This is how you feel right before an auto collision, we know!

When it comes to an auto accident, this is how you feel right before the collision! It is like the entire world stops around you. At The Baez Law Firm, we know how you feel, because we deal with it every day, and Mr. Baez has the personal experience as to that feeling as well. Read it HERE.

As a former ICU Nurse, and now the Senior Litigator of our Law Firm, Mr. Baez recognizes the severity and the need to care for the injured victim.

Our lawyers have been trained by Mr. Baez in the art of compassion and sympathy for the injured. Because of this, no one of our clients is treated like a number, they are treated like family. We believe that each injured person deserves to get back to a normal life, free of pain and suffering.

We have a Registered Nurse on Staff, ready to help our injured victims!!! From the beginning of a case, to the culmination of the same, our clients will be guided by professionals that are familiar with injuries, medical treatment and more importantly, that are compassionate about the pain that our clients may be suffering.

Although auto accidents are very common, and it seems now a days that all attorneys are handling personal injury cases, not all lawyers are the same. For example, when an lawyer that has no medical background takes a case, since the lawyer has no prior knowledge, the lawyer would not necessarily know how to handle the different aspect of a case. In fact, that lawyer would not know whether the client needs pain management, what treatment modalities apply and more importantly, the attorney would not know how to deal with the adjuster that has intensive knowledge because of a computer program.

When you are a victim of an auto accident, you need a lawyer that not only knows the law, it also knows how to  navigate your case and get you the maximum for your lost. Injury is not for the fainted heart, and many lawyers should not be taking care of injured victims.

If you are ever in an accident, and need legal assistant, please come to The Baez Law Firm. But if you don't, and you decide to go some where else, ask your lawyer this question "How many injured victims have you personally saved?" When they tell you none, then come back to us and ask Mr. Baez the same question!

Trucking Accidents in San Antonio

We know that huge 18-wheeler semi-trucks on our San Antonio roads and highways can be bothersome and quite intimidating to most automobile drivers.  The nature of the truck-driving industry itself perpetuates this commonly felt anxiety that the general public has with semi-trucks.  We all are aware that these semi-trucks serve a useful purpose; however, we are also aware that to make sufficient income, drivers of these trucks are generally under rigid schedules and tight deadlines for their deliveries.  That is why a truck driver may be inclined to drive too fast or to drive when overtired.  The truck driver may even be taking illegal drugs to help him/her stay awake so that deadlines can be met.  We also know that when a collision occurs between one of these semi-trucks and an automobile, the results can be catastrophic with substantial personal injury and increased fatalities as well as significant damage to the automobile and its occupants.  Where do you begin when you are involved in a truck accident?  Proving that the truck driver was “negligent,” is one of the first steps in a trucking accident case.

All Texas truck drivers have a Duty to follow the rules of the road and state-mandated trucking laws and a Duty to use “ordinary care” while driving a truck.   Ordinary care is that which a reasonable person of ordinary prudence would have done under the same or similar circumstances.  A Breach of that duty, negligence, can occur when a driver failed to follow the rules of the road, failed to follow the trucking laws, or did not use ordinary care.  The following are just some of the types of negligent behavior which can cause truck accidents:  failure to keep a proper lookout, inattentive driver, speeding, driving while on the phone or texting, driving too slowly, following too closely, failing to use a turn signal, failing to yield the right-of-way, failing to stop at a stop sign, driving through a red light, driving impaired, such as driving fatigued or under the influence of drugs or alcohol, driving on the wrong side of the road, failing to control the truck, and improper truck maintenance.  This list is definitely not exhaustive as there are many other ways that a truck driver can be found to not be using ordinary care. 

The next step, the Causation element, simply means that the negligent actions of the truck driver were the “proximate cause” of the other parties’ injuries.  You must prove that the accident occurred because, in a natural and continuous sequence, the negligent actions of the truck driver produced the accident and without the negligent actions of the truck driver the crash would not have occurred.  For example, the truck driver was driving in an impaired state such as sleep-deprived and fell asleep at the wheel.  A person of ordinary care would have foreseen that a truck driver who is driving fatigued had a great potential to fall asleep while driving and thus cause an accident.  In truck accident cases, however, proximate cause is rarely an issue.

Finally, you must prove the Damages.  The other vehicle’s driver and/or passengers may have suffered Personal Injury (PI) damages or there may be damages to the other vehicle or both because of the truck driver’s negligence.  Whichever the case, the parties involved need to seek medical attention as soon as possible and keep thorough records and receipts of all medical expenses. 

If you are involved in a collision with a semi-truck, you should immediately seek The Báez Law Firm, P.C. Our San Antonio Lawyers are here to help you with your trucking accident, auto accident and personal injury in general. Give us a call (210) 979-9777 so that one of our professionals can get you in with an attorney immediately. Our consultation is free.

Auto Accidents in San Antonio

San Antonians just finished with the celebration of a long tradition, Fiesta Week. During Fiesta, there are numerous auto accidents in San Antonio, many of the victims do not seek legal representation. Our Lawyers in San Antonio would like to know why? Why would anyone in San Antonio would go unprotected when they are victims of auto accident? An insurance company will never go to battel without their weapons, why should a victim of an auto accident in San Antonio not do the same?

We have been representing victims of auto accidents in San Antonio and Bexar County sucessfully. Our San Antonio Lawyers and Attorneys handle all types of personal injury cases, including auto accidents, medical malpractice, negligence, police brutality, civil rights violations, trucking accidents, motorcylce accidents, fatalities, wrongful death and much more.

Our San Antonio Lawyers also handle Family Law, Business Law, Criminal Defense, Appeals, Consumer Law and many other areas of law. If you have been injured, as a result of someone's negligence, give us a call (210) 9798-9777.

We are here to help you during difficult times, because we care about your legal needs.