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A collision between a car and a tow truck left a driver pinned inside their vehicle on the North Mopac Expressway in late October 2024.  The crash occurred just before 11 p.m. on the expressway near the Arboretum Shopping Center in North Austin. A driver was trapped inside their vehicle...

In December 2014, a heart-wrenching truck accident near Odessa, Texas, forever changed the lives of one family. A collision between a tractor-trailer and a family vehicle resulted in catastrophic injuries, leaving a young girl paralyzed. Years later, a Texas court held the trucking company, Werner, responsible, awarding the victims over...

HB 19 passed in 2021 intending to reduce trucking insurance rates by changing the way families must bring lawsuits in fatal truck accidents. Three years later, however, the bill remains controversial.  Under HB 19’s rule change, any lawsuit involving a commercial vehicle must be “bifurcated,” or split into two stages....

Truck crashes in the Austin area are relatively frequent. Many have a deadly outcome, as did one truck crash on State Highway 45 near the US 183 toll road.  In one Highway 45 crash, a pick-up truck slammed into the back of an 18-wheeler, killing the pick-up driver. The collision...

On September 1, 2023 a new Texas law took effect. The law allows local police to enforce commercial vehicle safety standards in three Texas locations: Orange County, Waller County, and the City of Mesquite.  Before the change, the Texas Department of Public Safety was the only agency responsible for enforcing...

One thing is certain when a passenger vehicle is involved in an accident with a big rig. Either the driver and/or passengers of that vehicle are going to sustain serious, life-altering injuries or die. The weight of an 18-wheeler can be fully loaded up to 80,000 pounds. The lowest weight...

Highways between Austin and other major Texas cities are often full of semi trucks hauling cargo. To date, each truck has always had a human driver behind the wheel. Autonomous trucking company Aurora seeks to change that situation - prompting a response from Schuelke Law’s Brooke Schuelke.  Dallas-based Aurora recently...

This recent accident highlights how complex motor vehicle accidents involving a big rig can be, even more so when a perhaps poorly maintained highway was the cause of this bus crash. Determining who is at fault for this collision depends on an accident investigation. The Goodyear Venom Volleyball Club was...

When an emergency call goes out for help involving a child, the crews know it will be a tough call. This story had one of the worst endings possible, the death of a toddler. A three-year-old boy was run over by a truck backing up through a parking lot. For...

In terms of spectacular accidents, this one would be right up there. It involved two school buses and a big rig. It was a relatively ordinary day, and the school kids on the two buses were coming back from a function they had attended at a local university. The 60...