San Jose Side Impact Truck Accident Lawyer

A Truck Hit Your Door. We Fight for the Long Recovery Ahead.

When a multi-ton truck strikes the side of a car, often only a door stands between it and the people inside. Our San Jose attorneys handle T-bone truck crashes and pursue compensation for the whole recovery, not just the first bills.

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The Side of Your Car Was Never Built to Stop a Truck

The side is the weakest part of a passenger vehicle. Some cars have side airbags; many have little more than a door panel and a window. When a truck many times heavier strikes that door, it can crush the cabin, and the people on the struck side take the worst of it.

That’s why side impact truck crashes cause some of the most devastating injuries we see:

Head injuries, from concussions to lasting brain trauma
Neck and back injuries, including serious damage to the cervical and lumbar spine from the twisting force of the impact
Severe fractures to the arms and legs, sometimes leading to amputation
Internal bleeding and organ trauma
Cuts from broken glass and door panels, burns, and disfiguring scars

The harm isn’t only physical. Many survivors of T-bone truck crashes struggle with post-traumatic stress, nightmares, anxiety, or depression, and need therapy to work through them. A fair claim accounts for all of it.

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What to Do After a Truck Hits the Side of Your Car

Get everyone checked, especially anyone on the struck side.
Head, chest, and internal injuries from a side impact can be serious even when they don’t hurt at first.
Call 911 and make sure a report is filed.
The report records the signals, the direction the truck was traveling, and each driver’s account.
Photograph your door and the front of the truck.
How far the door was pushed in, and where, shows how hard and at what angle the truck hit.
Identify the truck.
The company name and the numbers on the cab and trailer tell us which carrier and insurer are responsible.
Start keeping records now.
Every appointment, therapy session, and missed shift. Side impact recoveries are long, and the paperwork proves what you lost.
Let us talk to the trucking company.
Its insurer may call quickly. Don’t give a statement or sign anything until you’ve spoken with us.

What a Side Impact Truck Claim Should Cover

Medical care and rehabilitation

Hospital care, surgeries, physical therapy, cognitive therapy, and the treatment you’ll need in the future.

Lost income and earning capacity

The wages you’ve missed, and the difference if your injuries mean you can’t return to your job, can only work part-time, or must take lower-paying work.

Pain, suffering, and emotional harm

Physical pain, post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, and the loss of the life you had before the crash.

Disability and disfigurement

Compensation for permanent limitations, amputation, and scarring.

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How We Build a Side Impact Truck Case

A side impact truck claim has two jobs: prove the truck was at fault, and prove the full cost of what it did to you.

Proving fault. We preserve the truck’s speed and braking data, camera and dashcam footage from the truck and the intersection, the driver’s logs, and witness accounts, then show whether the truck ran a light, failed to yield, or came through too fast to stop.

Proving your losses. Side impact injuries often mean surgeries, physical and cognitive therapy, and months or years of rehabilitation. We work with your doctors and with experts who assess your long-term prognosis and your ability to work, so the claim reflects a lasting disability, a career change to lower-paying work, or the need to stop working altogether.

The trucking company’s insurer will try to value your case on today’s bills. We make them reckon with tomorrow’s.

What California Law Means for Your Side Impact Claim

The driver and the carrier can both be responsible

The driver who caused the crash, and the trucking company they drove for, are both answerable for the harm, and their commercial insurance generally carries higher limits than a personal auto policy.

Partly at fault? You can still recover

California follows pure comparative negligence: if some fault is assigned to you, your compensation is reduced by that share, never eliminated.

Families can bring wrongful death claims

When a side impact truck crash takes a life, the family can pursue justice and accountability through a wrongful death claim.

Two years to file, and six months for government vehicles

You generally have two years from the date of injury to file a lawsuit. If a government vehicle was involved, a claim must be filed within six months.

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San Jose Side Impact Truck Accident FAQs

Why are side impact truck crashes so dangerous?

The side of a car has the least protection: no hood or trunk to crumple and absorb the force, sometimes no side airbags, and only a door between the truck and the people inside. A heavy truck can crush that space.

Who is liable when a truck T-bones a car?

Usually the truck driver who ran the light or failed to yield, and the trucking company that employed them. Other parties, such as a maintenance company responsible for the truck’s brakes, may share responsibility.

The truck driver says I caused the crash. What happens now?

Fault in an intersection crash is decided by evidence: the truck’s own speed and braking data, camera footage, witnesses, and the damage to both vehicles. We gather it before it’s lost.

My injuries mean I can't go back to my old job. Can I recover for that?

Yes. Your claim can include lost earning capacity: the income you lose if you have to change careers, take lower-paying work, or stop working. We work with experts to calculate it.

Can I recover for anxiety, nightmares, or PTSD after the crash?

Yes. Emotional harm is part of your pain and suffering, and therapy costs are part of your medical damages. Tell your doctors about these symptoms so they’re documented.

A family member was killed in a side impact truck crash. What can we do?

The family may bring a wrongful death claim against the driver, the trucking company, and any other responsible party. We’ll explain your options in a free, private consultation.

What does hiring you cost?

Nothing upfront. We work on contingency, so the first meeting is free and you pay a fee only if we recover for you.

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Your recovery may take years. The trucking company’s insurer wants to settle before anyone knows how long. Call now or send the form; we respond fast, 24/7, in English, Spanish, or Korean. Your consultation is free and confidential. No fee unless we win.

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San Jose, CA 95126