The oil and gas boom has been great for M&A lawyers in Texas, but another group of attorneys are also seeing a major increase in business: trial lawyers suing and defending commercial trucking companies operating in the Eagle Ford and Permian Basin shale plays. The number of commercial vehicles involved in serious or fatal crashes in those areas has increased by nearly 115 percent over the past four years. Scores of lawsuits have been filed. Million-dollar jury verdicts have been returned. Even The Texas Hammer wants in on the action. The Texas Lawbook examines why.
