Type of Case: Commercial Vehicle Wreck-18 Wheeler-Rear End Crash on IH 20-Negligence-Neck Surgery
Dec 19, 2017
OUTCOME: Settled Without Mediation
We successfully negotiated a high six-figure confidential settlement with a trucking company and its driver for our client. The tractor and trailer violently crashed into the rear of our client’s vehi...cle on July 4, 2015 while our client was slowing to exit off the highway. The driver of the 18-wheeler had only been on the job for 10 months and alleged a phantom car cut in front of our client causing our client to stop suddenly. The young and inexperienced driver unsuccessfully contended the crash was unavoidable. Our client was required to undergo a neck surgery because the of the injuries she sustained in the violent crash. Her minor son was also injured but only sought limited care immediately after the wreck.
Trucking accident
Type of Case: Commercial Vehicle Wreck-18 Wheeler-Unsafe Lane Change on Highway-Negligence-Shoulder Surgery
Sep 26, 2017
OUTCOME: Settled for a Confidential Amount at Mediation
We successfully negotiated a mid six-figure confidential settlement with a trucking company and its driver for our client. The tractor and trailer made an unsafe lane change on a busy highway in East ...Texas. Our client took evasive action and left the highway to prevent being crushed by the tractor trailer as it moved into her lane. She hit an embankment, became airborne and landed violently in the ditch causing her driver’s side window to shatter and requiring her car to be declared a total loss. Ultimately, she was required to undergo a shoulder surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff.
Wrongful death
Type of Case: Commercial Vehicle Wreck-18 Wheeler-Rear End Crash Into A Motorcycle-Negligence-Wrongful Death
Jan 09, 2017
OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement by Mediator's Proposal after Mediation
We successfully negotiated a seven-figure confidential settlement with a trucking company and its driver for our client. The tractor and trailer brakes were so bad that the 18-wheeler was placed out o...f service at the scene if the crash by the investigating DPS troopers. The Defendants’ expert admitted that had the brakes on the tractor and trailer been working properly at the time of the crash, then the driver would have had sufficient time to have stopped before rear ending our client’s motorcycle and killing him.
Trucking accident
Commercial Vehicle Wreck-18 Wheeler-Failure to Share Half of the Roadway-Negligence-Personal Injury-Back Surgery
Dec 09, 2016
OUTCOME: Settled at Mediation
We successfully negotiated a mid-six figure settlement with a trucking company and its driver for our client wherein there was disputed liability because the crash occurred on bridge of a ranch road in... rural South Texas. The testimony established that the custom for that bridge crossing was to allow the traffic to alternate and take turns crossing the bridge. The tractor trailer did not alternate but rather followed another tractor trailer across the bridge and violently crashed head-on with a pick-up truck being operated by our client. Our client was life-flighted to a hospital in San Antonio where he underwent surgery to his knee. Subsequently, as a result of injuries to his lower back, he had a “360 fusion” performed on his lower back.
Trucking accident
Personal Injury-Negligence- 18 Wheeler- Failure to Secure Cargo-Lower Back Surgery
Nov 22, 2016
OUTCOME: Settled at Mediation
We successfully negotiated a $1,100,000.00 settlement for our client who was involved in an incident where a board flew off a manufactured home being transported by GKD Management, LP d/b/a A&G Commerc...ial Trucking (“GKD”) and crashed through the windshield of our client causing him to leave the roadway and violently bounce through rough terrain causing injuries to his neck and back. Neither the owner of GKD nor GKD’s driver of the tractor were familiar with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation (“FMCSR”) relating to the securement of cargo. Additionally, the driver had not been provided any training by GKD concerning the proper manner in which to secure cargo being hauled across interstate highways as required by the applicable FMCSR. Further, the driver was clearly off the route planned by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, which off route transport would have resulted in a criminal charge against the driver and GDK if reported to the DMV. Thus, Plaintiff asserted this was the reason the wreck was not reported by the driver or GKD to the proper law enforcement authorities. GKD also had a contractual responsibility to inspect the cargo prior to beginning transport to ensure that the cargo was properly secured for transport across interstate highways. This inspection did not occur. The driver also testified that he texted and drove while hauling cargo despite a documented GKD policy that prohibited drivers from texting and driving. The driver also testified that he routinely used his cell phone while driving and GKD’s president testified the use of a cell phone by drivers was prohibited while the driver is transporting cargo. The driver’s cell phone records reflected that he was constantly talking on his cell phone during the entire period he was transporting the cargo, including making numerous calls in the two hours leading up to the crash. Our client sustained significant injuries, including herniated discs in both his neck and lower back. At the time the case settled, our client had undergone one lower back surgery and his treating surgeon testified that two-three additional surgeries would be medically necessary to treat his injuries during his lifetime. After payment of attorney’s fees ($440,000.00), expenses ($86,710.90) and medical bills our client netted more than $464,000.00.
We successfully negotiated a $1,000,000.00 policy limits settlement for our client with a California trucking company where its driver, who was admittedly unfamiliar with the highway, made a U-turn in ...the dark on US Highway 69. As a result of making the U-turn, his tractor and fully loaded trailer were covering both lanes of the oncoming two lanes of traffic. Our client was traveling in the outside lane of these lanes. Our client, who was traveling home to change clothes and return to the hospital to be with her husband, sustained significant injuries, harms and losses as a result of the violent crash. The driver of the tractor trailer was cited for failing to yield the right of way at an open intersection. Our client was not cited by the investigating DPS Trooper. Our client sustained a fracture of her left leg that required an open reduction internal fixation (“ORIF”) of her left leg wherein rods and screws were inserted into her leg. She also sustained a brain injury (subdural hematoma) that required brain surgery in the form of a craniotomy so the blood could be evacuated from her brain. After payment of attorney’s fees ($396,000.00), expenses ($56,888.63) and medical bills our client netted more than $400,000.00.
Trucking accident
Commercial Vehicle Wreck-Box Truck-Rear End Crash-Negligence-Personal Injury-Recommended Neck Fusion
Sep 14, 2016
OUTCOME: Settled at Mediation
We successfully negotiated a $450,000 settlement with a commercial company and its driver for our client wherein a large box truck rear ended our client on IH 35E in Dallas County, Texas. Our client h...ad a pre-wreck MRI that revealed no disc herniations in his neck. A post-wreck MRI revealed a herniation at C6-7. Our client’s treating spinal surgeon recommended a fusion at C6-7 because of the symptoms our client was experiencing, including numbness and tingling in his hands and arms. After payment of attorney’s fees ($180,000.00), expenses ($10,703.19) and medical bills our client netted more than $203,000.00.
Personal injury
Personal Injury-Negligence- Unsafe U Turn by Dodge Ram 3500
Mar 09, 2016
OUTCOME: Policy Limits Settlement-3rd Party and Underinsurance
We obtained a policy limits settlement for our client as a result of a horrific wreck on SH 43 in Rusk County, Texas. Our client was a passenger in a 2015 SUV when a man driving a Dodge Ram 3500 made a...n unexpected U turn directly into their path causing a violent crash. Both vehicles were totaled and the at fault driver was issued a citation for making an unsafe U turn. Our client sustained significant injuries, including a shoulder injury that required surgery. His treating physician is also recommending he have surgery on his neck. We aggressively pursued our client’s claims in a lawsuit and the Defendant’s insurance company agreed to pay his insurance liability policy limits and our client’s own insurance company also agreed to pay the limits of his underinsurance coverage
Car accident
Personal Injury-Negligence-Unsafe U Turn
Jan 25, 2016
OUTCOME: Settled
We obtained a policy limits settlement for our client as a result of a horrific wreck on SH 43 in Rusk County, Texas. Our client was driving a 2015 SUV when a man driving a Dodge Ram 3500 made an unexp...ected U turn directly in her path causing a violent crash. Both vehicles were totaled and the at fault driver of the Dodge Ram was issued a citation for making an unsafe U turn. Our client sustained significant injuries, including a neck injury that required surgery. Her treating physician is also recommending she have surgery on her left shoulder. We aggressively pursued our client’s claims in a lawsuit and the Defendant’s insurance company agreed to pay his insurance liability policy limits after our client’s deposition was taken in January, 2016
Car accident
Personal Injury-Negligence- Crossing Center Line
Oct 22, 2015
OUTCOME: Settlement for Policy Limits
We obtained a policy limits settlement for our 12 year old female client as a result of a horrific wreck. Our client was a passenger in a truck that was hit head on by a man that crossed the center lin...e of a two lane highway. An autopsy performed on the at fault driver revealed that he had amphetamine, methamphetamine, opiates, and other prescription drugs in his system at the time of the wreck. The truck in which our client was riding flipped and landed on its roof crushing the roof. The at fault driver was killed on impact. Our client was life-flighted to Children’s hospital in Dallas and was diagnosed with several fractures in her back. We aggressively pursued our client’s claims and the at fault driver’s insurance company, Farm Bureau, agreed to pay the policy limits that were available. Additionally, our client’s parents’ underinsurance carrier, Allstate, also paid the maximum available policy limits to our client.
