Accidents & injuries
Truck accident in Phoenix
Tell us what happened and where. We are not a law firm, nothing here is legal advice, and naming your city is not a claim that we can connect you with an attorney in it.
What to write down now
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.
About this area
Phoenix has a population of about 1,665,481 (US Census Bureau, Population Estimates).
2,854 fatal traffic crashes were reported in Maricopa County between 2020 and 2024 (NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System). This counts crashes across the whole county, not this city alone, and is not a prediction about any claim. Source
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.
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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