Hesperia Truck Accident Attorney

Hesperia is the first High Desert city north of the Cajon Pass, and the I-15 through town carries the freight that moves between the Los Angeles basin, Barstow and Las Vegas. Trucks come down the grade with hot brakes, climb it in the slow lanes while commuter traffic weaves around them, and share the Main Street, Ranchero Road and Bear Valley Road interchanges with local drivers. US-395 adds a second truck corridor on the west side of the valley, a two-lane highway for much of its length where a drifting semi has nowhere to go but the oncoming lane.

The crashes the firm has covered on this stretch show the pattern: a multi-vehicle DUI crash with a car fire on the southbound 15 Freeway in Hesperia, a semi that crossed into oncoming traffic on Palmdale Road (SR-18) a few miles north in Adelanto and killed a driver, and a five-vehicle pileup on Highway 395 in Adelanto that sent five people to hospitals. Add high winds in the Cajon Pass, summer heat that blows tires, and the Hesperia Road and Phelan Road grade crossings, and you have the reasons a truck claim here usually turns on driver fatigue, following distance and brake maintenance.

Where you are treated and where the case is filed both matter. The nearest trauma centers are Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton (Level II) and Loma Linda University Medical Center (Level I); the closest emergency rooms are Victor Valley Global Medical Center and Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville and Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley. Critically injured crash victims from the I-15 are often flown out by helicopter. If the claim does not settle, the lawsuit is filed in the Victorville courthouse of the San Bernardino County Superior Court (14455 Civic Drive, Victorville, CA 92392); injury cases from across the Victor Valley are heard there.

• Driver arrested on suspicion of DUI after a multi-vehicle crash and car fire on the southbound 15 Freeway in Hesperia (August 2026)
• Semi-truck crosses into the oncoming lane on Palmdale Road (SR-18) in Adelanto; a driver is killed (August 2026)
• Motorcyclist killed on the I-15 near Cleghorn Road in the Cajon Pass (September 2026)
• Five hospitalized after a five-vehicle crash involving an ambulance on Highway 395 in Adelanto (August 2026)
• Motorcyclist killed in a collision with an SUV on Seventh Avenue in Hesperia (August 2026)

1. Get medical care the same day, even if you think you are fine. Adrenaline hides injuries, and a gap between the crash and the first visit is the first thing an adjuster uses against you.
2. Call 911 and get the report number. Crashes on the I-15, US-395 and the state routes are handled by the CHP Victorville Area office; crashes on city streets by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Hesperia Station.
3. Photograph the truck — the cab, the trailer, the DOT and carrier numbers on the door, the license plates, the tires and the load — plus the road, the debris field and your injuries. Get the driver’s name, employer and insurance, and the names and phone numbers of witnesses.
4. Do not give a recorded statement to the other side’s insurer, and do not post about the crash on social media. You are not required to give a statement, and anything you say is used to reduce the claim.
5. Do not sign anything from the trucking company or its insurer. Their adjusters often arrive at the hospital with a release and a check; the amount is never close to the value of a serious truck injury.
6. Keep every bill, pharmacy receipt, work note and invoice, and write down what you remember of the crash while it is fresh — the time, the weather, what the other driver said.
7. Call Beverly Law before you accept any offer. The first offer arrives before anyone knows the full extent of the injury, and accepting it closes the claim permanently. A free consultation costs nothing; no attorney fee unless we win. Whether case costs are deducted from a recovery is explained in your written fee agreement.

Truck claims are fought against a carrier, its insurer and sometimes a rapid-response team that reached the scene before the tow truck. We answer with our own investigation: a preservation demand for the electronic logging device data, dash-cam and telematics, the driver qualification file, the post-crash inspection and the carrier’s maintenance records; a reconstruction of the crash on the I-15, US-395 or the surface street where it happened; and a claim against every responsible company — driver, carrier, broker, shipper or maintenance contractor.

The attorney. Cases are handled under Michael Shemtoub, Esq., California State Bar #253948, admitted in 2007 (UC Hastings College of the Law, 2006). He worked for a federal judge and as a corporate attorney before founding Beverly Law in 2008, was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2015, 2016 and 2017, and holds a 10.0 “Superb” Avvo rating. The firm has 4.8 stars from 600+ Google reviews.

How a case moves. Free consultation by phone, video or in person. We sign a written contingency agreement, then open the claims, get the collision report and medical records, and tell you honestly what the case is worth once treatment is far enough along. Most claims settle with the insurer; if they do not, we file in the Victorville courthouse of the San Bernardino County Superior Court (14455 Civic Drive, Victorville, CA 92392) and prepare for trial. A straightforward claim can resolve in months; a litigated case in San Bernardino County commonly takes one to two years. Pre-settlement funding is possible in some cases. We help with the vehicle repair and rental, talk to your doctors about treating on a lien, and return calls in English or Spanish.

Fees. No attorney fee unless we win. Whether case costs are deducted from a recovery is explained in your written fee agreement. The percentage is agreed in writing before we start.

Results. On its About page the firm reports a $2,500,000 settlement after an initial offer of $100,000, and Lyft and Uber accident settlements after initial offers of $60,000 and $30,000. Results vary. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.