In January of 2015 in Victoria County, Texas on Highway 77, our clients were in a major wreck with an 18 wheeler.  The 18 wheeler was driving in the fog that morning and the driver did not see our clients coming down the highway before pulling off a side road.  As a result, our clients slammed on their brakes and struck the rear of the trailer.  Our clients were a sweet retired couple traveling travelling to see family with their dog that early morning in a small passenger vehicle which was totaled.  The passenger received bruising all over her body and both of them suffered TBI symptoms after the wreck.  The truck driver, on the other hand, was driving when he likely was fatigued as he had been driving for pay over his federal law limitations that morning.  The trucking company and their insurance lawyers tried to deny fault at first.  Then, they tried to deny that our clients were hurt a bad as they claimed.  In deposition, we discovered that the trucking company was paying their drivers for “personal conveyance” time in payroll records which was not shown in the driver logs.  Also, the data did not match the electronic logs obtained from the electronic logging company, Teletrac, so there were three different stories about how much the truck driver had driven.  What was clear though, the driver should not have pulled out into traffic and cause people to slam on their brakes.  After a few months of litigation, our 18 wheeler wreck lawyers were able to recover a substantial sum to fairly compensate our clients for their injuries.  We also heard the trucking company changed their policies to make sure the drivers logged all of their time they were paid to drive, including time paid for “personal conveyance.”