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Every guide on the site, most recently updated first. Browse by section: After a Crash, Law Library, Drivers, Trucking Companies, Cities.

After a Crash

18-Wheeler Accident Checklist: The First 30 Days

A day-by-day checklist of records, deadlines and evidence after a big-rig crash.

After a Crash

Commercial Vehicle Accident Report Forms Explained

The CR-3 police report, the driver's report and the trucking company's own accident records.

After a Crash

How to Look Up a Truck's DOT Number and Owner

Find the USDOT number on a truck or crash report and use it to identify the carrier.

After a Crash

How to Find a Trucking Company's Insurance

Where insurance information for a trucking company is recorded and how to find it.

Law Library

Texas and Federal Trucking Laws, Explained

Plain-English explainers for the statutes and regulations behind truck accident claims.

Law Library

CPRC §16.003: The Two-Year Deadline

The Texas statute of limitations for injury, death and property damage.

Law Library

CPRC Chapter 33: Proportionate Responsibility

How fault is shared and when a claimant recovers nothing.

Law Library

CPRC Chapter 41: Exemplary (Punitive) Damages

When punitive damages are available and how they are capped.

Law Library

CPRC Chapter 71: Wrongful Death and Survival

Who can sue for a death and what the estate can recover.

Law Library

CPRC Chapter 72: Commercial Motor Vehicle Trials (HB 19)

Bifurcated trials and evidence rules in Texas truck cases.

Law Library

Transportation Code Chapter 550: Crash Duties and Reports

Duties after a crash and who may obtain a crash report.

Law Library

49 CFR Part 395: Federal Hours of Service

Driving limits, duty windows, breaks and ELDs for interstate drivers.

Law Library

49 CFR Part 387: Truck Insurance Minimums

The federal minimum liability coverage for motor carriers.

Law Library

Trucking and Truck Accident Glossary

Definitions of the trucking, insurance and legal terms used in truck accident cases.

Drivers

Texas Intrastate vs Federal Hours of Service

12/15/70 in Texas vs 11/14/60-70 federally, side by side.

Drivers

ELD Rules for Texas Drivers

Who must use an electronic logging device, the exemptions and what records are kept.

Drivers

What Truck Drivers Must Do After a Crash

Stopping, reporting, testing and paperwork duties for CMV drivers.

Drivers

DOT Post-Accident Drug and Alcohol Testing

When testing is required and the time limits that apply.

Drivers

DOT Inspection Levels I–VIII Explained

What each roadside inspection level covers and what out-of-service means.

Drivers

CDL Disqualification Offenses

Major offenses, serious traffic violations and how long a CDL is disqualified.

Drivers

Texas Truck Weight and Size Limits

Gross and axle weight limits, width, height and length in Texas.

Trucking Companies

DOT Accident Register

What a motor carrier must record about crashes and how long to keep it.

Trucking Companies

What Counts as a DOT-Recordable Accident

The federal definition: deaths, injuries treated away from the scene and tow-aways.

Trucking Companies

Truck Insurance Minimums: Federal and Texas

Federal minimum liability limits by cargo type, and the Texas filing.

Trucking Companies

Driver Qualification File Checklist

Every document a DQ file must contain under 49 CFR Part 391.

Trucking Companies

How to Read a Carrier Safety Rating and CSA Scores

Satisfactory, Conditional and Unsatisfactory ratings, and the BASICs.

Trucking Companies

Texas Intrastate Operating Authority (TxDMV)

Who needs Texas intrastate authority and how it relates to a USDOT number.

After a Crash

What to Do After a Truck Accident in Texas

The steps to take at the scene and in the days after a commercial truck crash.

After a Crash

How to Get Your Texas Crash Report (CR-3)

Who can order a CR-3, where to order it, what it costs and how to read it.

After a Crash

How to Document Evidence After a Truck Crash

Photos, witnesses, medical records and the other evidence that matters most.

After a Crash

Common Causes of Texas Truck Accidents

Fatigue, speed, maintenance, loading and the evidence that proves each cause.

After a Crash

Spoliation Letters: Preserving Black Box and Logbook Data

How preservation letters protect ECM, ELD and maintenance evidence.

After a Crash

Truck Black Box (ECM) Data Explained

What a truck's engine control module records and how the data is used.

Law Library

Texas Truck Accident Deadlines

The two-year statute of limitations, notice rules for government vehicles, and the exceptions.

Law Library

Truck Accident Damages in Texas

Economic, non-economic and exemplary (punitive) damages, and the Texas caps.

Law Library

Texas Truck Accident Settlements: What Affects the Amount

The factors that move settlement values up or down.

Law Library

Who Can Be Liable in a Texas Truck Accident

Drivers, carriers, brokers, shippers, maintenance shops and manufacturers.

Law Library

Shared Fault in Texas Truck Accidents

How Texas's proportionate responsibility rule and the 51% bar work.

Law Library

Dealing With Trucking Insurers

Adjuster tactics, recorded statements, bad faith and Stowers demands.

Law Library

Medical Liens and "Doctors on Lien" in Texas

Hospital liens, letters of protection and subrogation explained.

Law Library

Wrongful Death Claims After a Texas Truck Crash

Who can file, what can be recovered and the deadlines.

Law Library

Settle or Go to Trial?

Why most truck cases settle, and what pushes some to trial.

Law Library

18-Wheeler vs Car Accident Claims

How claims against trucking companies differ from ordinary car crash claims.

Law Library

Catastrophic Injuries in Truck Crashes

Brain, spinal, burn and amputation injuries and how they affect a claim.

Law Library

Brain Injury (TBI) Claims After a Truck Crash

Diagnosis, documentation and damages in traumatic brain injury claims.

Law Library

Spinal Cord Injuries From Truck Accidents

Types of spinal injury, long-term costs and life care plans.

Law Library

How to Choose a Truck Accident Lawyer in Texas

Credentials, experience, fees and red flags when choosing a lawyer.

Law Library

Questions to Ask a Truck Accident Attorney

What to ask in a first consultation, and the answers to listen for.

Law Library

Truck Accident Lawyer Fees and Costs

How contingency fees and case costs usually work in Texas.

Law Library

Truck Accident Lawyer vs General Personal Injury Lawyer

When trucking-specific experience matters.

Drivers

Hours-of-Service and Maintenance Violations in Crashes

How HOS and maintenance violations show up in crash investigations.

Cities

Truck Accidents Across Texas

An overview of truck crash patterns across Texas regions.