Self-Driving Vehicle Accident Lawyers in Texas

Common Injuries in Self-Driving Vehicle Accidents

Injuries from self-driving accidents include, but are not limited to:

• Wrongful Death
• Paralysis
• Traumatic Brain Injuries
• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Neck & Back Injuries
• Broken Bones
• Whiplash
• Soft Tissue Injuries

If you’ve been involved in an accident with a self-driving, our injury lawyers are up to date on this evolving industry. We don’t hesitate to take on powerful corporations and seek compensation for injury victims.

What Compensation May Be Available?

If you or a loved one experienced injuries in an auto accident involving a self-driving vehicle, we can help you seek damages including:

• Loss of income during your recovery
• Loss of future earning capacity (if your injury affects you long-term)
• Medical bills (including past, present, and future costs)
• Rehabilitation and physical therapy
• Property damage
• We can also help you seek compensation for intangible losses such as:
• Mental anguish and emotional distress
• Pain and suffering

If you lost a loved one, your compensatory damages could include:

• Funeral and burial costs
• Medical costs
• Loss of benefits
• Loss of companionship

Who Is Liable?

Self-driving vehicles have already caused many collisions throughout the country. Who is responsible when these accidents occur is unsettled. However, determining who’s at fault will depend on one question: What caused the crash?

Consider these possibilities:

• If the self-driving vehicle is not in autonomous mode at the time of the crash, and the driver is negligent, then the driver could be liable for the resulting injuries.
• A defective part unrelated to the autonomous feature might have caused the accident. In this case, the manufacturer may be responsible and liable for negligent design, testing, or manufacturing.
• If the self-driving vehicle was using the autonomous system at the time of the crash and a defect in the system leads to an accident, the manufacturer of the technology and the vehicle manufacturer may be held legally responsible for any damages.

Autonomous vehicles are already testing their capabilities on the road—and causing accidents. As sophisticated and precise as their software and guidance systems are, they are not perfect.

For instance, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reports that in 2018, an experimental self-driving Uber vehicle killed an Arizona pedestrian. The vehicle could not accurately predict the pedestrian’s movements.

Our lawyers understand the complexities of these incidents and are ready to hold the manufacturers and operators responsible for the harm they caused.

Understanding Pedestrian Accidents

Recently, multiple autonomous vehicles have failed to properly identify pedestrians walking across a roadway. These failures have resulted in serious injury or death of individuals due to no fault of their own. Pedestrians present a difficult challenge for autonomous vehicle makers and it is their duty to meet this challenge.  Call us immediately if you or a loved one are hit by an autonomous vehicle.

Autonomous Big Rig Accidents

Tesla, Ryder, and Embark are pushing ahead with driverless big rigs. These are not yet dangers that we are seeing on the roads. However, our team is prepared to stand up for the rights of passenger vehicle drivers.

Someday soon, these huge vehicles will be driving themselves—and we know how lethal a big rig crash can be. We’re ready to handle cases involving autonomous company vehicles.

Contact Our Texas Self-Driving Vehicle Accident Lawyer Today

At Hilliard Law, our self-driving vehicle accident lawyers in Texas have been helping victims of personal injury since 1985. We know how to fight for you. 

If we take your case, we will work on a contingent fee basis, which means you don’t pay us unless we win.

Call us at (361) 882-1612 or contact us online for a free consultation with our Texas self-driving vehicle accident attorney.