Practice Focus · Phoenix, Arizona
Catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases involving semi-trucks, tractor-trailers, fleet vehicles, and other commercial vehicles across Arizona.
The Work
A serious collision involving a commercial truck can extend well beyond the driver and the scene. The relevant evidence may be held by a motor carrier, employer, vehicle owner, maintenance provider, contractor, or another business connected to the vehicle’s operation.
Jennifer Rebholz represents individuals and families in serious injury and wrongful death matters involving commercial vehicles in Arizona. Her broader practice is concentrated on catastrophic injury and wrongful death—cases in which the consequences are permanent and the investigation is substantial.
For representation, Jennifer practices through Zwillinger Wulkan in Phoenix.
Why Trucking Cases Are Different
Commercial transportation cases can involve company records, electronic data, business relationships, and decisions made before the vehicle ever reached the road. The work is identifying which of those facts actually matter in the specific case.
The Evidence
The categories vary from case to case, but commercial truck litigation can require looking beyond photographs and a police report to information controlled by the companies involved.
Electronic logging information, hours-of-service materials, dispatch records, route information, driver qualification files, training records, and communications.
Vehicle or engine data, telematics, inspection history, maintenance and repair records, onboard video, and physical evidence from the truck and its components.
Safety policies, supervision records, contracts, ownership or leasing documents, and records that help explain who controlled the work and the vehicle.
Scene evidence, witness testimony, reconstruction materials, medical evidence, employment records, and expert analysis addressing both how the collision occurred and what it changed.
Not every case involves every category of evidence. What exists, who controls it, and whether it is legally relevant depends on the vehicle, the companies involved, and the facts of the collision.
Potentially Involved Parties
The investigation follows the evidence and the commercial relationships surrounding the vehicle.
Being involved in the transportation chain does not, by itself, establish liability. Legal responsibility depends on the facts and applicable law.
Case Fit
Jennifer does not define a case by the size of the vehicle alone. Her plaintiff practice is concentrated on catastrophic injury and wrongful death—matters where the injury is permanent, the consequences are life-altering, and the case may require extensive investigation, expert work, or trial preparation.
That can include collisions involving tractor-trailers, semi-trucks, commercial fleets, delivery or box trucks, and other vehicles being operated for business purposes. The broader standards she uses to evaluate serious injury and death cases are explained on the Catastrophic Injury & Wrongful Death page.
The Perspective
Jennifer spent eighteen years representing insurers, businesses, and other defendants before moving to plaintiff-side injury and wrongful death work in late 2023. That experience informs how she approaches commercial cases involving insurers and corporate defendants.
The full career history, trial record, and professional credentials are documented elsewhere on this site so the supporting record can be reviewed directly rather than restated on every practice page.
Common Questions
A commercial truck case may involve evidence held by a motor carrier or other company, multiple business relationships, commercial insurance, vehicle and electronic data, maintenance records, driver qualification materials, and other records beyond the crash report. Which issues matter depends on the facts of the collision.
Depending on the vehicle and the parties involved, relevant evidence may include electronic logging information, vehicle or telematics data, dispatch communications, driver qualification records, inspection and maintenance records, video, company policies, contracts, and physical evidence from the vehicles and scene. Not every case involves every category.
The investigation may involve the driver, motor carrier, employer, vehicle owner, maintenance or repair providers, loading or shipping entities, contractors, or manufacturers. Identifying an involved entity is not the same as establishing legal responsibility; responsibility depends on the evidence and applicable law.
Jennifer focuses on catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters. A trucking case is most closely aligned with her practice when the collision causes permanent, life-altering injury or death and requires substantial investigation, expert work, or litigation. More about that case-selection focus is on the broader practice page.
Yes. Jennifer represents clients in serious injury and wrongful death matters across Arizona. Her trial record includes civil jury trials in Maricopa, Pima, Coconino, Pinal, and Yavapai counties.
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