Attorney’s Choice – The Bulldog Other Attorneys Hire
Attorney’s Choice – The Bulldog Other Attorneys Hire
If you or someone you love was hit by a semi, box truck, or delivery van, Henderson truck accident attorney Kim Welch is ready to help. A loaded tractor-trailer can weigh 20 to 30 times what your car weighs, which is why these crashes so often end in broken bones, spinal injuries, traumatic brain injuries, or death rather than a fender bender. Compensation in a truck case can cover emergency and ongoing medical care, surgery and rehabilitation, lost wages and lost earning capacity, in-home help, vehicle damage, and pain and suffering. Kim Welch knows how hard a trucking company and its insurer will work to limit what they pay, and she pushes back from day one.
Truck cases are not car cases with a bigger vehicle. There is almost always more than one party who may be responsible: the driver, the motor carrier that employed them, the company that loaded the trailer, a maintenance contractor, or the manufacturer of a failed part. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules govern hours of service, driver qualification, inspections, and cargo securement, and violations of those rules are frequently what caused the wreck. Kim Welch Law knows which records to demand — driver logs, electronic logging device data, maintenance files, drug and alcohol testing, dispatch and load documents — and how fast to demand them.
Henderson sits where I-11, I-515, and US-95 funnel freight between Las Vegas, Boulder City, and Arizona, and Boulder Highway and St. Rose Parkway carry heavy commercial traffic through the middle of town every day. That mix of interstate freight and local delivery traffic is why truck collisions here are so often high-speed and catastrophic. Under Nevada Revised Statutes 11.190 you generally have two years from the date of injury to file a personal injury claim, and evidence in a truck case can disappear far sooner than that — some records are only required to be kept for six months. If a commercial vehicle hurt you, call Kim Welch Law now rather than later.
Trucking insurers send investigators to the scene within hours, and their job is to build a file against you. You should have someone doing the same work on your side. Kim Welch investigates the crash, sends spoliation letters to preserve the truck’s data, works with reconstruction experts when the facts are disputed, documents the full medical picture, and handles every call from the adjuster so you can focus on healing. Nevada’s comparative negligence rule under NRS 41.141 means an insurer will try to shift part of the blame to you to cut what it pays, and Kim Welch is a bulldog about not letting that happen.
Call 911 and get medical attention even if you feel able to walk away. Photograph both vehicles, the trailer and its company markings, the DOT number, the scene and any skid marks, and get the names of witnesses and the responding officer’s report number. Then call a lawyer before you give any recorded statement to the trucking company’s insurer.
Often more than one party. Depending on the facts, liability can fall on the driver, the trucking company that hired and dispatched them, the company that loaded or secured the cargo, a maintenance provider, a broker, or a parts manufacturer. Identifying every responsible party matters because it can mean access to more insurance coverage for your injuries.
Not automatically — but the injuries tend to be far more severe, and commercial carriers are required to carry much higher liability limits than ordinary drivers. That combination means the numbers involved are larger, and it is also why carriers fight these claims harder.
Driver hours-of-service logs and electronic logging device data, the truck’s engine and event data, maintenance and inspection records, the driver’s qualification and testing file, and the load and dispatch paperwork. Some of it can lawfully be destroyed within months, which is why a preservation demand needs to go out early.
Generally two years from the date of the injury under NRS 11.190. Waiting is still a mistake — the physical evidence and the carrier’s records are the first things to go.
You may still recover. Nevada follows modified comparative negligence under NRS 41.141: your award is reduced by your share of fault, and you are barred only if you were more than 50 percent responsible. Expect the insurer to argue for a bigger share than the facts support.
After being involved in my first car accident, I didn’t know where to begin the legal process until I came across Kim and her team. They were truly amazing. Not only are they very professional, but also they care for their clients.
I could not be more thankful for Kim and her team! She is hands down the best representation to have for your car accident / injury case. Kim doesn’t back down and she doesn’t settle for anything less than you deserve.
Kim and her staff explained everything that needed to happen to file a claim, kept me informed, handled paying the bills (which were significant) and most importantly understood and advocated for us.
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Colorado Springs, CO 80903
321 N. Pecos Rd., Ste. 300
Henderson, NV 89074
Kim Welch Law is an experienced accident attorney you need fighting for You in Colorado Springs & Las Vegas.