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Northwest Hills, TX Truck Accident Lawyer
Sometimes the real cause of a Northwest Hills truck crash is not just the driver behind the wheel — it is the company that put an unqualified driver there. SMB Law, PC digs into how a trucking company hired, trained, and supervised the driver who hurt you. A Northwest Hills truck accident lawyer knows a wreck can trace to negligent hiring and training, not just the driver. Shane M. Boasberg has handled Central Texas injury claims for more than twenty years and personally investigates how the carrier put that driver on the road.
The delivery and service trucks threading Northwest Hills’ roads off Loop 360 and Mopac are only as safe as the companies that hire and train the drivers behind them.
Where a Northwest Hills truck accident claim is handled
Northwest Hills is in Travis County, so a lawsuit is filed with the Travis County District Clerk at the Civil and Family Courthouse on Guadalupe Street in Austin. Most claims resolve with the carrier’s insurer before suit.
Negligent hiring, training, and supervision
A trucking company has independent legal duties that go beyond its driver’s conduct. It must check a driver’s record and qualifications before hiring, train them properly, monitor their compliance and safety, and pull a dangerous driver off the road. When it fails — hiring a driver with a history of violations, skipping required training, ignoring failed inspections or drug tests, or setting schedules that push drivers to break the rules — the company itself is negligent, separate from the crash. Proving it means obtaining the driver qualification file, the company’s hiring and training records, prior violation history, and internal safety policies, most of which a carrier will not produce without legal pressure. These direct-negligence claims often matter most in the worst cases, because they widen who is responsible and can open access to more coverage. We pursue them for Northwest Hills clients so the company answers for its own failures, not only the driver’s.
Getting the records the company would rather hide
A negligent-hiring case in Northwest Hills lives in the trucking company’s own paperwork — and the company knows it. The driver qualification file, prior road-test and training records, disciplinary history, drug-and-alcohol testing results, and internal safety audits can show a carrier that knew or should have known its driver was a risk. Carriers rarely surrender those documents voluntarily; getting them takes prompt preservation demands and, often, formal discovery once suit is filed, before routine retention schedules thin the file. We know which records reveal a company’s failures and how to compel their production, so a Northwest Hills claim is built on what the carrier actually did — not the sanitized story it would prefer to tell.
Decades of Texas injury experience on your side
Truck cases are bigger, better-defended, and more document-heavy than ordinary crashes, and that is where experience counts. You work directly with attorney Shane M. Boasberg, who has represented injured Texans for more than two decades and has been licensed by the State of Texas since 2003. He understands how trucking companies and their insurers build a defense, what records to demand, and how Central Texas juries respond to a serious commercial-vehicle case. You get a lawyer who has handled the pressure of these claims — not a case manager reading from a script.
Working with us from Northwest Hills
Our office is in downtown Austin, an easy reach from Northwest Hills. We handle most consultations and case updates by phone and video, and there is no fee unless we recover for you. If travel is difficult, we can also come to you.
Why injured clients choose SMB Law, PC
- Direct attorney access — you talk to Shane, licensed since 2003, not a call center.
- No fee unless we recover — truck-injury cases are handled on a contingency basis.
- Honest advice and transparent terms explained before you commit.
What working with us looks like
- Free consultation to understand what happened and the law that applies.
- Investigation — we send preservation letters, obtain the truck’s records, and identify every insurer.
- Negotiation or court — we settle when the offer is fair and litigate when it is not.
- Recovery paid out and medical liens resolved so you keep more of it.
Frequently asked questions
Can I sue the trucking company, not just the driver?
Yes. A carrier can be directly liable for negligent hiring, training, or supervision — its own failures — on top of responsibility for the driver.
What is a driver qualification file?
The federally required file on a commercial driver: their record, licensing, medical certification, and history. It often reveals whether the driver should have been hired.
Why do negligent-hiring claims matter?
They hold the company responsible for putting an unfit driver on the road and can expand the insurance available to pay a serious claim.
Do I have to travel to your office from Northwest Hills?
No. Our downtown Austin office is about 9 miles south via Loop 360 and Mopac, and we handle Northwest Hills claims by phone and video.