For over 40 years, Van Blois & Associates has represented persons injured in automobile, trucking, motorcycle, bicycle and other vehicular collisions.  We are experienced in vehicular accident reconstruction, medical issues resulting from the dynamics of vehicle crashes, and the design of vehicles to provide occupant safety.  We have expertise in representing persons severely injured or killed in rollover roof-crush accidents.  Many attorneys refer these cases to our office because of our monetary resources and willingness to take on the huge vehicle manufacturing companies of the world.

We also have acquired a special expertise in big rig truck collisions.  We know how to locate all the possible sources of insurance, which many times are overlooked or not pursued by other attorneys.  We also have access to experts who can prove the dynamics of trucking accidents and the complex medical issues resulting from the devastating injuries caused by truck collisions.  Examples of successful results in vehicular accident cases:

$6,500,000 for injuries and a wrongful death from a nighttime collision on Interstate 5 caused by a truck stopped partially on the shoulder and partially in the slow lane.  The decedent swerved to miss the truck, lost control, and her vehicle rolled over. 

$4,650,000 in San Joaquin County Superior Court, Stockton, CA, for traumatic brain injury to the 19-year-old daughter passenger and $1,850,000 for the death of the mother who was driving. We proved that the truck driver failed to properly hook up the air brakes, causing the brakes to lock up.

$2,500,000 for the death of a woman resulting from an Oakland fire truck going out of control and running into the grocery store where the decedent was working.  We proved the fire truck was speeding and had faulty controls and that the City failed to properly train the driver.

$750,000 for a woman struck while walking across a street in Oakland by a truck making a right turn.

$3,500,000 for a young professional photographer who received a traumatic brain injury when a left-turning truck blocked his lane on Highway 29 near Napa, CA causing a head-on collision.

$2,500,000 for injuries to one child and the death of another in a head-on collision on Highway 88 near Valley Springs, CA.

$2,000,000 for injuries to a 12-year-old boy seriously injured when a big-rig turned left into his father's pickup, which was legally passing the big rig in San Joaquin county. The big rig failed to signal a left turn and had a disconnected air line, which prevented activation of brakes on the four sets of duals on the trailer. 

$1,765,000 for the wrongful deaths of two defense depot workers whose car went under a truck trailer which was crossing a dangerous unlit intersection in Tracy, CA. The truck had inadequate lighting and no retro-reflective markings on its sides.

Train, Airplane and Bus Accidents