Truck Accident Attorneys Serving Lake and Porter County, Indiana

Semi-truck crashes involve federal trucking regulations, corporate defendants, and insurance adjusters who start building their case within hours. We start working just as fast, on your side.

A crash with a commercial truck is not like a fender bender between two cars. The vehicle alone can weigh 80,000 pounds, the injuries are often severe, and the company behind the wheel usually has a legal team on the phone before you're out of the emergency room. Our firm has spent nearly 100 years of combined experience across Northwest Indiana courtrooms, and we know how to go up against carriers who assume injured people won't fight back.

Trucking litigation moves on a different clock than a standard car accident claim. Carriers dispatch investigators to the scene almost immediately, and federal law only requires certain records, like electronic logging device data, to be preserved for a limited window. Waiting even a few weeks to get an attorney involved can mean losing access to the evidence that proves what actually happened.

Why Truck Accident Cases Require Different Representation

I-65 running through Lake County is one of the busiest commercial trucking corridors in the Midwest, and crashes here rarely have a simple, single defendant. A truck accident claim can involve the driver, the trucking company, the company that leased the truck, the shipper who loaded the cargo, and the maintenance contractor responsible for the brakes or tires. Sorting out who is actually liable takes an attorney who knows how to dig into commercial transportation records, not just a standard police report.

We Investigate Every Party Who Might Be Responsible

Trucking companies have layers of defense, from their own insurance adjusters to outside counsel retained the day of the crash. We build a case that goes after every liable party, not just the name on the side of the truck, so nothing gets missed and no one escapes accountability.

We Move Fast to Preserve Critical Evidence

Black box data, driver logs, dispatch records, and vehicle maintenance histories can disappear or get overwritten if no one steps in quickly. We send preservation letters and open our investigation immediately, because carrier lawyers move fast, and we intend to move faster.

We Understand Federal Trucking Regulations

Commercial trucking is governed by FMCSA rules covering hours of service, vehicle inspection, and driver qualification, and a violation of any one of these can be central to proving fault. We know what records to request and what red flags to look for in a carrier's compliance history.

We Calculate the Full Cost of a Catastrophic Injury

Truck accident injuries are often severe, and the compensation at stake needs to reflect that. We account for medical expenses, lost wages, future care costs, pain and suffering, and, in the worst cases, wrongful death damages, so a settlement isn't decided by what the insurance company offers first.

We Handle the Case So You Can Focus on Recovery

You shouldn't have to negotiate with a trucking company's legal team while you're recovering from a serious injury. We take on that fight directly, keep you informed at every stage, and give you a straight answer about where your case stands.

What Our Firm Does Differently

We're genuine local attorneys who live in this community, not a satellite office handling files from Indianapolis. That matters in truck accident cases especially, because we're the ones showing up in Lake and Porter County courtrooms and building relationships with the local resources that strengthen an investigation.

• We offer free consultations for every truck accident case, with no obligation to hire us.
• We work on contingency in personal injury cases, so you owe us nothing unless we recover for you.
• We commit to a 24-hour response on new inquiries, because families dealing with a serious crash shouldn't wait days for a callback.
• We take on complex and marginal cases other firms decline, including cases involving multiple corporate defendants.
• Mike Babcock is licensed in both Indiana and Illinois, which means we can represent clients injured by trucks crossing into Cook County, Lake County IL, or the Chicago suburbs.