Trucking cases are not automotive cases. They are more complex, more intensive, and often, more is at stake.
Simply put, a truck crash case needs a truck accident attorney.
The Law Firm for Truck Safety is a plaintiff’s law firm committed to representing personal injury cases relating to truck, bus, and other commercial vehicle accidents. We provide the knowledge, experience, and hard work necessary to get the results you deserve after your truck accident.
For many Oklahoma truck crash victims and their families, justice is about making sure those at fault are held responsible and working to stop these accidents from happening again. It’s about ensuring that every victim receives the support and compensation they need to rebuild their lives, while also pushing for changes that make our roads safer for everyone.
At The Law Firm for Truck Safety, we fight for families that have lost so much so senselessly. We are passionate about the pursuit of justice and that passion has translated to record results for our clients and their families. Our record results include a $42.4 million verdict and a $34 million trucking settlement, the largest truck crash settlement in the US during the year it was recovered.
No other law firm knows trucks quite like us. Our trucking law expertise and trial experience allow us to win multi-million-dollar results year after year.
Our team of truck accident attorneys works tirelessly to help your family find justice in the wake of a catastrophic truck crash.
We understand how devastating a truck accident can be for you and your family. Our Oklahoma truck accident attorneys are ready to put their experience, courage, and compassion to work and fight tirelessly for the compensation you deserve.
We limit our caseload to solely serve victims of catastrophic truck crashes. In turn, our lawyers are able to give our clients and their cases the attention, care, and resources they deserve.
Injured in a truck accident? Let us be a resource for you.
Call 866.632.2735 and learn how our team of experienced truck crash attorneys can help you find justice for your truck crash injuries.
Our firm results:
Lawyers NBTA Certified in
Truck Crash Law
Handled cases in 65 of
Oklahoma’s 77 counties
Settlements and Verdicts
$2 Million and over
Largest Truck settlement
in the US in 2014
If you need an Oklahoma truck accident lawyer, remember that the Law Firm for Truck Safety serves accident victims throughout Oklahoma and elsewhere, including:
Unlike other law firms that take a wide variety of personal injury cases, we limit our practice exclusively to those who have had their lives upended by large commercial vehicles and negligent truck drivers.
Having first-hand insights into the rules, regulations, and standards of care to which truck drivers must adhere allows us to uncover critical case facts and incorporate technical trucking knowledge into your case in ways other firms can’t.
This preeminent accreditation from the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) symbolizes our law firm’s commitment to the pursuit of justice and its knowledge within the field of truck accident law. No other firm in the nation has as many NBTA board-certified attorneys as The Law Firm for Truck Safety.
To Oklahoma truck crash victims and their families, justice is often about more than just money. Our clients’ litigation goals often include a desire to find answers, take another dangerous trucking company off the road, and prevent similar trucking tragedies from happening to others. During our free case review process, we take the time to fully understand what justice means to you and we work with you to build out a case strategy that helps you achieve your legal goals.
We actively limit our caseload so that we can ensure each of the truck wreck cases we take on receives the attention, care, and resources it deserves.
Our firm’s skill, focus, and resources have allowed us to maximize results for countless Oklahoma truck crash victims and their families. It has also led our truck crash attorneys to hold various trucking case records including the largest truck crash verdict to date in Ohio (42.4M) and Ohio’s largest consortium-only wrongful death verdict ($34M). We have also represented clients throughout Oklahoma, in nearly 85% of its counties.
If the possibility of going to trial intimidates your personal injury attorney, they may try to steer you toward a settlement — regardless of whether or not that is in your best interest. However, at The Law Firm for Truck Safety, unlike other personal injury law firms, we have the resources, knowledge, and previous trial experience to confidently take your case to trial, if that is your goal.
Advocating for your rights means helping you tell your story in the most comprehensive and compelling way possible. In each case, we thoroughly review the truck’s driver log book, maintenance records, and police reports. We subpoena dashcam footage, cell phone records, and tap medical and forensic experts. We then use these facts to build the kind of powerful case narrative that moves a jury.
As a skilled truck accident lawyer, Mr. Ervin is known by truck crash victims and attorneys alike for the compassion, knowledge, and tenacity he brings to each and every one of his cases.
Throughout his extensive career as a truck crash attorney, Joe has served on various executive boards and committees including the American Association for Justice’s Interstate Trucking Litigation Group and the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.
He is board-certified in Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is a Class A Commercial Driver’s License holder.
He is a 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming, and is rated AV Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell.
A Sooner state native, Joe Ervin has dedicated his legal career to helping truck crash victims in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, McAlester, and elsewhere find justice after an unimaginable tragedy.
Including Mr. Ervin, The Law Firm for Truck Safety has five NBTA board-certified attorneys — more than any other firm in the nation. This accreditation combined with our firm’s five Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) holders, gives our team the knowledge and experience to advocate for your rights, uncover hidden case facts defense counsel desperately tries to hide, courageously take your case to trial, and champion your story in a way no other Oklahoma truck accident law firm can.
When truck crashes result in catastrophic injury, know that these types of crashes are not caused by simple driver error. When we investigate the root causes of devastating Oklahoma truck accidents, more often than not we find critical errors and unsafe decisions made by the truck drivers, motor carriers, shippers, brokers, and/or insurance companies.
Causes of big rig wrecks we commonly see include:
Trucking is a 24/7 industry, but truck drivers cannot drive 24/7. In 2020, there were an estimated 633 deaths in the United States from fatigued-driving-related crashes. Falling asleep at the wheel is a major concern for multiple US agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
According to NHTSA, In 2020, an estimated 3,142 people died in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers – and thousands more were injured. Any activity that takes your hands, mind, or eyes off of driving is a distraction. Cell phones are one of the most problematic distractions. Because heavy semi-trucks take longer to stop than passenger vehicles, truck drivers are even more at risk of accidents caused by distraction
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a leading cause of vehicle accidents. NHTSA saw a double-digit (14%) increase in the number of drunk/drugged driving deaths from 2019 to 2020.
Trucking companies must follow federal regulations for maintenance and inspections. Defects in tires, brakes, lights, and other components often cause or contribute to accidents.
Inadequately trained truck drivers are more likely to cause accidents than experienced truck drivers.
Unsecure and imbalanced cargo loads make semi-trucks harder to stop and maneuver, putting those around the tractor-trailer in danger of being hit by debris or components of the commercial motor vehicle itself.
If you or a loved one have been the victim of a catastrophic truck crash, please know your path to justice is not one you must walk alone. Our team of truck accident attorneys is here to lend you our strength and courage, inside and outside the courtroom. We are here to help you and your family receive the compensation, answers, and legal resolution you deserve.
When you have experienced a tremendous loss as a result of a truck crash, your family’s pain demands diligent, thorough, and personalized legal representation from your personal injury lawyer.
Our firm is committed to providing this level of dedication to all of our clients, every step of the way.
We will leave no stone unturned in our pursuit of justice.
For most Oklahoma families, justice is about more than just money. We have found that in addition to maximum compensation, truck accident victims want answers; we want to help you find them.
We are committed to giving each of our clients’ cases the resources and time needed to uncover the full truth of what happened, why it happened, and how we can help prevent it from happening to others in the future.
We will treat you with integrity, honor, and compassion.
In addition to being complex, the legal process can also be emotionally draining for families in mourning — especially if this is your first time filing a lawsuit. Our attorneys understand this and we are committed to walking you through the litigation process, ensuring that you fully understand the different processes and your options throughout. As a team, we will work with you to advocate for your rights and help you make the decisions that bring you one step closer to making your legal goals a reality.
We are committed to helping truck crash victims nationwide.
The justice you receive should not be limited by the personal injury attorneys in your area. While we have offices in Oklahoma City, Ohio, and Nashville, our legal team has acted on a pro hac vice basis in over half of the nation’s states, assisting victims of trucking accidents and their lawyers in their intricate truck accident lawsuits.
We are prepared to take your case to trial.
Your quality of life and ability to heal hinges greatly on your case results. Unlike most Oklahoma personal injury firms, we do not treat your truck accident lawsuit as a means to make a profit through a quick settlement. We work up every case so that we are prepared to go to trial. If you or your family do not wish for a jury verdict, preparing your case for trial allows us to negotiate your case’s settlement terms from a position of strength.
We will never charge for representation unless we win your case.
We work on a contingency basis, which means that we don’t collect legal fees unless we win your case.
The word “accident” is often used to describe devastating truck crashes. Many people in need of legal help will search for a “truck accident lawyer near me” or the “best truck accident attorney”. We even use “accident” in our site name.
Truck crashes are often caused by distracted, fatigued, poorly trained, or downright dangerous truck drivers and/or the unsafe business practices of the trucking companies and brokers that hired them. Every semi-truck accident lawyer at The Law Firm for Truck Safety is committed to helping those who have been irreparably harmed in commercial vehicle crashes and providing education to the public that crashes are not accidents.
No one deserves to have their lives shattered because of the careless, thoughtless, or selfish actions of someone else — and certainly not in a preventable truck wreck. At the Law Firm for Truck Safety, we believe that when safe driving technology is implemented effectively, and trucking companies follow safe driving and hiring practices, catastrophic truck crashes will become a thing of the past.
We believe that 100% of catastrophic truck crashes are preventable, and alongside safety advocacy groups, lawmakers, and truck crash victims alike, we are working to create a world with 0 catastrophic truck crashes.
The weight, size, and mechanical complexity of eighteen-wheelers mean that they carry a greater risk for harm than their 4-wheel counterparts. In 2021, Oklahoma roads saw 2,384 crashes that resulted in serious injuries or fatalities, according to the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office.
of fatal Oklahoma crashes
involve a large truck
Large truck crashes with
fatalities or serious injuries
Oklahoma truck crashes
result in injury or fatality
People on average killed in
fatal Oklahoma truck crashes.
2020 Crash Data – Large Trucks | Oklahoma Highway Safety
In 2020, large trucks were involved in 225 fatal or serious injury truck wrecks. Whether on a rural road or in a more urban area like Tulsa or Oklahoma City, trucks carry a larger risk for harm because of their weight and size.
Below is an interactive truck crash fatality map that shows where fatal truck crashes in Oklahoma have occurred over the years. We invite you to explore this data and learn more about the crashes contained therein
Notable trends can be seen along I-40, I-44, I-35, US Route 377, and US Route 69.
A serious or deadly accident caused by a delivery truck, garbage truck, bus, 18-wheeler, or another type of big rig can leave you and your family in physical, emotional, and financial turmoil in ways a car accident can’t.
When a personal injury attorney lacks the knowledge, experience, and courage needed to stand up to trucking companies, it creates more anguish and grief for truck crash victims and their families. If you or your loved one have been injured or killed in a truck crash, it’s critical to select a personal injury law firm that is well-versed in big rigs and truck crash law.
Justice for your truck crash demands the support of attorneys with the knowledge and trial experience needed to drill down into the details of your case and find and hold all negligent parties accountable.
You and your story deserve to be represented by personal injury lawyers who specialize in truck crashes, are unafraid to go to trial, and are committed to helping you receive the compensation you deserve.
You can sue a trucking company in Oklahoma for their driver’s negligence. This is true even if the driver is an independent contractor rather than an employee. The following people and entities are examples of parties you can hold liable in your truck accident lawsuit (depending on the circumstances):
Working with an experienced truck accident attorney in Oklahoma can help you determine which of these parties and others were potentially liable in your case.
Each truck crash victim’s story is unique. With different factors, parties, and injuries involved, it is impossible to estimate what you can recover without more information.
Many factors go into determining how much compensation you can recover for your crash, so it’s important to speak with a truck crash attorney to ensure the specific ways you and your family have been harmed are all accounted for.
In Oklahoma, damages (the ways a trucking company can be held accountable) are broken into three categories: economic, non-economic, and punitive. Damages can be more than just money — particularly with punitive damages. Examples of damages include:
Economic Damages
It can be helpful to think of economic damages as compensation for the physical ways your truck crash has harmed you. Economic damages are more objective and usually cover items with costs like future medical care, funeral costs, loss of income, prosthesis, etc.
Non-Economic Damages
Where economic damages exist to compensate you for the more quantitative harm your truck accident caused, non-economic damages are more qualitative and are meant to compensate you for things like pain, emotional distress, suffering and the like.
Punitive Damages
When negligence is so severe, punitive damages may be awarded in your trucking case. This type of compensation is intended to punish responsible parties for their gross misconduct. To similar parties within the trucking industry, punitive damages serve to deter them from engaging in similarly negligent and dangerous business practices / behaviors.
An Oklahoma truck accident attorney can help you determine the best way to hold accountable a negligent trucking company or driver and can help you determine the types of financial compensation you can expect from your truck accident claim.
Our firm’s truck accident lawyers work on a contingency fee basis. This means we do not charge attorney’s fees unless we win your case.Our contingency fees are based on a fixed percentage of the amount we recover for you.
This fee structure is one of the many ways we demonstrate to our clients that we are fighting to recover the maximum amount of compensation for them.
We believe in the healing power of litigation.
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