Zinda & Davis, PLLC, Texas truck-accident attorneys

America needs and relies on its trucks for transportation of goods across the nation.  But,  when big trucks become deadly weapons, then Americans need skilled, experienced, aggressive truck-accident attorneys to set things right.  In Texas, victims of truck accidents depend on the attorneys of Zinda & Davis, PLLC to battle powerful industrial and insurance adversaries, helping them through devastating personal injury and wrongful death cases.

Generating more than $300 billion in annual revenue, the trucking industry is the life’s blood of American commerce.  Manufacturing, agriculture, and the nation’s retailers absolutely depend on the nation’s hard-working, hard-driving eighteen-wheel drivers; and it is no exaggeration to say, if America’s trucks stopped, the nation’s shipping will grind to a halt.

The dangerous dark side of trucking

Nevertheless, trucking also has a dangerous dark side.  Big eighteen-wheel semi-trailer rigs sometimes become deadly weapons: Although fatalities have decreased slightly in the last two years, trucking accidents account for more than 4000 highway deaths every year.  Not surprisingly, the majority of fatal truck crashes happen at night on remote country roads when the truck driver is going too fast for conditions and is sleepy or distracted.  Of course, collisions between semi-trailer rigs and passenger cars stand out as by far the most deadly, because a fully loaded Kenworth or Peterbilt can weigh up to twenty-five-times the weight of the car it launches, crushes, splits, or destroys.  The most gruesome trucking accidents, of course, happen on crowded inner-city freeways and expressways, where truckers cannot always see other drivers in their blind spots, and where they frequently have neither time nor space to take evasive action.

Hard-hitting investigative reports have inspired Federal and local authorities to step-up enforcement of hours and miles regulations for long-distance truckers, so that driver fatigue now causes less than 14% of all trucking accidents.  More alarmingly, though, use and abuse of prescription and over-the-counter medications now lead the list of causes for fatal truck collisions, accounting for more than 44% of all big-rig accidents.

Zinda & Davis: Leaders in truck injury law in Texas.

Like physicians and other high-powered professionals, lawyers focus on areas where they recognize people’s need for zealous legal representation is greatest.  Jack Zinda focuses on cases involving eighteen-wheeler accidents and wrongful deaths.  A distinguished graduate of Baylor University Law School, Jack is a founding partner at Zinda & Davis, PLLC, where he has served as principal litigator in a number of high-profile cases against dangerous truck drivers and their negligent employers.  In 2009 and again in 2010, Texas Monthly recognized Jack as one of its “Rising Stars”, noting the respect he commands among his peers and the devotion he earns from satisfied clients.

Because truck accidents generally cause catastrophic injuries and often leave victims permanently impaired or disabled, victims of eighteen-wheeler accidents require far greater than usual compensation for their medical care, rehabilitation, and follow-up psychotherapy.  Not surprisingly, truck drivers, their employers, and the insurance companies are reluctant to live up to their responsibilities exceptional costs.  Therefore, victims of truck accidents need an attorney who can prevail in tough negotiations or win if the case goes to trial.  Moreover, if the case goes to trial, accident victims need an attorney who can win “punitive damages” from the responsible parties, sending a strong message to truckers that the community will not tolerate negligence or recklessness.  In other words, victims of serious trucking accidents need the firm of Zinda & Davis.