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background: var(--bg-3); box-shadow: 0 12px 28px -14px rgba(0,0,0,.85); }\r\n.jalex-study .bio-content a.rv-ph img{ display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; max-width: none; margin: 0; border: 0; border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center top; }\r\n.jalex-study .bio-content .review .rv-t{ min-width: 220px; }\r\n.jalex-study .bio-content .review .rv-t p{ margin: 0; }\r\n.jalex-study .bio-content .review .rv-t a{ color: var(--gold); }\r\n.jalex-study .bio-content .review .rv-d{ font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .04em; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6; margin: .55rem 0 0; }\r\n.jalex-study .cta-band{\r\n  padding: clamp(96px, 12vw, 140px) 0;\r\n  background-color: var(--bg);\r\n  background-image:\r\n    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(10,10,11,0.94) 0%, rgba(10,10,11,0.82) 45%, rgba(10,10,11,0.95) 100%),\r\n    url(\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Group-Photo-J-Alexander-Law-Firm-scaled.webp\");\r\n  background-size: cover;\r\n  background-position: center 30%;\r\n  background-repeat: no-repeat;\r\n  text-align: center;\r\n  position: relative; overflow: hidden;\r\n  content-visibility: auto;\r\n  contain-intrinsic-size: auto 520px;\r\n}\r\n.jalex-study .cta-band::before{\r\n  content: \"\"; position: absolute;\r\n  top: 50%; left: 50%; width: 800px; height: 800px;\r\n  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(243,185,55,0.08), transparent 60%);\r\n  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);\r\n  pointer-events: none;\r\n}\r\n.jalex-study .cta-band .wrap{ position: relative; z-index: 1; }\r\n.jalex-study .cta-band .eyebrow{ justify-content: center; }\r\n.jalex-study .cta-band h2{ font-size: clamp(40px, 6vw, 84px); margin-bottom: 24px; }\r\n.jalex-study .cta-band p{ font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.6; color: var(--text-2); max-width: 560px; margin: 0 auto 36px; }\r\n.jalex-study .cta-band .ctas{ display: flex; gap: 14px; justify-content: center; flex-wrap: wrap; }\r\n.jalex-study .cta-band .promise{ margin: 28px auto 0; max-width: none; font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--muted); 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}\r\n.jalex-study .bio-content .dg-wrap{ display: block; }\r\n.jalex-study .bio-content .scene.one{ grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 62%) !important; }\r\n.jalex-study .bio-content .scene figure{ break-inside: avoid; }\r\n.jalex-study .bio-content figure.diagram{ max-width: 280px; margin: 0 auto 10pt; }\r\n.jalex-study .bio-content ol.dg-key .dg-n{ border: 1pt solid #000; }\r\n.jalex-study .diagram .dg-lane{ fill: #fff !important; }\r\n.jalex-study .diagram .dg-edge,.jalex-study .diagram .dg-arrow{ stroke: #000 !important; }\r\n.jalex-study .diagram .dg-head,.jalex-study .diagram text{ fill: #000 !important; }\r\n\r\n\/* Ellis County I-45 page: the facts box under the hero photo prints whole *\/\r\n.jalex-study .bio-hero-photo .meta-stack{ break-inside: avoid; }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<article class=\"jalex-study\">\r\n  <section class=\"bio-hero\" aria-labelledby=\"hero-title\">\r\n    <div class=\"bio-hero-grid\">\r\n      <div class=\"bio-hero-text\">\r\n        <div class=\"bio-hero-eyebrow\">\r\n          <span class=\"stripe\"><\/span>\r\n          <span>Ellis County Truck Crash Wrongful Death Settlement<\/span>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <h1 id=\"hero-title\">\r\n          <span class=\"first\">We Recovered <span class=\"amt\">$15,000,000<\/span> in a Wrongful Death Settlement<\/span>\r\n          <span class=\"last\">for the Family of a Tradesman Killed When a Truck Driver Fell Asleep on <span class=\"nb\">I-45<\/span> Near Palmer<\/span>\r\n        <\/h1>\r\n        <p class=\"lede\">Before dawn on December 7, 2024, a tractor trailer driver fell asleep on northbound <span class=\"nb\">I-45<\/span> in Ellis County. The rig crossed every lane, struck the cable barrier in the median and rolled onto its side across two lanes.<\/p>\r\n        <p class=\"sub\">A couple of minutes later, a skilled tradesman driving north to work came upon the overturned rig in the dark. His SUV struck it, and he died at the scene. The report and the truck&rsquo;s own dash camera put the crash on its driver; the work was proving what his family lost and reaching every layer of insurance behind the truck. Matthew Graham, who leads the firm&rsquo;s litigation department, represented his family and his estate, and the case settled in litigation.<\/p>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"bio-hero-photo\">\r\n        <figure class=\"hp-main\">\r\n          <img src=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACCIDENT_SCENE_2-1-1024x576.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACCIDENT_SCENE_2-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACCIDENT_SCENE_2-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACCIDENT_SCENE_2-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACCIDENT_SCENE_2-1.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 92vw, 560px\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"TxDOT traffic camera view of northbound I-45 near Parker Hill Road, a white tractor trailer lying on its side across the lanes while wreckers and emergency crews work the scene\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\">\r\n          <figcaption>TxDOT camera at <span class=\"nb\">I-45<\/span> and Parker Hill Road, 8:02 a.m., nearly four hours after the crash<\/figcaption>\r\n        <\/figure>\r\n        <dl class=\"meta-stack\">\r\n          <div class=\"cell\">\r\n            <dt class=\"k\">Result<\/dt>\r\n            <dd class=\"v gold\"><data value=\"15000000\">$15,000,000<\/data>, wrongful death and survival claims<\/dd>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n          <div class=\"cell\">\r\n            <dt class=\"k\">Crash type<\/dt>\r\n            <dd class=\"v\">Fatigued truck driver, rollover, second collision<\/dd>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n          <div class=\"cell\">\r\n            <dt class=\"k\">Location<\/dt>\r\n            <dd class=\"v\"><span class=\"nb\">I-45<\/span> northbound near Palmer, Ellis County<\/dd>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n          <div class=\"cell\">\r\n            <dt class=\"k\">Lead attorney<\/dt>\r\n            <dd class=\"v\">Matthew Graham, Managing Litigation Attorney<\/dd>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n          <div class=\"cell\">\r\n            <dt class=\"k\">Reviewed by<\/dt>\r\n            <dd class=\"v\">Josh Alexander, the firm&rsquo;s founder<\/dd>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/dl>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/section>\r\n\r\n  <section class=\"bio-body\" aria-label=\"Ellis County I-45 truck crash wrongful death settlement details\">\r\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\r\n      <div class=\"bio-body-grid\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"bio-side\">\r\n          <div class=\"side-title\">On This Page<\/div>\r\n          <nav aria-label=\"Case result sections\">\r\n          <ul role=\"list\">\r\n            <li><a href=\"#crash\" class=\"active\" aria-current=\"true\"><span class=\"t\">That Morning on <span class=\"nb\">I-45<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n            <li><a href=\"#report\"><span class=\"t\">The Police Report<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n            <li><a href=\"#law\"><span class=\"t\">Who Was Responsible<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n            <li><a href=\"#second\"><span class=\"t\">One Crash, Then Another<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n            <li><a href=\"#claims\"><span class=\"t\">His Family&rsquo;s Claims<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n            <li><a href=\"#work\"><span class=\"t\">How Matthew Built the Case<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n            <li><a href=\"#result\"><span class=\"t\">The Result<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n            <li><a href=\"#review\"><span class=\"t\">Attorney Review<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n            <li><a href=\"#more-cases\"><span class=\"t\">More Cases<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n          <\/ul>\r\n          <\/nav>\r\n          <div class=\"side-links\">\r\n            <div class=\"side-title\">Explore the Firm<\/div>\r\n            <ul role=\"list\">\r\n              <li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/practice-areas\/wrongful-death-lawyers\/\">Wrongful Death Lawyers <span class=\"arr\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n              <li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/practice-areas\/truck-accident-lawyers\/\">Truck Accident Lawyers <span class=\"arr\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n              <li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/the-driver-who-hit-me-fell-asleep-at-the-wheel\/\">When a Driver Falls Asleep <span class=\"arr\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n              <li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/practice-areas\/truck-accident-lawyers\/rollover-accidents\/\">Truck Rollover Crashes <span class=\"arr\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n              <li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/texas-crash-report-decoder\/\">Texas Crash Report Decoder <span class=\"arr\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n              <li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/\">More Case Results <span class=\"arr\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n              <li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact the Firm <span class=\"arr\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n            <\/ul>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"bio-content\">\r\n          <section id=\"crash\" aria-labelledby=\"crash-title\">\r\n            <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">01<\/span>Crash Sequence<\/span>\r\n            <h2 id=\"crash-title\">On His Way to Work, <span class=\"accent\">Before Dawn<\/span><\/h2>\r\n            <p>We put that morning back together from three records: the officer&rsquo;s narrative, the field diagram on the same page, and TxDOT&rsquo;s camera images of the scene. It was 4:19 on a Saturday, raining, and dark on a stretch of <span class=\"nb\">I-45<\/span> with no street lights. A loaded tractor trailer was heading north in lane 3, the outside lane, near reference marker 258 in Palmer. He was on the same stretch of highway behind it, headed to work.<\/p>\r\n            <p>The narrative on page 2 opens with these five sentences, copied exactly:<\/p>\r\n            <figure class=\"rq\">\r\n              <blockquote>UNIT 1 WAS TOWING UNIT 2 NORTH ON IH-45 NEAR THE 258MM IN LANE 3.THE DRIVER OF UNIT 1 FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 CROSSED ALL LANES, ENTERED THE CENTER MEDIAN AND STRUCK THE CABLE BARRIER SYSTEM.THE DRIVER OF UNIT 1 THEN ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT ITSELF BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY, BUT LOST CONTROL.UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 THEN ROLLED OVER ON TO ITS LEFT SIDE AND CAME TO A STOP ON NORTH IH-45 BLOCKING LANE 2 &amp; LANE 3.<\/blockquote>\r\n              <figcaption>Investigator&rsquo;s narrative, Palmer Police Department <span class=\"nb\">CR-3<\/span>, page 2, first five sentences<\/figcaption>\r\n            <\/figure>\r\n            <p>Unit 1 is the truck tractor and Unit 2 the trailer it pulled. The rig lay on its side with its underside facing northbound traffic, leaving little for an approaching driver to see in the dark. In lane 2, his SUV struck the overturned truck and trailer, and the collision killed him. Out of respect for his family, the rest of the narrative stays off this page.<\/p>\r\n            <div class=\"scene one\">\r\n              <figure>\r\n                <img src=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACCIDENT_SCENE_1-1-1024x576.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACCIDENT_SCENE_1-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACCIDENT_SCENE_1-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACCIDENT_SCENE_1-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ACCIDENT_SCENE_1-1.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 92vw, 640px\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"TxDOT traffic camera view of the same stretch of I-45 later that morning, wreckers lifting the damaged trailer while its load lies scattered across the closed northbound lanes\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\r\n                <figcaption>11:32 a.m.: wreckers still clearing the trailer and its spilled load<\/figcaption>\r\n              <\/figure>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p>Police were notified through dispatch at 4:19, and an officer arrived at 4:23. The report lists the roadway as cleared at 2:00 p.m., nearly ten hours after the crash. For everyone else on <span class=\"nb\">I-45<\/span>, that Saturday meant a closed interstate and a long detour. For his family, it was the morning they lost him.<\/p>\r\n          <\/section>\r\n          <section id=\"report\" aria-labelledby=\"report-title\">\r\n            <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">02<\/span><span class=\"nb\">CR-3<\/span> Decoded<\/span>\r\n            <h2 id=\"report-title\">What the Police Report <span class=\"accent\">Told Us<\/span><\/h2>\r\n            <p>We ordered the certified copy, and TxDOT&rsquo;s records custodian signed it on December 20, 2024, thirteen days after the crash. Across four pages it covers three units. These are the report fields that mattered most in this case; our <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/texas-crash-report-decoder\/\">crash report decoder<\/a> explains the others.<\/p>\r\n            <div class=\"ledger-wrap\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Report codes explained\"><table class=\"dtable codes\">\r\n              <thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Field<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Entry, then its meaning<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\r\n              <tbody>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">Crash type boxes<\/th><td><span class=\"cd\">Fatal, CMV<\/span>Someone died, and the crash involved a commercial motor vehicle<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">Road<\/th><td><span class=\"cd\">IH 45, roadway part 1, direction N, speed limit 75<\/span>Main lanes of Interstate 45, northbound, posted 75 mph<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">Location<\/th><td><span class=\"cd\">200 FT N of reference marker 258<\/span>Not at an intersection; 200 feet north of mile marker 258<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">Factor, truck driver<\/th><td><span class=\"cd\">40<\/span>Fatigued or asleep, in the investigating officer&rsquo;s opinion<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">Secondary crash<\/th><td><span class=\"cd\">Yes<\/span>The collision with the SUV grew out of the first crash<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">Conditions<\/th><td><span class=\"cd\">Weather 3, light 2, surface 2<\/span>Rain; dark, not lighted; wet road<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">Roadway<\/th><td><span class=\"cd\">Type 3, alignment 4<\/span>Divided highway with a protected median, curving on level ground<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">Commercial vehicle<\/th><td><span class=\"cd\">Vehicle operation 1, actual gross weight 80,000<\/span>Running in interstate commerce, loaded to 80,000 pounds<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">Other property<\/th><td><span class=\"cd\">Cable barrier system, TxDOT<\/span>The median barrier the rig struck<\/td><\/tr>\r\n              <\/tbody>\r\n            <\/table><\/div>\r\n            <p>The meanings come from TxDOT&rsquo;s <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/content\/dam\/docs\/division\/trf\/crash-records\/cr100-v29.pdf\"><span class=\"nb\">CR-100<\/span> instruction manual<\/a>, the guide officers fill the form from. The report itself is below, with names and identifying details blacked out, along with the part of the narrative that describes what happened to him after the second impact. That part belongs to his family, not to a website.<\/p>\r\n            <a class=\"doc\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/i45-palmer-crash-report-redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open the redacted Palmer crash report (PDF) <span class=\"arr\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\r\n          <\/section>\r\n          <section id=\"law\" aria-labelledby=\"law-title\">\r\n            <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">03<\/span>Texas and Federal Law<\/span>\r\n            <h2 id=\"law-title\">Who Was Responsible, <span class=\"accent\">and Why<\/span><\/h2>\r\n            <p>The officer&rsquo;s findings, the safety rules that applied to the truck and the evidence we developed gave the family claims that reached past the driver to the trucking company itself.<\/p>\r\n            <p><a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/TN\/htm\/TN.545.htm#545.060\">Transportation Code &sect; 545.060<\/a> requires a driver on a road with marked lanes to keep to a single lane as nearly as practical, and to leave it only when the move can be made safely. The officer&rsquo;s narrative puts the truck across every lane and into the median, the kind of departure this rule is written to prevent.<\/p>\r\n            <p>Because the report codes the truck as running in interstate commerce, federal motor carrier rules governed it too; <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/CFR-2025-title49-vol5\/pdf\/CFR-2025-title49-vol5-sec390-3.pdf\">49 C.F.R. &sect; 390.3<\/a> makes them apply to every employer, employee and commercial vehicle moving property in interstate commerce. One of them, <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/CFR-2025-title49-vol5\/pdf\/CFR-2025-title49-vol5-sec392-3.pdf\">49 C.F.R. &sect; 392.3<\/a>, forbids driving a commercial vehicle while the driver&rsquo;s alertness is &ldquo;so impaired, or so likely to become impaired, through fatigue&rdquo; that driving is unsafe. The same rule says a motor carrier shall not require or permit it.<\/p>\r\n            <p>The claims did not stop with the driver. Under <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/CP\/htm\/CP.71.htm#71.002\">Civil Practice and Remedies Code &sect; 71.002<\/a>, a person is liable for a death caused by &ldquo;the person&rsquo;s or his agent&rsquo;s or servant&rsquo;s wrongful act, neglect, carelessness, unskillfulness, or default,&rdquo; and the driver was on the job for the trucking company at the time. How a fatigue case gets proved, from the report&rsquo;s factor code to the electronic logs, is laid out in our <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/the-driver-who-hit-me-fell-asleep-at-the-wheel\/\">guide to drowsy driving crashes<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n          <\/section>\r\n          <section id=\"second\" aria-labelledby=\"second-title\">\r\n            <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">04<\/span>Texas Crash Data<\/span>\r\n            <h2 id=\"second-title\">How Often One Crash <span class=\"accent\">Leads to Another<\/span><\/h2>\r\n            <p>For this page, we went to the state&rsquo;s own crash records. The officer marked this crash as secondary, meaning it grew out of the rollover before it; under TxDOT&rsquo;s instructions, that box covers a crash caused by an earlier crash or traffic incident, inside the scene or in the traffic backed up on either side of it (<span class=\"nb\">CR-100<\/span> manual, section 3.2.10.13). The box first appeared on the April 1, 2023 version of the <span class=\"nb\">CR-3<\/span> form, the version used for this report. Because CRIS, TxDOT&rsquo;s crash records database, records the field only from that version forward, secondary crash counts are not available for earlier years.<\/p>\r\n            <p>We pulled these counts from CRIS on October 4, 2026. In 2024, the first full year with the box, Texas officers marked 8,311 reportable crashes as secondary, 112 of them fatal; in 2025 the counts were 7,670 and 94. A crash with several vehicles is still one crash in these counts, the county and highway are the ones CRIS assigns, and contributing factors are the investigating officer&rsquo;s opinion.<\/p>\r\n            <div class=\"ledger-wrap\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Crashes on I-45 in Ellis County by year\"><table class=\"dtable\">\r\n              <thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Year<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Crashes on <span class=\"nb\">I-45<\/span>, Ellis County<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Fatal<\/th><th scope=\"col\">With a commercial vehicle<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Secondary<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\r\n              <tbody>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">2020<\/th><td>198<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>31<\/td><td>Not on the form<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">2021<\/th><td>295<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>55<\/td><td>Not on the form<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">2022<\/th><td>274<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>52<\/td><td>Not on the form<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">2023<\/th><td>287<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>46<\/td><td>6 (part of the year)<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">2024<\/th><td>300<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>44<\/td><td>10<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">2025<\/th><td>268<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>47<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr>\r\n                <tr><th scope=\"row\">2020 to 2025<\/th><td><strong>1,622<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>40<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>275<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>24<\/strong> since 2023<\/td><\/tr>\r\n              <\/tbody>\r\n            <\/table><\/div>\r\n            <p>On <span class=\"nb\">I-45<\/span> in Ellis County, CRIS lists two fatal secondary crashes in 2024, and this was one of them. It was also the only crash on that stretch that year where officers coded a commercial vehicle crash with factor 40, the fatigue code; statewide in 2024, that code appeared in 563 crashes where a commercial motor vehicle was involved, 13 of them fatal. Our <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/texas-crash-severity-index\/\">Texas crash severity index<\/a> compares serious crash rates across 42 crash categories.<\/p>\r\n          <\/section>\r\n          <section id=\"claims\" aria-labelledby=\"claims-title\">\r\n            <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">05<\/span>Texas Law<\/span>\r\n            <h2 id=\"claims-title\">What His Family <span class=\"accent\">Could Claim<\/span><\/h2>\r\n            <p>He left behind his wife, his mother and three children, all of them minors. No statute can measure what they lost. What Texas law does is give a death two separate claims. The wrongful death claim was theirs; Texas reserves it for a person&rsquo;s spouse, children and parents (<a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/CP\/htm\/CP.71.htm#71.004\">&sect; 71.004<\/a>). The survival claim is the estate&rsquo;s, carrying forward the claim he would have had himself, his funeral and burial costs among it (<a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/CP\/htm\/CP.71.htm#71.021\">&sect; 71.021<\/a>). This case had both.<\/p>\r\n            <p>Whether an estate has to be opened is one of the first questions we answer for a family, and we explain the options before anyone starts a probate case they may not need. Our <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/practice-areas\/wrongful-death-lawyers\/\">wrongful death lawyers page<\/a> covers who may bring each claim.<\/p>\r\n          <\/section>\r\n          <section id=\"work\" aria-labelledby=\"work-title\">\r\n            <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">06<\/span>Our Work<\/span>\r\n            <h2 id=\"work-title\">How Matthew Graham <span class=\"accent\">Built and Litigated the Case<\/span><\/h2>\r\n            <p>His family&rsquo;s part was to tell us what only they knew. Everything else was ours: the investigation, the records, the filings, the negotiations and every conversation with the other side.<\/p>\r\n            <div class=\"anote\">\r\n              <a class=\"anote-ph\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/about-us\/matthew-graham\/\" aria-label=\"Matthew Graham, Managing Litigation Attorney\"><img src=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/r_matthew-graham-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"Matthew Graham, Managing Litigation Attorney of J. Alexander Law Firm\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a>\r\n              <div class=\"anote-b\">\r\n                <p><strong>Lead attorney<\/strong>Matthew Graham, Managing Litigation Attorney<\/p>\r\n                <p>Before he represented injured people, Matthew spent more than ten years trying cases for insurance companies across the Southwest, then oversaw the subrogation lawsuits of the nation&rsquo;s number two auto insurer across ten states. Today he runs our litigation department and takes on the trucking cases where an insurer is most inclined to fight. <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/about-us\/matthew-graham\/\">Read Matthew&rsquo;s profile<\/a><\/p>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p>That background shaped how he built this file. An insurer weighing a death case looks at how clear the fault is, how far responsibility reaches beyond the driver, and what the losses are worth against the coverage behind the truck. Matthew built the case to answer each of those from the records.<\/p>\r\n            <h3>The first call<\/h3>\r\n            <p>On a call about a death, our intake team lets the family set the pace, at any hour and in English or Spanish. The questions wait until they are ready: the date and the highway, the police agency that responded, and who survived him. That is how a file like his gets opened.<\/p>\r\n            <h3>Locking down the evidence<\/h3>\r\n            <p>A trucking company starts guarding its own records the day of a crash, so the first thing we send on a truck case is a preservation letter covering the truck, the trailer, its electronic data, its dash camera video and the driver&rsquo;s logs. On a fatigue case like this one, it goes out the same day we are hired.<\/p>\r\n            <h3>One case manager<\/h3>\r\n            <p>Every family we represent gets one case manager, an update at least every two weeks and a direct line for everything in between. On this file, the case manager built the record both claims would stand on: the certified report, those camera images, and the records of his work and pay that showed what he earned in his trade.<\/p>\r\n            <h3>Fault, and how far it reached<\/h3>\r\n            <p>Matthew started with the proof of fault. The officer coded the truck driver&rsquo;s contributing factor as fatigued or asleep, and video from the truck&rsquo;s own dash camera showed the driver asleep at the wheel. Because he was on a run for his employer when it happened, the claims reached the company as well as the driver, under the state and federal rules that governed the truck.<\/p>\r\n            <h3>The gross negligence claim<\/h3>\r\n            <p>Matthew also pressed a claim for gross negligence. After the rig hit the cable barrier, the driver steered back toward the highway instead of stopping in the median. Texas defines gross negligence as conduct carrying an extreme degree of risk by someone who knows the risk and goes ahead with &ldquo;conscious indifference to the rights, safety, or welfare of others&rdquo; (<a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/CP\/htm\/CP.41.htm#41.001\">&sect; 41.001<\/a>), and Matthew argued that choice met it. He expected discovery to show the driver had started his shift already fatigued. When gross negligence causes a death, <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/CP\/htm\/CP.71.htm#71.009\">&sect; 71.009<\/a> allows exemplary damages on top of actual damages, and that possibility changes how an insurer has to value a case.<\/p>\r\n            <h3>Measuring what his family lost<\/h3>\r\n            <p>To measure the loss, Matthew retained an economist, who calculated the earnings the tradesman would have brought home over the rest of his working life. He also traced every policy behind the truck, including the excess coverage stacked over the primary one, because the claims could only be paid from the insurance that was actually there. What layers like these mean for a claim is covered on our page about <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/average-truck-accident-lawsuit-value-in-texas\/\">truck accident case values in Texas<\/a>. Through all of it, Matthew answered the family&rsquo;s questions himself.<\/p>\r\n            <h3>A Stowers demand, and the lawsuit<\/h3>\r\n            <p>Our founder, <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/about-us\/josh-alexander\/\">Josh Alexander<\/a>, writes that he will not let a first explanation, a first report or a first offer decide a case. In the spring of 2025, Matthew laid both claims, and the proof behind them, in front of the trucking company&rsquo;s lawyers as a Stowers demand: an offer to settle everything for an amount inside the company&rsquo;s combined primary and excess insurance, open for a set time. Texas law makes that kind of offer hard to ignore, because an insurer that unreasonably turns down a reasonable demand within its limits risks paying a judgment above them; our <a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/stowers-demand-texas\/\">guide to Stowers demands<\/a> explains the rule. The demand did not resolve the case. Matthew kept pressing both claims in the lawsuit, and the case settled before trial.<\/p>\r\n            <p>As on every case here, we advanced the costs as the work happened, from expert fees to court filings, so his family paid nothing along the way. Our job was to carry the legal work, so they would not have to carry that too.<\/p>\r\n          <\/section>\r\n          <section id=\"result\" aria-labelledby=\"result-title\">\r\n            <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">07<\/span>Case Result<\/span>\r\n            <h2 id=\"result-title\">$15,000,000 <span class=\"accent\">for His Family and Estate<\/span><\/h2>\r\n            <div class=\"result\"><p class=\"ra\"><data value=\"15000000\">$15,000,000<\/data><\/p><p class=\"rl\">Wrongful death and survival claims, settled in litigation<\/p><\/div>\r\n            <p class=\"callout\">The $15,000,000 is a gross amount; the firm&rsquo;s fee and case expenses are deducted before the family&rsquo;s share is paid. No recovery can make up for a death. Each result depends on the facts, the proof and the insurance behind it, and this one does not guarantee or predict the outcome of any other case.<\/p>\r\n          <\/section>\r\n          <section id=\"review\" aria-labelledby=\"review-title\">\r\n            <span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">08<\/span>Attorney Review<\/span>\r\n            <h2 id=\"review-title\">Attorney <span class=\"accent\">Review<\/span><\/h2>\r\n            <div class=\"review\">\r\n              <a class=\"rv-ph\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/about-us\/matthew-graham\/\" aria-label=\"Matthew Graham, Managing Litigation Attorney of J. Alexander Law Firm\">\r\n                <img src=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/r_matthew-graham-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"Matthew Graham, Managing Litigation Attorney of J. Alexander Law Firm\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"104\">\r\n              <\/a>\r\n              <div class=\"rv-t\">\r\n                <p>Case handled by: <a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/about-us\/matthew-graham\/\">Matthew Graham<\/a>, Managing Litigation Attorney<\/p>\r\n                <p class=\"rv-d\">Licensed in Texas since 2000<\/p>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"review\">\r\n              <a class=\"rv-ph\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/about-us\/josh-alexander\/\" aria-label=\"Josh Alexander, Founder and Managing Attorney of J. Alexander Law Firm\">\r\n                <img src=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/josh-alexander-j-alexander-law-firm.png\" alt=\"Josh Alexander, Founder and Managing Attorney of J. Alexander Law Firm\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"104\">\r\n              <\/a>\r\n              <div class=\"rv-t\">\r\n                <p>Reviewed by: <a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/about-us\/josh-alexander\/\">Josh Alexander<\/a>, Founder and Managing Attorney<\/p>\r\n                <p class=\"rv-d\">Published and reviewed on <time datetime=\"2026-10-04\">October 4, 2026<\/time><\/p>\r\n              <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n          <\/section>\r\n<section id=\"more-cases\" aria-labelledby=\"more-cases-title\">\r\n<span class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"num\">09<\/span>Related Case Results<\/span>\r\n<h2 id=\"more-cases-title\">More Texas Crash <span class=\"accent\">Case Results<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<ul class=\"cases\" role=\"list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/850k-pasadena-red-light-crash-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$850,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Pasadena red light crash<\/span><span class=\"k\">Settled in litigation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/600k-rockwall-county-commercial-crash-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$600,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Rockwall County five vehicle crash<\/span><span class=\"k\">Settled in litigation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/600k-mesquite-car-accident-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$600,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Mesquite 18 wheeler crash<\/span><span class=\"k\">Truck accident settlement<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/325k-hood-county-truck-accident-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$325,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Hood County commercial truck crash<\/span><span class=\"k\">Settled in litigation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/175k-round-rock-construction-vehicle-accident-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$175,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Round Rock construction vehicle crash<\/span><span class=\"k\">Settled before suit<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/125k-brownsville-armored-truck-rear-end-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$125,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Brownsville armored truck rear end<\/span><span class=\"k\">Settled before suit<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/105k-texas-unsafe-lane-change-accident-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$105,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Texas highway unsafe lane change<\/span><span class=\"k\">Settled before suit<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/105k-dallas-three-vehicle-crash-case\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$105,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Three vehicle crash in Dallas<\/span><span class=\"k\">Policy limits recovery<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/100000-rear-end-accident-no-police-report-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$100,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Rear end, no police report<\/span><span class=\"k\">Settled before suit<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/95000-midland-company-truck-left-turn-accident-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$95,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Midland company truck left turn<\/span><span class=\"k\">Settled before suit<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/89k-san-antonio-3-car-accident-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$89,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">San Antonio 3 car chain reaction<\/span><span class=\"k\">Settled before suit<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/82k-plano-commercial-truck-left-turn-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$82,500<\/span><span class=\"t\">Plano company truck left turn<\/span><span class=\"k\">Settled in litigation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/50k-allen-rear-end-crash-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$50,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Allen rear end crash<\/span><span class=\"k\">Policy limits settlement<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/30k-san-antonio-rotator-cuff-tear-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$30,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">San Antonio rotator cuff tear<\/span><span class=\"k\">Policy limit, before suit<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/30k-houston-hit-and-run-settlement\/\"><span class=\"amt\">$30,000<\/span><span class=\"t\">Houston hit and run recovery<\/span><span class=\"k\">UM policy limits<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"cases-all\"><a class=\"lnk\" href=\"https:\/\/severeinjurylawyers.com\/results\/\">See all case results<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n  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