Anderson Blanda & Saltzman is a Lafayette, Louisiana personal injury law firm with deep experience in truck accident and 18-wheeler litigation. Founded in 1992, the firm has recovered more than $300 million for injured clients and has handled over 10,000 cases with a 99% success rate. With more than 100 years of combined legal experience and over 60 jury trials, the firm is one of the most established plaintiff-side practices in Acadiana and throughout the state of Louisiana.
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The firm’s trucking accident practice represents individuals and families who have been seriously injured or killed in collisions involving 18-wheelers, semi-trucks, commercial trucks, tow trucks, and oilfield vehicles. Anderson Blanda & Saltzman investigates driver fatigue, hours-of-service violations, improper cargo loading, defective equipment, and corporate negligence by trucking companies and their insurers. The firm has secured dozens of significant recoveries in truck accident cases, including an $11 million verdict in an 18-wheeler/pedestrian collision involving a Good Samaritan, a $7.6 million recovery in a catastrophic 18-wheeler crash, and a $4 million wrongful death recovery in a commercial truck collision.
Additional truck accident results include $3.8 million for a driver with severe neck injuries and mild brain trauma from a commercial truck collision, $3.6 million for a pharmacy technician who required back and neck surgery after an 18-wheeler accident, and $2.8 million for a driver with back and neck injuries from an 18-wheeler crash. These results reflect the firm’s ability to take on large trucking companies and their commercial insurers in complex litigation.
Attorney Bennett Boyd Anderson, Jr.
Bennett Boyd Anderson, Jr. is the firm’s founding and senior partner, bringing more than 50 years of continuous litigation experience to the firm’s truck accident practice. A graduate of Tulane University Law School and a sixth-generation Lafayette Parish resident, Anderson has personally recovered over $200 million for injured parties throughout his career. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and has maintained an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell for over 25 years.
Anderson began his practice in 1975 and has built a reputation as one of Louisiana’s premier trial lawyers in personal injury and trucking accident litigation. He has more than 30 reported cases in Louisiana appellate courts and is a frequent speaker at personal injury, maritime, and trial practice seminars. His honors include recognition in The Best Lawyers in America, Louisiana Super Lawyers, and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum as a lifetime member. He was named Lawyer of the Year for Plaintiffs Personal Injury in Lafayette in 2020, 2023, and 2025.
Anderson Blanda & Saltzman combines aggressive trial advocacy with decades of experience handling catastrophic trucking accident cases. For truck accident victims in Louisiana, the firm offers the resources, trial experience, and track record needed to pursue maximum compensation against negligent trucking companies and their insurers.
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