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FedEx accident lawyers in Texas.

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Since June 2024, one company, Federal Express Corporation, has run the entire FedEx network. Two kinds of driver still work its routes. Some are FedEx employees, and some are hired by contracted service providers.

Which of the two hit you decides which company owes you for the crash, and we settle that question in writing. Texas gives you two years from the crash date to file suit, Section 16.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

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What changed when FedEx became one company in 2024?

FedEx Express and FedEx Ground used to be separate operating companies. In June 2024 both were folded into one, Federal Express Corporation. FedEx calls the integration program Network 2.0.

The merger changed the corporate structure, not the question that decides your claim. A FedEx truck wreck and a FedEx car accident both start from the same place: who employed the driver.

What the merger did and did not change
  • One corporate name. Federal Express Corporation now appears on court filings and on most of the paperwork you will see.
  • Not every route became employee work. Contracted providers, separate businesses that hire their own drivers, still run many of them.
  • The first question stayed the same. Whether your crash happened on an employee route or a contracted route still gets answered before anything else.

So the question that decides your claim came through the merger intact. One name went on the paperwork, but which business employed the driver still decides who pays, and we answer that first instead of assuming the name on the van settles it.

A delivery van parked on a residential Texas street beside a car

How long do you have after a FedEx accident in Texas? Two years

The limit is two years, counted from the day the collision happened, under Section 16.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code. There are exceptions, but they are few, and your own dates should be confirmed rather than assumed. A death claim is the clearest of them, because its two years count from the date of death instead of the crash.

On a FedEx file the employer question makes those two years tighter than they read. Naming one company, then discovering a second ran the route, spends months you do not get back.

Why two years is tighter than it reads
  • The records get deleted first. Delivery scan data and vehicle records get erased on the company’s normal schedule, long before your two years run out.
  • Providers are separate businesses. A contracted provider can close, sell, or rename while you wait, and its records go with it.
  • Filed means filed. The petition has to be on file with the court by that date. The records that prove which business ran the route take time to obtain, and that work has to finish inside the same two years.
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Was it an employee route or a contracted route?

Most FedEx crashes we take on involve a delivery van, and a FedEx truck wreck on a residential street or a FedEx car crash at a junction turns on the same question: who paid the driver. The paint on that van is a brand, not proof of who paid the driver that morning: the vehicle’s branding does not establish who employed the driver.

So we demand an answer in writing about which company ran that route on that date. A written answer is something a defendant is held to later, and a phone call is not.

Was the driver a FedEx employee?

When the crash report, the vehicle records, and the route paperwork all point to Federal Express Corporation and no one else, your claim stays against that one company.

The driver stays in the case from beginning to end, and the company pays for what its employee did on the route.

1 What we confirm
Driver employmentVehicle ownershipOn route at crash time

Was the driver hired by a contracted provider?

Contracted providers are separate businesses that hire their own drivers to run FedEx routes. Where a second business appears on any record, that business belongs in the case as well.

We obtain the route agreement and establish who directed the work, rather than accepting a label.

2 What we obtain
The route agreementWho directed the workBoth businesses checked

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Was it a FedEx Freight semi or a delivery van?

A FedEx Freight semi hauling loads between cities is a different case from a FedEx delivery van. The vehicle is far heavier, the driver runs a linehaul or regional route rather than local delivery, and federal motor carrier safety rules apply to it, with their own requirements on driver hours, inspections, and maintenance.

Breaking one of those rules is evidence of negligence in itself, and it can support a claim against the carrier directly. A FedEx freight accident or FedEx semi crash is handled by our truck accident lawyers, whose page covers those rules and what breaking them proves.

Who is responsible for a FedEx accident?

Two answers: the driver who hit you, and the business that employed that driver. The driver caused the crash, so the driver stays in the case from beginning to end.

The employer has to pay for what its driver did on the job. Lawyers call that rule vicarious liability, and the full version is on our company vehicle accident guide.

When a FedEx employee was driving, the rule applies on its own, and the 2024 consolidation did not change it: Federal Express Corporation employed the driver, so Federal Express Corporation pays.

When a contracted provider ran the route, the rule has to be proved rather than assumed. The deciding fact is who controlled the driver’s work that day, not the name painted on the van, and the answer can make the carrier, the provider, or both owe you for the same driver.

Most of that proof comes from the route agreement, which is not a public document, so we obtain it and argue from what it actually says. We never name a defendant on a guess: the three records in the card are read first, every time.

Three records that answer the route question
  • The officer’s crash report. It records the driver and the business shown on the vehicle.
  • Registration and lease records. These name the legal owner and anyone running the vehicle under contract.
  • The route agreement itself. It is not public, and discovery reaches it when the first two point different ways.

Where all three land on Federal Express Corporation, the claim stays with the carrier. Where a second business appears on any of them, that business belongs in the case too.

A second claim against the business itself

You can also bring a second claim against a business for its own conduct. Hiring a driver with a known crash record is one example. Skipping required training counts, and so does a reported vehicle fault the business never fixed.

The two claims are proved with different records. The driver’s negligence comes out of the collision itself; the business’s comes from employment and servicing files it holds and you cannot reach alone.

What our written notice does

Delivery records are not kept forever. Scan data, vehicle data, and driver files get deleted on a schedule the business sets, and that schedule can run out well inside your two years.

So we put the carrier, and any provider we have identified, on written notice within days of opening the file. The notice names your crash and the records connected to it, on a dated letter the business cannot say it never received, and a business on notice cannot let those records quietly disappear. The notice also locks down the driver’s hiring and training file, the same records that prove a claim against the business itself.

After that notice, anything that disappears is something the business has to account for, not something you lose. That failure has a legal name, spoliation, and it can be used against the business in court.

Who handles the claim on the other side?

After a FedEx crash you are not dealing with one driver and a personal auto policy. Your claim goes to full time claims professionals and defense lawyers, and when a provider ran the route, the provider’s insurer joins in as well, so two claims teams can be working against you at once.

Once a suit is filed, Texas discovery rules, the exchange of evidence between the two sides, force a defendant to disclose its coverage and indemnity paperwork. Those papers, not guesswork, tell us which policy applies and who can approve a payment.

Until those papers are in hand, an early offer is only a starting number from an adjuster who is paid to close your claim for less than it is worth. So from the day we open your file, those calls come to us instead of you.

None of that costs you anything up front. Our fee comes out of the recovery at the end, so your file gets built long before any money changes hands.

Three things the coverage papers answer
  • The insurance company and its limit. The limit is the most that policy pays without a fight, and it shapes every offer the adjuster makes.
  • Any second policy on top. Insurers call it an excess layer, and it means more coverage exists than the first policy shows.
  • Any promise by one business to pay for another. A written agreement to cover losses on that route points us at a second defendant.

That third item is frequently how we find a contracted arrangement after it has been denied. The papers also show whether a claim against the business itself, over its own hiring and maintenance decisions, has a policy that can pay it.

“I have worked on both sides of the desk. The most common thing I see from insurance companies is the initial offer, and 99 percent of the time it is not the correct amount. I know, because it was a tactic we used, and now I share that knowledge with you.”
Matthew Graham, Managing Litigation Attorney Matthew Graham Managing Litigation Attorney Former insurance defense attorney

Matthew Graham spent over a decade directing insurance defense litigation for a 10 state region before joining the plaintiff’s side.

What records exist after a FedEx crash?

What should you do first? Get medical care and keep the records

See a doctor now, and keep every paper from every visit. After a FedEx wreck, most of the proof sits in company records you cannot reach on your own, and your medical file is the part you control.

If days pass between the crash and your first appointment, the insurer will argue the injury came from something else. At every visit, say out loud what you can no longer do: what your doctor writes in the chart can be claimed, and what you only say at home cannot.

The first 48 hours are covered in our guide on what to do after a crash in Texas.

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  • Scan and stop data

    Every delivery gets scanned, and every stop gets recorded. That data places the vehicle at your location at a recorded minute.

    We then match your medical chart against those records, so the timeline reads the same from both directions.

  • Operating data from the vehicle

    Many delivery vehicles record their own speed and braking. We find out in writing what this particular vehicle recorded and what still exists, instead of assuming.

  • The driver’s hiring and training file

    This file is held by whichever business employed the driver. It is the proof behind a claim that the business itself was careless, separate from what the driver did that day.

  • Servicing records and the internal write up

    This is the vehicle’s repair record, plus anything the business wrote about the collision for its own files. We request both by name in discovery.

What can you recover after a FedEx accident?

Texas divides recovery after FedEx accidents into four broad categories. The records that establish fault also establish these, and we read them for both purposes.

  • Medical expenses

    You claim care already invoiced, plus future care your own physician commits to in writing. A cost added later as a guess does not count.

  • Lost income

    You claim the pay you missed, proved with pay records. Future earnings count too, where the injury changes the work you can do.

  • Property damage

    You claim repair or replacement of your vehicle, the property damaged inside it, and a rental car for the time yours is being fixed.

  • Losses with no invoice

    Pain, mental anguish, disfigurement, and physical impairment never arrive as a bill. Each has to be recorded in your medical chart to be claimable, because there is no invoice to point at.

How do we arrive at a number?

The figure is built from documents, not estimates. Invoiced care plus your physician’s written cost of what is still to come sets the starting figure, and your pay records prove the income you lost.

We check that total against your medical record before anything goes out. Then we weigh the share of blame the other side will argue for, because that share comes straight off the total. Nothing is presented while your medical picture is still moving, because the insurer holds every later conversation to the first figure it hears.

A death changes the claim entirely. The right to bring it is restricted to a husband or wife, children, and parents, and the two year period dates from the death itself instead of the crash. Our wrongful death lawyers page explains how those cases work.

Start one folder tonight, and put every bill, referral, and pay stub in it. For how these categories translate into figures, read our guide on what a Texas accident case is worth. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

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How does your share of the blame change what a FedEx claim pays?

Texas reduces what you collect by your share of the fault, and once that share passes 50 percent you collect nothing at all, however serious the injury was, under Section 33.001 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code.

For example: put a quarter of the fault on you, and a 100 dollar loss pays 75.

Below the 50 percent bar, your share comes off every category you recover, medical costs and lost earnings alike. When a provider and the carrier are both in the case, fault can also be argued between several companies, and how it splits affects what each one pays.

Because a fault share that large can end a claim entirely, your share is contested as carefully as the injury itself, by the other side and by us, and we build both from the same records.

What have we recovered in Texas vehicle claims?

  • $716K
    Motor vehicle accident

    Recovered for a driver injured by another motorist’s negligence.

  • $350K
    Motor vehicle accident

    Settlement for a client rear ended in Texas traffic.

  • $15M
    18 wheeler, wrongful death

    Recovered for a family after a fatal collision with a commercial truck.

  • $2.55M
    18 wheeler crash

    Resolved for a client seriously hurt in a wreck with a tractor trailer.

  • $1M
    18 wheeler crash

    Recovered after a heavy truck caused a high impact highway collision.

  • $750K
    18 wheeler crash

    Settlement for injuries from a commercial truck collision.

These are past Texas vehicle case results; none involved FedEx or a contracted service provider. More recoveries are on our full results page. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Who handles these claims

You reach an attorney, not a call center. Calls are answered in English and in Spanish.

  • Josh Alexander, Founder and Managing Attorney at J. Alexander Law Firm

    Josh Alexander

    Founder & Managing Attorney

    A Texas trial lawyer and Marine Corps veteran, with over ten years in the courtroom and millions recovered for clients across the state. On a FedEx file he proves what the driver did and which business has to answer for it.

    Meet Josh Alexander
  • Matthew Graham, Managing Litigation Attorney at J. Alexander Law Firm

    Matthew Graham

    Managing Litigation Attorney

    Ran insurance defense litigation for over ten years at the country’s second largest auto insurer, so he knows how the other side prices a file. He gets the written notice out in week one.

    Meet Matthew Graham
  • Laura Rivas, Senior Associate Attorney at J. Alexander Law Firm

    Laura Rivas

    Senior Associate Attorney

    Nine years representing injured Texans in vehicle, truck, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death claims, and she takes calls in English and in Spanish.

    Meet Laura Rivas

Questions people ask after a FedEx accident.

The employer question, the deadline, and the records are covered in the sections above. These are the questions that come up on first calls.

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Who is responsible after a FedEx accident?
The driver, together with whichever business employed that driver on the route. Since the June 2024 reorganization, that business is often Federal Express Corporation itself. Where a contracted service provider ran the route, the provider belongs in the case as well, and we establish the answer from records rather than from the paint on the vehicle.
Are FedEx drivers employees or contractors?
Both kinds exist. Many drivers are employees of Federal Express Corporation, and many others are hired by contracted service providers, which are separate businesses running routes under agreement. Nothing about the vehicle tells you which one hit you, which is why we get the answer in writing before naming anyone.
Did the 2024 FedEx merger change who I sue?
It changed the corporate name you are likely to see, not the underlying question. Someone still has to establish which business the driver was working for that day, and that answer decides who gets named in your claim.
What if the FedEx driver worked for a service provider?
Then the claim may reach more than one business. We obtain the route agreement and establish who directed the work, rather than accepting a label, because the provider, the carrier, or both can owe you for the same driver.
Can I sue FedEx directly?
Where its employee caused the crash, yes, Federal Express Corporation itself has to pay for what its driver did. Where a provider employed the driver, the claim starts with the provider, and the carrier can still be part of the case where the facts show it directed the work. That question is answered from the route agreement, which we obtain in discovery.
How long do I have to bring a claim in Texas?
Two years from the date of the crash, under Section 16.003 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, with narrow exceptions you should confirm for your own dates, and the petition has to be filed by then rather than nearly ready. The delivery records that prove the case get deleted on the businesses’ own schedules well before that date, so waiting has a cost the statute never mentions; see our guide to Texas filing deadlines.
What evidence does FedEx have after a crash?
Scan and stop data, operating data where the vehicle recorded it, the driver’s hiring and training file, servicing records, and any note the business made about the collision for its own purposes. You cannot obtain those yourself, which is why our written notice goes out within days of opening the file.
What if the delivery driver was not in a FedEx branded vehicle?
Contracted providers sometimes run unbranded or partially branded vehicles, so the absence of a logo settles nothing. The crash report and the registration records tell us who was behind that route. Bring us whatever you photographed, and we will run the records from there.
What does hiring you cost?
Nothing up front, and no attorney’s fee at all unless we recover. The fee comes out of the recovery, and we carry the cost of the records and the experts while the case is being built; see how contingency fees work for the full breakdown.

From Josh Alexander

“I’ve spent years inside Texas courtrooms asking the same two questions: what actually happened, and who is responsible for it? Insurance companies are built to pay you as little as they can. Trucking companies are built to protect their drivers’ records, not yours. My job is to make sure that changes for you. You don’t pay me a dollar unless I win. That is the only way I’ve ever practiced law.”
Josh Alexander, Founder and Managing Attorney Josh Alexander Founder & Managing Attorney Marine Corps veteran, Texas trial lawyer

What this promise means for your FedEx claim

No win, no fee is the whole arrangement. We front the costs and do the work, our fee comes out of the recovery at the end, and if there is no recovery you owe us nothing.

Your part takes one phone call: hand us the crash report and the date it happened. From there we trace the route to the business that ran it, send the written notice that locks down the records, and take over every adjuster call.

If that business turns out to be a contracted provider you have never heard of, your claim does not restart. The same crash report, the same medical records, and the same file get used against the right business instead.

How long does a FedEx claim take?

Most claims resolve in months without a lawsuit, and the employer question usually sets the early pace. The first weeks go to the written notice and to your treatment.

The five stages of a FedEx claim
  • Week one. The written notice goes to the carrier and any provider while we pull the crash report and settle the employer question.
  • Through your treatment. We collect bills, medical records, and pay stubs as they arrive.
  • When future care carries a written figure. With your physician’s number on paper, we total the claim and present it to the insurer.
  • If the reply does not match the record. We file suit, and discovery lets us demand the route agreement, the hiring file, and the vehicle data.
  • Mediation or trial. Mediation is a settlement meeting run by a neutral third party; trial is the courtroom. Either happens only when the offer still does not match the record.

That order is deliberate. A claim totaled before your physician writes the future care figure leaves that care out of the number.

A case that reaches trial runs longer than one resolved by agreement, and the way we are paid means delay costs us too.

Hit by a FedEx vehicle in Texas? No fee unless we recover.

Describe the collision and tell us when it took place. You will speak with a FedEx accident attorney rather than an intake screener. There is nothing to pay at the outset, and we fund the case as it runs.

We are paid from the recovery and from nothing else. The first thing entered on your file is your two year deadline to file suit.

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