Accidents & injuries
Truck accident
Tell us what happened and where. Nothing here is legal advice, and nothing on this page predicts what any case is worth.
What decides what a truck accident claim is worth?
Mostly evidence and consequence, not the label on the incident. Who was responsible and what proves it. How badly you were hurt, what treatment you have had, and what you still need. What you have lost in earnings or independence. And what insurance is actually available to pay. An attorney licensed in your state has to weigh those against the facts before anyone can say what a claim is worth, which is why this page asks about them instead of offering a figure.
One reported example: $7,600,000 — Collision involving chronic hip, leg, back and neck symptoms, hearing loss and PTSD
Capture the scene and your recovery
Identify the truck, the carrier name and the DOT number on the cab, and photograph both. Note the trailer, any visible load and whether more than one company appears on the vehicle. Commercial carriers keep logs, inspection records and telematics that are only held for a set period, so the sooner the carrier is identified the better.
Record what you know without guessing at fault. If you are unsure about something, write down that you are unsure — that is more useful later than a confident guess, and nobody expects you to have a complete account.
What tends to decide cases like this
More than one business is often involved — the driver, the carrier, whoever loaded the trailer, and sometimes a separate owner of the cab. Each may hold different records. Federal rules require carriers to keep driver logs, inspection reports and maintenance records, but only for set periods, and electronic logging data can be overwritten sooner. The earlier the carrier is identified in writing, the more of that record still exists.
What can affect a claim like this
The evidence, the law that applies where it happened, the deadlines that apply to that kind of claim, and the circumstances all matter. Someone else’s result does not determine yours, and no figure on this site is a prediction for any case.
An attorney looks at how serious the injury is and how clearly it is documented, what care has been needed, whether the effects are expected to last, what income has been lost, who was responsible and what evidence shows it. Where responsibility is shared, how that is treated differs from state to state.
How to start
Choose truck accident in the form, add the state and city where it happened, and tell us how to reach you. It takes about a minute, nothing is sent until you press send, and you can stop at any point. Find A Tough Lawyer is a legal media and lead-generation service, not a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice.
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Can these settlements predict my result?
No. Any figure below is one case, reported by the source named beneath it. They are other people’s cases — not our results, not typical, and not a prediction for anyone else. What a particular claim is worth depends on the evidence, responsibility, treatment, losses, future needs, insurance and the law of that state.
Published settlement context
Bright Siaw Afriyie — claim against City of Dallas
$100,000Employment retaliation claim.
Officially reported payment; settlement versus judgment unspecified · FY2020–21. Whole-case amount. Not an average or prediction. Excluded from settlement ranges: the report does not distinguish a settlement from a judgment.
Reported 2020
Source: Dallas City Attorney — FY2021–22 report (opens in a new tab)Collision involving chronic hip, leg, back and neck symptoms, hearing loss and PTSD
$7,600,000Collision involving chronic hip, leg, back and neck symptoms, hearing loss and PTSD.
Reported settlement · 2025-03-02. Whole-case reported settlement, potentially covering multiple injuries. Not a value assigned to one body part; gross amount before deductions.
Reported 2025
Source: Virginia Lawyers Weekly (opens in a new tab)Coney Island Hospital patient — name omitted
$6,000,000Malpractice claim involving significant brain damage and lifelong nursing-home care.
Settlement documented by official source · FY2019 report. Anonymous case summary in official report. No patient identity or national ranking inferred.
Reported 2019
Source: New York City Comptroller — FY2019, Appendix C (opens in a new tab)Driver — name omitted — NYC claim
$11,000,000Tree crushed a vehicle, causing injuries resulting in paralysis.
Settlement reported by city; parties anonymized in source · FY2019. Whole-case amount. Not an average or prediction. No admission of liability inferred.
Reported 2019
Source: New York City Comptroller — FY2019, Appendix C (opens in a new tab)Juana Segovia et al. — claim against City of Dallas
$1,000,000Claim alleging failure to provide a detainee medical care, resulting in death.
Officially reported payment; settlement versus judgment unspecified · FY2021–22. Whole-case amount. Not an average or prediction. Excluded from settlement ranges: the report does not distinguish a settlement from a judgment.
Reported 2021
Source: Dallas City Attorney — FY2021–22 report (opens in a new tab)Keyvn DeMartino — claim against City of Dallas
$200,000Brain injury alleged after a sanitation-truck collision.
Officially reported payment; settlement versus judgment unspecified · FY2019–20. Whole-case amount. Not an average or prediction. Excluded from settlement ranges: the report does not distinguish a settlement from a judgment.
Reported 2019
Source: Dallas City Attorney — FY2021–22 report (opens in a new tab)Free case evaluation
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