Trucking Law

Most personal injury attorneys handle car accidents. Truck cases are different. Federal rules govern how long drivers can be behind the wheel, how much cargo trucks can carry, what maintenance companies must perform, and who can legally drive a commercial vehicle. When companies ignore these rules and cause crashes, we know how to prove it.

We Understand How Insurers Think

Trucking company insurance adjusters use the same playbook over and over: stall your claim to put you under financial pressure, blame you for the crash before investigating, offer you quick money before you know what your injuries will cost long-term. We’ve seen it hundreds of times. We know how to respond.

You Get More Than Just Lawyers

When you hire us, you’re getting investigators who gather evidence before it disappears. Medical professionals who review your records and project what care you’ll need years from now. Economists who calculate what your injuries cost you in lost income. Trial attorneys who’ve taken trucking companies to court and won. Administrative staff keeping deadlines and details straight.

We Keep You in the Loop

The Better Business Bureau gave us an A+ rating partly because clients tell them we actually communicate. We don’t leave you wondering what’s happening. We explain where your case stands, what comes next, and why we’re making the decisions we’re making.

Our Track Record Speaks

We’ve resolved more than 6,500 injury cases, many involving commercial trucks. We’ve recovered millions for people hurt in New Mexico. Big trucking companies and their insurance carriers don’t scare us.

Our Process for Handling Your Case

Step 1: We Talk, You Decide

Tell us what happened. Show us any evidence you have. We’ll give you our honest assessment of your situation. This costs nothing and obligates you to nothing.

Step 2: We Lock Down Evidence Immediately

If you hire us, we send legal preservation demands to the trucking company that day. We dispatch investigators to the crash scene. We start gathering documentation before anything disappears.

Step 3: We Investigate Everything

Driver logs. Electronic logging device records. Event data recorder information. Maintenance histories. Training records. Employment files. The company’s safety record. We get all of it.

We bring in accident reconstruction specialists and trucking industry experts who identify every regulatory violation that contributed to your crash.

Step 4: We Calculate the Full Picture

Medical experts review your injuries and project what treatment you’ll need long-term. Economic experts calculate what your injuries cost you in lost income over your career. We account for every category of loss, including costs that won’t show up for years.

Step 5: We Negotiate Hard

We build a comprehensive demand backed by evidence and present it to the insurance company. Because we prepare every case for trial, they know we’re serious. That preparation produces better settlement offers.

Step 6: We Go to Trial if Necessary

If they won’t offer fair compensation, we file a lawsuit and take your case in front of a New Mexico jury. Our trial attorneys have won truck accident cases in court. We’re not afraid to use that experience.

Why Hiring a Lawyer Makes Sense After a Truck Crash

Trucking companies carry insurance policies worth hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. Those policies exist to pay injured people. But the insurance companies don’t just hand you money because you got hurt. They fight to keep it.

An attorney’s job is making sure you actually get what you’re entitled to.

Companies Come Ready to Fight

Large trucking operations have lawyers on staff or on retainer. When a crash happens, those lawyers start working immediately to protect the company. They know trucking law. They know how to challenge your claim. They know how to make you look responsible even when you weren’t.

Hiring us means you have lawyers who know the same laws, the same tactics, and the same strategies.

Multiple Parties Might Be Responsible

Car accidents usually involve two drivers and two insurance companies. Truck accidents are messier.

The driver might be at fault. The company that employed the driver might be at fault for pushing them too hard or failing to train them properly. The company that owns the truck might be at fault for skipping maintenance. The company that loaded the cargo might be at fault if the load shifted and caused the truck to roll over. The manufacturer of a truck part might be at fault if something broke.

Finding everyone who bears responsibility matters because it means more insurance money available to compensate you.

The Evidence Is Different

Proving what happened in a truck crash requires evidence you won’t find in a regular car accident. Electronic logging devices that show whether the driver exceeded their legal hours. Event data recorders that capture what the truck was doing in the seconds before impact. Maintenance logs showing whether required inspections happened. Company safety records showing whether this driver or this company has caused problems before.

This evidence doesn’t stick around forever. Electronic data gets overwritten. Maintenance records get lost. Companies sometimes destroy evidence when they think they can get away with it. Lawyers can send legal demands forcing companies to preserve everything before it disappears.

Deadlines Matter and Mistakes Hurt

New Mexico gives you three years to file a truck accident lawsuit. That sounds like a long time until you consider how long it takes to investigate a complex crash, gather all the medical records, calculate all the costs, and build a case strong enough to win.

Miss the deadline and you lose your right to compensation entirely, no matter how good your case is. Make procedural mistakes during litigation and you can damage your case permanently.

Lawyers handle all of that so you don’t have to worry about it.

Types of Trucks That Cause Albuquerque Crashes

Albuquerque sits where I-40 and I-25 intersect, making it a major stop for commercial freight moving across the Southwest. We handle cases involving all types of commercial vehicles, such as:

Tractor-Trailers and 18-Wheelers

These are the big rigs you see everywhere on I-40 and I-25. They weigh up to 40 tons. When they hit passenger vehicles, the damage is catastrophic. Drivers who speed, follow too closely, fail to check blind spots, or drive while exhausted cause serious crashes.

Dump Trucks Like the One That Killed Someone on I-40

Dump trucks haul construction materials, dirt, gravel, and debris. They’re heavy even when empty. When loaded, they’re difficult to stop and hard to control. The January fatality on I-40 demonstrates what happens when these trucks collide with people.

Delivery Trucks Running Routes All Day

Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and smaller delivery companies run trucks throughout Albuquerque neighborhoods constantly. Drivers rushing to meet delivery quotas make dangerous decisions: speeding, running stop signs, failing to check before backing up.

Tanker Trucks Carrying Hazardous Materials

Tankers haul fuel, chemicals, and other dangerous liquids. The cargo sloshes around inside, making the trucks unstable during turns. Crashes involving tankers can result in fires, explosions, and chemical spills that close highways for days.

Tow Trucks and Wreckers

Tow truck drivers responding to breakdowns and accidents sometimes cause crashes themselves. Improperly secured vehicles fall off during transport. Drivers rushing to beat competitors make unsafe lane changes.

Garbage Trucks Operating in Neighborhoods

Sanitation trucks make frequent stops, back up often, and have massive blind spots. When drivers don’t check carefully before moving, they hit vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians.

Flatbed Trucks With Cargo That Can Shift

Flatbed trailers carry construction materials, vehicles, and other oversized loads. When cargo isn’t secured properly, it shifts during transport, causing the truck to roll over or lose control. When cargo falls off, it creates deadly obstacles in traffic.

Note: This page covers all commercial truck crashes in Albuquerque. Whatever hit you, we can help.

Common Ways Truck Crashes Happen

Here are the collision types we see most often:

• Rear-end impacts when trucks can’t stop in time because drivers are distracted, following too closely, or the brakes fail.
• Side-swipes when truck drivers change lanes without checking mirrors or compensating for massive blind spots.
• Head-on collisions when trucks cross the center line because drivers fall asleep, get distracted, or lose control.
• Rollovers when trucks take curves too fast, cargo shifts, or tire blowouts cause loss of control.
• Jackknife crashes when trailers swing out from the tractor during hard braking or emergency maneuvers.
• Left-turn crashes when truck drivers turn in front of oncoming traffic they didn’t see or misjudged.
• Multi-vehicle pileups triggered when a truck causes the initial collision and other vehicles can’t stop in time.
• Pedestrian and cyclist strikes when truck drivers make turns without seeing people in crosswalks or bike lanes.

What Actually Causes These Crashes

Most truck accidents result from choices someone made. Understanding what went wrong helps us prove who should pay.

Drivers Who’ve Been Behind the Wheel Too Long

Federal law says commercial drivers can only work so many hours before they must rest. Companies sometimes pressure drivers to ignore these rules to meet delivery schedules. Exhausted drivers react slowly, make poor decisions, and sometimes fall asleep.

Electronic logging devices track exactly how long drivers have been working. We obtain this data to prove whether fatigue played a role.

Drivers Not Paying Attention

Truck drivers who text, eat, adjust the radio, or deal with dispatch communications while driving cause crashes. Even a few seconds of distraction at highway speed covers hundreds of feet.

Drivers Under the Influence

Commercial drivers face stricter DUI standards than regular drivers, and they’re supposed to be tested regularly for drugs and alcohol. Despite this, impaired driving still happens and still kills people.

Trucks Going Too Fast

An 80,000-pound truck needs much more distance to stop than a 3,000-pound car. When truck drivers speed or tailgate, they’re betting they’ll be able to stop in time. Often they can’t.

Drivers Who Don’t Know What They’re Doing

Operating a commercial truck safely requires training and skill. High turnover in the trucking industry means companies are constantly hiring new drivers. Some companies provide inadequate training to get drivers on the road faster.

Trucks That Haven’t Been Maintained

Federal regulations require regular inspections and maintenance. Brakes, tires, steering systems, and lights all need to work properly. When companies skip maintenance to save money, mechanical failures cause crashes.

Cargo Loaded Wrong

Trucks have weight limits for a reason. Exceeding those limits makes trucks harder to control and harder to stop. Cargo that isn’t secured properly shifts during transport, causing trucks to roll over or jackknife.

Bad Roads and Other Drivers

Sometimes poor road conditions, missing signs, or defective traffic signals contribute to crashes. Sometimes another driver’s negligence plays a role. When that happens, additional parties might share responsibility.

Common Injuries in Truck Accidents

Truck crashes cause injuries far worse than typical car accidents. The size and weight difference between a commercial truck and a passenger vehicle means the people in the smaller vehicle suffer catastrophic harm.

We’ve represented people dealing with:

• Brain injuries that change personality, destroy memory, and make it impossible to work.
• Spinal cord damage that causes paralysis, either partial or complete.
• Broken bones in multiple places requiring surgery, pins, rods, and months of recovery.
• Neck and back injuries causing chronic pain that never fully goes away.
• Internal injuries to organs that require emergency surgery and ongoing treatment.
• Burns covering large parts of the body, requiring skin grafts and causing permanent disfigurement.
• Amputations when limbs are crushed or severed in the crash.
• Deep cuts leaving permanent scars across visible parts of the body.
• Chronic pain that limits what you can do every day for the rest of your life.
• Psychological trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and depression stemming from the crash and its aftermath.
• Deaths that leave families without someone they loved and depended on.

What You Can Recover Financially

New Mexico law allows truck accident victims to pursue compensation based on the severity of their injuries and losses.

Medical Expenses, Now and in the Future

Ambulance care, emergency treatment, surgery, hospital stays, specialist visits, therapy, prescriptions, medical equipment, and in-home care. You can also recover projected future medical costs, calculated with the help of medical experts.

Lost Income and Reduced Earning Capacity

Wages missed during recovery, future income you can no longer earn, and lost benefits such as retirement contributions or health insurance.

Property Damage

Repair or replacement of your vehicle and any personal property damaged in the crash.

Physical and Emotional Pain

Compensation for physical suffering, emotional distress, anxiety, depression, and the lasting mental impact of a serious collision.

Permanent Disability or Disfigurement

Damages for long-term limitations, visible scarring, career changes, or loss of independence caused by lasting injuries.

Loss of Consortium

In severe injury cases, your spouse may pursue compensation for the impact on your relationship, including lost companionship and support.

Wrongful Death Damages

If a loved one was killed, surviving family members may recover funeral expenses, final medical bills, lost financial support, and compensation for the emotional loss.

Punitive Damages

In cases involving extreme recklessness or deliberate safety violations, courts may award additional damages meant to punish wrongful conduct and deter similar behavior.

What to Do Right After a Truck Crash

The choices you make immediately after getting hit affect how much compensation you can ultimately recover.

See a Doctor Today, Not Tomorrow

Even if you don’t feel badly hurt, go anyway. Adrenaline masks pain. Serious internal injuries don’t always hurt right away. Brain injuries can seem minor at first and worsen over hours or days.

Getting examined immediately creates medical records linking your injuries directly to the crash. Waiting gives insurance companies room to argue your injuries came from something else.

Make Sure Police Come and File a Report

Call 911 so law enforcement responds and documents everything officially. The police report becomes key evidence in your case.

Officers record information you might not be able to gather yourself: the truck’s company name, DOT identification numbers, the driver’s information, insurance details. If you’re injured, you need someone else capturing all of this.

Take Photos and Videos of Everything

If you’re physically capable, document the scene thoroughly before anything gets moved or cleaned up.

Photograph all vehicles from multiple angles. The entire accident scene. Road conditions. Weather. Traffic signals or signs. The truck’s identifying information and company markings. Your injuries. Damage to your vehicle and belongings.

Get contact information from anyone who saw what happened. Witnesses disappear quickly.

Save your damaged clothes, broken belongings, anything physical from the crash. Don’t throw anything away until your lawyer says it’s okay.

Don’t Talk to the Trucking Company’s Insurance

Their insurance adjuster will call you fast, often within hours. They sound friendly. They say they just need a quick statement to process your claim.

Don’t give them one.

Everything you say gets recorded and analyzed for ways to reduce what they owe you. “I’m okay” becomes evidence you weren’t hurt. “I didn’t see the truck” becomes an admission you caused the crash.

Tell them politely that your lawyer will be in touch. 

Call a Lawyer Before Evidence Vanishes

Trucking companies send their own investigators to crash sites fast. Electronic logging data gets overwritten after six months. Camera footage gets deleted after weeks. Maintenance records disappear.

The sooner we get involved, the more evidence we can preserve through legal demands.

Why Waiting Costs You

New Mexico Gives You Three Years, Which Isn’t as Long as It Sounds

You have three years from your crash date to file a lawsuit. After that, your right to compensation ends permanently, no matter how strong your case is.

Three years sounds like plenty of time until you consider how long building a truck accident case actually takes. Investigating takes months. Gathering all medical records takes months. Calculating all damages takes months. Negotiating takes months. If negotiations fail and we have to file a lawsuit, litigation takes even longer.

Starting early gives us room to do everything properly without rushing.

Critical Evidence Has Expiration Dates

Electronic logging devices store data for six months, then overwrite it. Onboard cameras record for weeks, then delete old footage. Maintenance records exist until companies decide they don’t need them anymore.

Without a lawyer sending formal preservation demands, companies make this evidence disappear.

Witnesses Become Impossible to Find

People move. Phone numbers change. Memories fade. Getting detailed witness statements right after a crash captures what people saw while it’s still clear in their minds.

Wait six months and witnesses might not remember important details. Wait a year and we might not be able to find them at all.

The Trucking Company Starts Building Their Defense Immediately

The insurance company assigns adjusters, lawyers, and investigators to your case within hours of the crash. While you’re in the hospital, they’re gathering evidence and building arguments for why they shouldn’t have to pay you.

Hiring us early means someone is protecting your interests from day one.

How We Prove the Truck Driver or Company Was at Fault

Winning your case requires proving four things. Our job is building evidence that establishes all four.

• They Owed You a Duty: Truck drivers and trucking companies must operate safely and follow all traffic laws and federal regulations.
• They Breached That Duty: Violating federal hours-of-service rules, skipping required maintenance, loading cargo past weight limits, hiring unqualified drivers, operating while distracted or impaired all constitute breaches.
• That Breach Caused Your Crash: We use accident reconstruction experts, medical professionals, and electronic data to show a direct connection between what they did wrong and what happened to you.
• You Suffered Real Losses: We document every category of harm you’ve suffered: medical expenses, lost income, pain, property damage, and everything else.

Your Own Mistakes Don’t Automatically Kill Your Case

If the trucking company claims you share responsibility for the crash, New Mexico law still lets you recover compensation.

The state uses pure comparative negligence. Your compensation gets reduced by whatever percentage of fault gets assigned to you, but there’s no minimum threshold. Even if you were mostly at fault, you can still recover something.

Example: A jury awards you $400,000 but decides you were 30% responsible. You receive $280,000.

Insurance companies know this rule and exploit it aggressively. They try to inflate your share of fault as high as possible to reduce what they pay. We counter this by investigating thoroughly and presenting clear evidence of what actually happened.

Additional Reading on Truck Accidents

• Albuquerque Personal Injury Legal Guide: How to Protect Your Rights After an Accident
• Understanding Truck Accident Laws in Albuquerque: What Every Victim Should Know
• How to Get a Crash Report in Albuquerque
• Accident Law in Albuquerque: Truck Crash Victims’ Guide to Justice

Albuquerque Community Resources

• Albuquerque Police Department
• Albuquerque Animal Services Center
• Albuquerque County Court House

Get Legal Help Today

You’ve been through something serious and frightening. Figuring out the legal system while you’re trying to heal shouldn’t add to that burden.

When you reach out to us, you’ll talk to someone who listens and takes you seriously. We’ll explain your options in plain language. You don’t need paperwork prepared or legal knowledge to make that first call.

Consultations cost nothing. If we take your case, you pay nothing upfront. We get paid from the compensation we win for you.

Got hit by a commercial truck in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, or anywhere in New Mexico? Call (800) 863-5312 or our Albuquerque office at (505) 405-5725. You can also submit our online form and we’ll respond quickly.

We handle cases throughout New Mexico. We do consultations remotely if that works better for you. We can meet you at home if you can’t travel. Appointments are required.

FAQs

What makes truck crashes different from regular car accidents?

Size and consequences. An 80,000-pound truck hitting a 3,000-pound car causes far worse injuries than two cars colliding. The legal landscape is also different. Federal regulations govern commercial trucking in ways that don’t apply to regular drivers. These regulations cover how long drivers can work, how cargo must be secured, what maintenance companies must perform, and who’s qualified to drive commercially. When companies violate these rules and cause crashes, those violations become evidence of negligence. Also, trucking companies typically have experienced legal teams that respond immediately after accidents, making early legal representation critical for injured people.

What’s in a truck’s black box and why does it matter?

Commercial trucks have electronic logging devices and event data recorders that capture detailed information about what the truck and driver were doing before a crash. Speed, braking, acceleration, steering inputs, whether the driver was wearing a seatbelt, how long the driver had been working without rest. This data can prove a driver was speeding, fell asleep, or violated federal hours-of-service rules. The problem is this data doesn’t stick around forever. ELD systems typically overwrite old data after six months. That’s why getting a lawyer involved quickly matters. We send legal demands immediately requiring companies to preserve all electronic data before it disappears.

Can I still pursue a claim if the driver was an independent contractor?

Yes. Companies often classify drivers as independent contractors to avoid liability, but courts look at the actual relationship, not just the label. If the company controlled when the driver worked, what routes they drove, and how they performed their job, that driver might legally be an employee regardless of what their contract says. We investigate these relationships carefully and pursue all parties who bear responsibility: the driver, the company they drove for, the company that owned the truck, cargo loaders, maintenance providers, and parts manufacturers.

They’re saying I caused the crash. What happens now?

Trucking companies and their insurers routinely blame crash victims before investigating what actually happened. They might claim you were speeding, following too closely, or made an unsafe lane change. Don’t accept their version of events. We investigate independently using police reports, witness statements, surveillance footage from nearby businesses, electronic data from both vehicles, and accident reconstruction experts. We build a clear picture of what actually happened based on evidence, not the trucking company’s self-serving narrative. Even if you did make some mistake, New Mexico’s comparative negligence law means you can still recover compensation reduced by your percentage of fault.

How do I know what my case is worth?

It depends on how badly you were hurt and how those injuries affect your life. Factors include: total medical expenses now and projected into the future, income you’ve lost and will continue to lose if you can’t return to your job, physical pain and emotional suffering, permanent disabilities or disfigurement, and impact on your marriage or family life. Truck accident cases typically settle for more than car accident cases because commercial trucks carry larger insurance policies and cause worse injuries. During your free consultation, we’ll evaluate your specific situation and give you an honest assessment of what we think your case could be worth.

What if I didn’t get the driver’s information?

Commercial trucks display company names, DOT numbers, and license plate information on the vehicle. The official police report will include driver details, company information, and insurance contacts. Even partial photos of truck markings, logos, or identifying numbers often provide enough information for our investigators to track down the responsible parties. The key is contacting us quickly so we can start that process while the trail is still fresh.

Will my case go to trial?

Most truck accident cases settle before trial, but not because trucking companies are generous. They settle because we prepare every case as if it’s going in front of a jury. When insurance companies see that we’re ready to litigate, have all our evidence organized, and have expert witnesses lined up, they make better settlement offers. If negotiations stall or they refuse to offer fair compensation, we absolutely will take the case to trial. We have courtroom experience in commercial vehicle cases and we’re not intimidated by corporate defendants with expensive lawyers.

What if the insurance policy isn’t big enough?

Commercial trucks must carry substantial insurance, typically at least $750,000 to $1 million depending on what they haul. If your damages exceed that amount, we investigate other potential sources of compensation: umbrella policies the company might carry, cargo insurance that might apply, other parties who share liability and have their own insurance coverage, and your own underinsured motorist coverage if you have it. We look at every possible avenue before concluding that additional money isn’t available.

Can I sue if the police report says it was my fault?

Yes. Police reports reflect what an officer thought happened based on limited information available at the scene. They’re not final legal determinations of fault and they can be challenged. Officers often don’t have access to electronic truck data, detailed witness accounts, or expert analysis when they write their reports. We’ve successfully represented clients in cases where initial police reports seemed unfavorable. What matters is what all the evidence shows when examined thoroughly by qualified experts.

How long do I have to file a lawsuit in New Mexico?

Three years from the crash date for injury claims. Three years from the date of death for wrongful death claims. These deadlines are absolute. Miss them and your right to compensation ends permanently. Don’t wait until you’re running out of time to hire a lawyer. Starting early gives us room to investigate thoroughly, build a strong case, and negotiate properly without rushing.

John (Jack) Zinda

Founder / CEO

Over 100 years of combined experience representing injured victims across the country.

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Neil Solomon

Partner

Real results matter. We do not get paid unless we win your case.

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