Truck Accident Lawyer in El Cajon, CA

Many of us who grew up in El Cajon and the surrounding East County area likely remember playing "big rigs” as kids, bouncing along pell-mell on tricycle "18-wheelers" or making vrooming noises while pushing toy trucks along the carpet with our tiny hands. Trucks and tractor-trailer big rigs play a major role in the El Cajon economy, with Highways 8 and 125 near El Cajon carrying freight, construction materials, and goods to and from the Imperial Valley farmlands and ports.

However, for El Cajon truck accident injury victims and their families, commercial trucks are no childhood fantasy but 1,000+ lb. steel nightmares tearing along the freeways, surface streets, and intersections around El Cajon and San Diego County; now they or their loved ones suffer severe injuries without timely rescue, due to truck-related negligence and collision damage.

If you or a family member has suffered catastrophic injuries or even the fatality of a loved one due to a large truck crash in or around El Cajon, CA, you’ll need an experienced truck accident lawyer in El Cajon fighting the negligent parties to get you the full and fair financial compensation you deserve.

Unfortunately, truck accidents in the El Cajon area often result in severe and permanent injuries, which can prevent victims from ever returning to their normal lives. Some common truck accident injuries include:

• Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)
• Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) - often resulting in partial or total paralysis
• Amputations
• Severe Lacerations - huge semi truck parts can cause large gashes and tears in skin
• Broken Bones
• Internal Organ Damage
• Burn Injuries
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

The list of truck accident injuries is nearly endless. Suffering any single major injury can result in huge medical bills and a diminished ability to earn an income. Multiple major injuries together almost always total well into the millions in terms of altered life care expenses and costs.

According to data analyzed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), large trucks like 18-wheelers and other commercial motor vehicles were involved in around 5,000 fatal highway accidents per year from 2017-2019 nationwide. During that 3-year span, fatal truck crashes rose by nearly 7% while injuries went up by a staggering 20%.

Clearly, sharing the byways with enormous trucks and tractors poses extreme dangers to passenger vehicle occupants when commercial operators violate safety rules or operate negligently. Statistics show around 90 percent of parties at-fault in all multi-vehicle collisions are drivers of big rigs and tractor-trailers versus motorists in smaller passenger vehicles. When it comes to survivability, when a semi-truck smashes into cars, we know who generally walks away unharmed more often.

Successfully litigating truck accident injury cases requires a lawyer experienced with the many unique aspects of these often complex cases, including:

• Specialized state and federal laws and regulations governing trucks, freight carriers, truck manufacturers, and truck components
• Reading and interpreting detailed logbooks and “black box” data
• Retaining specialized accident reconstruction experts, bioengineers, biomechanists, and other pros
• Identifying all potentially liable parties - truck driver, truck fleet, leasing company, cargo loaders, truck manufacturer, and component part makers (e.g. brake company)
• Determining complicated legal concepts like vicarious liability, negligent hiring, cargo loading violations, hours of service rule violations, improper maintenance issues, defective truck and component parts, dangerous roadway conditions, and overall carrier negligence

The at-fault party may try denying responsibility or even destroying evidence in some cases. An accomplished El Cajon truck accident lawyer can file quick emergency motions to help preserve vital evidence and prove vital facts. Identifying and proving precisely which party or parties caused the accident producing your injuries takes an expert.

If you or someone you know suffers injuries in a truck accident in El Cajon, be sure to promptly report the collision to the nearest police station. Some of the major police stations and law enforcement authorities serving the El Cajon area include:

El Cajon Police Department (ECPD) The ECPD is headquartered at 100 Civic Center Way and serves most of the City of El Cajon.

San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SDSD) With various area commands and dozens of stations countywide, the SDSD provides law enforcement services to many unincorporated areas in East County.

California Highway Patrol (CHP) – El Cajon Area The CHP has jurisdiction on freeways and highways across California. Your truck accident lawyer can request a copy of any CHP traffic collision report regarding your injuries.

Moseley Collins Law truck accident lawyers have extensive experience handling injury claims and lawsuits against virtually every major trucking outfit operating in the U.S. today following El Cajon collisions, including:

• FedEx Trucks
• United Parcel Service (UPS) Trucks
• U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Trucks
• Werner Enterprises Semi Trucks
• Swift Transportation Trucks
• J.B. Hunt Transport Semi Trucks
• Sysco Foods Trucks
• Amazon Trucks
• U.S. Xpress Trucks
• HH Foods Big Rigs
• Target and Walmart Tractor Trailers

When one of these companies’ trucks, drivers or contractors cause catastrophic wrecks due to negligence or violations, our accomplished lawyers build the strongest injury cases possible against the offenders. We leave no potentially liable party unidentified.

Due to its prime location in East San Diego County and proximity to rural areas, highways, freeways, and surface streets around El Cajon unfortunately see a large volume of commercial truck traffic...and truck accidents. Some of the most prominent roads, interstates and highways in greater El Cajon subject to accidents involving semi trucks and 18-wheelers include:

• Interstate 8 Highway
• State Route 67 Highway
• State Route 94 Highway
• State Route 125 Toll Road
• Campo Road
• North 2nd Street
• Fletcher Parkway
• North Marshall Avenue
• Broadway
• Magnolia Avenue
• Madison Avenue
• Orange Avenue

When retaining a distinguished El Cajon truck accident law firm like Moseley Collins Law, our seasoned lawyers swiftly deploy crash analysis teams to meticulously inspect collision sites searching for grounds to file claims over road defects, poor lighting, lack of barriers, visibility obstructions, and other hazardous highway design dangers potentially implicating state and county transportation agencies for legal liability when wrecks cause grave injuries or wrongful deaths.

Moseley Collins Law provides superior legal representation to truck accident injury victims throughout the greater El Cajon area, including these nearby communities:

• Santee
• Lakeside
• La Mesa
• Lemon Grove
• Spring Valley
• Alpine
• Jamul
• San Diego East County
• Grossmont
• Rancho San Diego
• Mount Helix
• Campo
• Winter Gardens
• Dehesa

El Cajon sits centrally within San Diego County, not terribly far from downtown San Diego, Chula Vista, or Escondido either. When our accomplished truck accident firm wins large financial damages for a client, other El Cajon injury victims take heart knowing justice lives.

After devastating truck smash-ups near or around El Cajon often destroy lives, bringing pain and financial hardship from extensive injuries, permanent disabilities or catastrophic wrongful death. Negligent truckers, companies, and manufacturers causing such sorrow must stand accountable. When retaining Moseley Collins Law's battle-tested truck accident lawyers in El Cajon, clients gain a powerhouse ally fully committed to winning injured victims and grieving families full legal justice while holding opponents fully answerable. If you or someone you love now suffers life-altering harm from an appalling El Cajon truck accident, call (800) 426-5546 to schedule a free case analysis meeting with distinguished local counsel dedicated to positive client outcomes.