Attorney Scott C. Krist's Legal Cases

Personal injury

Mogenis v. Reyes

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OUTCOME: Settlement: $3,100,000

Plaintiff, who owned a hunting guide service in Kerrville, TX, was shot during a hunting trip with Defendant when Defendant's rifle negligently discharged. Defendant had left rifle loaded, chambered, a ... nd unattended in the back of a vehicle. As Plaintiff walked past the rear of the vehicle, the rifle discharged and she was shot. Plaintiff sustained serious injuries to her hip, groin, bladder, vagina, and rectum, with medical expenses exceeding $675,000.

Personal injury

Brazeal v. Peltier

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OUTCOME: Settlement: $2,600,000

Mr. Brazeal was severely injured when his Mazda Protege collided with a Brangus bull standing on the roadway which had escaped its owner's ranch. Mr. Brazeal, a young pediatric anesthesiologist who had ... just finished his residency the same day as his accident, was left a quadraplegic, ultimately cutting short his promising medical career before it could even begin.

Personal injury

Nolef v. Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc.

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OUTCOME: Settlement: $1,500,000

Plaintiff, a UPS delivery driver on a scheduled pick-up at a university book store, was injured when a bookstore employee negligently activated a pallet jack used to help load books. The pallet jack hi ... t Plaintiff on the back of the calves, causing him to fall. The incident left Plaintiff with a herniated disc and a fractured vertebra, ultimately requiring a fusion.

Car accident

Cuellar v. Hydril Co.

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OUTCOME: Settlement: $2,878,553

Plaintiffs were passengers in a Houston airport shuttle bus when a pickup truck owned by defendants ran a red light and collided with the bus. Resultant injuries included a ruptured spleen, torn rotato ... r cuff, fractures of the spine at C1, C2, and C7, fractured ribs, fractured pelvis, fractured sacrum, lung scarring, herniation at C5 and C6 (requiring a fusion), and a separated shoulder.

Car accident

Lester v. The Brickman Group Ltd

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OUTCOME: $1, 125,000 Recovery

The Plaintiff was driving south in a minivan on the Interstate when the defendant changed lanes unsafely in his employer's landscaping truck, causing an accident. The Plantif was taken by ambulance to ... the emergency room and sustained a torn left ankle tendon (specifically the posterior tibial tendon). She was also treated by orthopedic surgeons, a neurologist, and a podiatrist. The plaintiff's medical bills totaled to $43,739.03 and claimed $15,011 in past lost earnings.

Motorcycle accident

Gallegos and Gallegos v. Rig Runners Inc

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OUTCOME: $6,028,000 Verdict

The 33-year-old plantiff was riding a motorcycle with his 9-year-old daughter when he was involved in a collision with a southbound tractor-trailer owned by Rig Runners. Both plaintiffs were transporte ... d by ambulance to the emergency room. The father sustained a crush injury to his right foot while his child sustained a mid-shaft fracture of her right femur. The father's injury became septic and underwent a below-the-knee amputation two weeks after the collision, then was fitted with a prosthesis. Plaintiffs sought unspecified amount for past lost income, past and future pain and suffering, bystander mental anguish, physical impairment, disfigurement, medical expenses, and loss of consortium.

Car accident

Luce v. F.A. Bartlett Tree Experts Co

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OUTCOME: $4,750,000 Recovery

Plantiff was driving a Pontiac Grand Prix northbound when the defendant's Chevrolet Cavalier collided head-on in a major impact. It was a severe impact and neither driver could recollect the accident o ... r how it occurred. There were also no eyewitnesses. Plaintiffs felt that accident reconstruction proved that the impact was his lane based on skidmarks and gouges in the roadway. Plaintiff suffered a compound, fractures in both femors, a fractured foot, multiple pelvic fractures, a mild but permanent brain injury manifested by short-term and long-term memory loss, a lacerated spleen, a lacerated liver, and a TMJ injury. She underwent open reductions with internal fixation for the leg, foot, and pelvic fractures. She also had a splenectomy and two exploratory laparotomies. Her medical bills approximated $270,000.

Admiralty and maritime

Karl v. Magellan Midstream Partners, LP

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OUTCOME: $15,120,000 Recovery

A 19-year-old, lineman for the Houston Mooring Co. was part of the crew assigned to moor the 600-foot tanker M/T Seatrout into the Houston Ship Channel. As the tanker was escorted into the terminal by ... G&H Towing Co., several crew members attempted to attach the tanker to the dock with a steel cable supplied by terminal owner Magellan Terminals Holdings, LP. After tension was placed on the cable, it parted and struck the young man's head as he was standing a small mooring skiff. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and now experiences cognitive deficits such as memory and concentration problems, along with weakness in his left arm and leg. His medical expenses totaled to about $300,000 and he is unable to return to work. The plaintiff charged that Magellan failed to adequately inspect its cables and failed to act after an identical cable failed several weeks before the accident.

Scott C. Krist's Legal Cases (8)

Mogenis v. Reyes

Brazeal v. Peltier

Nolef v. Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc.

Cuellar v. Hydril Co.

Lester v. The Brickman Group Ltd

Gallegos and Gallegos v. Rig Runners Inc

Luce v. F.A. Bartlett Tree Experts Co

Karl v. Magellan Midstream Partners, LP