Fremont Truck Accident Lawyer

I-880 through Fremont and Newark is one of the East Bay’s heaviest freight corridors, carrying trucks between the Port of Oakland, the warehouses around Pacific Commons, and the distribution centers off Auto Mall Parkway and the Route 84 approach to the Dumbarton. When a fully loaded truck is involved in a crash here, the people in the smaller vehicle, and the warehouse and delivery workers who share these lots, bear the worst of it.

Mirador Law serves Fremont and Newark from our Newark office on Balentine Drive. Led by former San Francisco public defenders Megan Burns and Emily Dahm, the firm brings more than 40 years of combined experience, close to a hundred jury trials, and two of California’s Top 50 plaintiff verdicts for 2024.

Preserve the evidence before it disappears

Trucking companies and their insurers move fast after a crash, and the most important evidence can be overwritten if no one acts. That includes the electronic logging device, driver hours, maintenance and inspection records, and the truck’s own data. We work to send preservation demands early and to identify every responsible party, which can include the trucking company, a cargo loader, a maintenance contractor, or a parts maker, not just the driver.

Workplace and third-party claims

Many Fremont truck injuries involve workers in shared lots and loading areas. If a truck from an outside company injures a worker, there may be a third-party injury claim in addition to workers’ compensation, which can reach damages that comp does not. Sorting out which claims apply is part of protecting the full recovery.

Deadlines and fault

The general deadline to file is two years under Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1. California’s pure comparative negligence rule means partial fault reduces, but does not bar, recovery. Cases for the southern county are filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, through the Hayward Hall of Justice and the county’s civil division in Oakland.

A look at how these cases unfold

The following hypothetical examples illustrate how these cases can unfold. They are not based on any specific client and are provided for educational purposes only. A driver on I-880 near Auto Mall Parkway is hit by a truck that drifted out of its lane. An early demand to preserve the truck’s logs shows the driver had exceeded allowed hours, and that record, secured before it could be overwritten, becomes central to the case against the company.