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Hit by a Commercial Truck in Las Vegas?

A truck case is not a bigger car case. There are federal rules, several companies that can owe you, and evidence that can vanish in days. Erik Severino has spent 20+ years taking on insurers and big corporations, going after carriers and their insurers for the harm they cause.

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When A Truck Hits You Near Las Vegas

A Truck Crash Throws More At You Than A Car Wreck Does

Clark County moves freight all day. Box trucks and delivery vans cut through Summerlin and Green Valley, dump trucks roll out of job sites, and the whole region feeds off the I-15 freight corridor that runs goods between Las Vegas and Southern California. When one of those trucks hits a passenger car, the size difference alone can mean a hospital stay instead of a sore neck.

Here is what catches people off guard. A truck crash is rarely about one driver. It can reach back to the company that owns the truck, the crew that loaded it, the shop that was supposed to fix the brakes, and the broker who arranged the haul. Each of those has its own insurance, and each one is motivated to point the finger somewhere else. Sorting out who actually owes you is most of the work, and it starts the moment you call.

The other thing that makes these cases hard is the clock. The proof you need lives inside the truck and inside the company's files, and a lot of it gets overwritten or aged out in the normal course of business. The carrier knows that. Their job, the day after the crash, is to control that evidence. Our job is to lock it down before it disappears.

Aftermath of a commercial truck collision on a Las Vegas roadway
Injuries We See After Truck Wrecks

The Weight Difference Turns A Crash Into A Catastrophe

A loaded commercial truck can weigh many times what your car does. That mismatch means the harm is often serious and slow to heal, the kind that reshapes work and home life for a long time.

  • ✓Traumatic brain injury
  • ✓Spinal cord damage
  • ✓Crushed and broken bones
  • ✓Internal organ injuries
  • ✓Herniated discs
  • ✓Shoulder and knee tears
  • ✓Severe burns
  • ✓Lasting nerve pain
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Who Actually Owes You

More Than One Company Can Be On The Hook

In a car crash, you usually deal with one driver and one insurer. A commercial truck wreck can spread fault across several businesses, and finding all of them is how a case gets its full value.

The Driver

The person behind the wheel who sped, drove tired, or missed a check. Their hours-of-service logs and history matter.

The Trucking Company

The carrier that owns the truck or employs the driver. They answer for hiring, training, supervision, and how hard they push schedules.

The Broker Or Loader

Whoever arranged the haul or loaded the freight. A shifting or overweight load that was packed wrong can cause a wreck.

The Maintenance Vendor

The shop responsible for brakes, tires, and inspections. Bad maintenance puts a dangerous truck on the road.

The Evidence That Wins These

The Proof Is In The Truck, And It Does Not Wait

A commercial truck carries a paper trail and a data trail that a private car never does, because federal rules through the FMCSA require it. The driver's hours-of-service logs show whether they were on the road longer than the law allows. The electronic logging device, or ELD, records that same duty time automatically. The engine control module, the black box, captures speed, braking, and throttle in the seconds before impact. Add the maintenance records, the inspection reports, the dispatch instructions, and any dashcam video, and you have the story of what really happened.

The catch is that none of it waits for you. Engine data gets overwritten when the truck goes back to work. Logs age out of the retention window the carrier is required to keep. Video loops and records itself over. That is why one of the first things we do is send a written spoliation letter, demanding the company preserve every piece of it. Once a carrier is on notice and evidence still disappears, a Nevada court can in some cases let the jury weigh that loss against the side that should have kept it. Getting the letter out fast is the difference between a case built on real data and a case built on guesswork.

We also pull what the public record has: the crash report and event number, scene photos, and witness statements. If the wreck happened on a high traffic stretch like I-15 or Boulder Highway, there may be traffic or business camera footage worth chasing before it loops. The earlier someone starts, the more of it survives. See our serious injury claims page for how this evidence ties into long term losses.

How The Other Side Plays It

Why The Carrier's Insurer Moves So Fast

Commercial truck policies carry higher limits than a personal auto policy, which means there is more money at stake and the insurer fights harder to protect it. Many carriers keep a rapid response team ready to roll to a crash scene within hours, sometimes before the road is even clear. They photograph the scene on their terms, talk to witnesses first, and start shaping a version of events that puts the blame on you.

Then the calls start. A friendly adjuster asks for a recorded statement and floats a quick number, hoping you take it before anyone counts the real cost of your injuries. They will argue the impact was minor, that you treated too late, that a prior condition is to blame. Each of those lines has an answer when the truck's own data and your medical records are sitting in front of you. You are not required to give a recorded statement, and you should not give one before you have talked to a lawyer. If you are dealing with a driver who took off, our hit-and-run page walks through that situation.

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Why People Call Erik

You Talk To The Attorney, Not A Call Center

Erik has spent more than 20 years taking on insurers and big corporations across Clark County, and he works your case himself from the first call to the last check. No rotating case managers, no runaround. Read more on the about Erik page or reach the firm for any injury matter.

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    Truck wrecks do not keep office hours. Call nights, weekends, and holidays, and we move on the evidence right away.

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Protect Your Claim

Four Moves That Keep A Truck Case Strong

You do not have to do all of this perfectly. Do what you can, and we will handle the rest.

1

Get Medical Care

See a doctor the same day if you can. It protects your health and dates your injuries to the crash.

2

Get The Truck Details

Photograph the truck, the company name and DOT number on the door, and the plates. Grab witness names.

3

Say Little To Adjusters

No recorded statement and no quick settlement before you have talked to a lawyer.

4

Call Erik Fast

We send the preservation letter and start collecting logs and data before any of it is gone.

Nevada Deadline: Two Years

Under NRS 11.190, you generally have two years from the crash to file a truck accident lawsuit. Claims involving a government owned vehicle have a special claim procedure. The trucking evidence fades much faster than that, so talk to us early.

Related Crash Types

Find The Situation That Fits Your Crash

Every kind of wreck has its own fault questions and its own evidence. Start with the one that matches what happened to you.

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Questions People Ask Us

Truck Accident Questions, Answered Plainly

A truck wreck pulls in more people, more rules, and far more paperwork than a two car fender bender. Federal trucking rules through the FMCSA govern how long a driver can work, how a truck gets inspected, and what records the company has to keep. There can be several at fault parties instead of one driver, and commercial policies usually carry much higher limits than a personal auto policy. All of that makes these cases bigger, but also harder to work, which is why we treat them differently from the start. Our main car accident page covers the basics that still apply.
More than just the driver, usually. The trucking company can be on the hook for how it hired, trained, and scheduled that driver. A broker or the crew that loaded the trailer can share blame when a load was packed wrong or ran overweight. A maintenance shop can answer for worn brakes or bald tires. We trace the chain of ownership and contracts to find every party whose insurance should be paying, which is often where a thin looking case grows into a real one.
The electronic records. A truck's engine control module, sometimes called the black box, stores speed, braking, and throttle data, and it can be overwritten when the truck goes back into service. Electronic logging device data and hours-of-service logs can age out of a company's required retention window. Dashcam footage and maintenance files can quietly vanish too. We send a spoliation letter fast, in writing, demanding the carrier preserve all of it before it is gone.
Because the trucking company's team starts working the same day you do, sometimes within hours. Many carriers send a rapid response unit to the scene to gather evidence and shape the story before you have even left the hospital. The sooner we send a preservation demand and start collecting the logs, the camera footage, and the maintenance records, the less chance the data is overwritten or lost. Call (702) 360-5000 and we can start that clock today.
It's a formal written notice that tells the trucking company and its insurer to preserve specific evidence and not destroy it. That includes the engine data, the driver's logs, dispatch records, inspection reports, and any video. Once a carrier is on notice and relevant evidence still goes missing, a Nevada court can in some cases allow the jury to consider that the lost records would have been unfavorable to that side. How that plays out depends on the facts and on whether the loss was careless or deliberate. Sending the letter early is one of the first things we do, because routine business practices can erase the proof your case depends on within weeks.
Most injury claims in Nevada run on a two year deadline from the date of the crash under NRS 11.190. Two years feels like a lot until you remember how fast trucking evidence disappears. If a government owned vehicle or a public agency was involved, the notice window is shorter, so those cases need attention right away. The safe move is to talk to someone early so a deadline never quietly closes the door on you.
Often yes. Nevada follows modified comparative negligence under NRS 41.141, so you can be partly at fault and still recover, as long as your share is 50 percent or less. Your recovery drops by your percentage of blame. Trucking insurers push hard to pin extra fault on you because it shrinks their bill, so do not accept their version just because an adjuster states it with confidence. The data from the truck often tells a very different story.
Commercial trucks generally carry much higher liability limits than a private car, because federal and state rules require it for vehicles that haul freight. Bigger limits sound like good news, and they can be, but they also mean the insurer fights harder and brings in seasoned defense lawyers early. A larger policy is only useful if your claim is built well enough to reach it, which is the whole job on our side of the table.
That changes the playbook. Public fleets move through Clark County all day, from RTC vehicles and NDOT trucks on I-15 and US-95 to city and county dump trucks on Boulder Highway, so a government owned truck is a real possibility. When a public entity is the defendant, Nevada law generally caps your damages at 200,000 dollars per claimant under NRS 41.035, and punitive damages are not allowed against the government. You also have to formally present a claim to the right body before you can sue, the Attorney General for a State agency, or the governing board for a county or city, on top of the regular filing deadline. These cases have extra steps and short fuses, so it really matters to talk to a lawyer early.
Most serious injury lawsuits in this area are filed in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County in Las Vegas. Plenty of cases settle before a suit is ever filed, but we build every file as if it is headed for that courtroom, because that is what makes a trucking insurer take your number seriously. You can read more on our how settlements work page.
This page focuses on general commercial trucks, think box trucks, delivery trucks, dump trucks, and work fleet vehicles. Crashes with a tractor trailer or 18 wheeler have their own quirks of weight and federal regulation, so we handle those on our semi-truck accident page. If you are not sure which one fits your crash, call us and we will point you to the right place.
That can happen even with a commercial truck, especially with a small owner-operator or a thinly insured local outfit. Nevada only forces a driver to carry 25,000 dollars per person and 50,000 dollars per crash for bodily injury, plus 20,000 dollars for property damage, the 25/50/20 floor set in NRS 485.185. Given the weight of a loaded truck, a single serious injury can blow past that fast. When the at-fault coverage runs out, the uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage on your own policy can step in and fill the gap, and we hunt down every policy that might owe you. Our uninsured motorist page walks through how that works.
In many cases you do, and it is separate from the crash report the officer fills out at the scene. Nevada generally requires drivers to file an SR-1 report with the DMV after a wreck that causes injury, death, or property damage over a set dollar amount, and the report is due within a short window after the crash. A collision with a commercial truck usually clears that threshold with room to spare. We help our clients sort out what the DMV needs while we go after the carrier and its insurer on the injury claim.

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