Our client’s partner was killed in a trucking collision…
He was on the job driving for a large trucking company based out of Texas. He lived in New Mexico. His employer’s insurance company indicated to the family that Texas doesn’t require worker’s compensation insurance and that the company wasn’t insured. Technically, this was correct. To top it off, the driver that caused the crash didn’t have insurance. The company didn’t carry underinsured motorist coverage on its trucking policy. I spoke with a prominent trucking law lawyer in Texas to consult on the case. He indicted there was nothing that could be done.
Something in our gut told us something wasn’t right. We weren’t going to let this go without investigating every angle. Turns out our gut was right. The insurance company wasn’t telling the whole story. Turns out the company had an office in New Mexico and carried a New Mexico workers’ compensation policy that applied in this instance. With the assistance of an amazing New Mexico attorney, George Weeth, we were able to timely get a complaint filed. The insurance company had no choice but to admit its “mistake” in not disclosing the New Mexico policy. The family will now receive everything they were entitled to under the insurance policy.