Attorney Daryl L. Derryberry's Legal Cases

Wrongful death

Wrongful Death- Oilfield Accident-6th Largest Verdict in Texas for a Workplace Safety Case as reported by Verdict Search in 2009

Aug 28, 2009

OUTCOME: Plaintiff's Jury Verdict

We were able to obtain a $1,000,000 jury verdict after a 6 day trial for the 9 year old son of a oilfield worker who was killed. Additionally, we were also able to negotiate a substantial settlement w ... ith the deceased’s employer based on claims of gross negligence against the deceased’s employer. We were hired to represent the boy well after the case had been filed. At the time we began representing the boy, the total offer from both Defendants, Smith International, Inc. and the deceased’s employer, Martex Drilling Company, LLP, to resolve the boy’s claims was $150,000.

Wrongful death

Wrongful Death- Product Liability- Hay Baler

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OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement

We were able to negotiate a substantial confidential settlement on behalf of the wife and adult children of a man who was crushed to death when he was sucked into a round hay baler and crushed to death ... .

Wrongful death

Wrongful Death- Product Liability against an un named product manufacturer and Gross Negligence against Deceased’s employer

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OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement

We were able to obtain a substantial confidentail settlement for the wife and children of a hispanic man who was killed while operating heavy machinery that rolled over and crushed him to death. This ... settlement was paid by the man’s employer based on a claim of gross negligence, as well as an un named product manufacturer who manufactured the heavy machinery.

Personal injury

Prduct Liability- Defective Motorcycle Helmet

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OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement

We were able to obtain a substantial confidential settlement for the family of a twelve year old boy who sustained a severe head injury that resulted from a minor fall off a motorcycle that was going ... less than 5 mph. The boy fell onto a dirt surface. The helmet the boy was wearing was defectively designed and, as a result, he will have significant mental problems and need care for the remainder of his life.

Personal injury

Personal Injury- Non Subscriber Negligence Case Against a Multi National Hotel Chain

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OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement

We obtained a substantial confidential settlement on behalf of a woman who injured her knee while she was working for large multinational hotel chain. The hotel was a non subscriber to the Texas Worke ... r’s Compensation Plan and we were able to pursue legal action against it for its negligence. Our client sustained a serious injury to her knee that required surgery.

Car accident

Personal Injury- Auto Accident

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OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement

We were able to obtain a substantial settlement in a case involving a drunk driver rear ending our client while he was stopped. The at fault drunk driver’s insurance company paid policy limits and a s ... ubstantial sum was also paid by our client’s uninsured/underinsured insurance company and our client’s employer’s uninsured/underinsured insurance company.

Car accident

Personal Injury- Auto Accident

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OUTCOME: Settlement

We obtained a substantial settlement for a man who was rear ended by a truck going approximately 30 MPH while he was waiting to turn into a parking lot in stopped traffic. As a result of this accident ... , our client suffered injuries including a minor concussion, pain in his right shoulder, arms, neck and back.

Personal injury

Person Injury- Product Liability- Tire De Tread

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OUTCOME: Confidential Settlement

We obtained a substantial confidential settlement for two women who were severely injured when the SUV in which they were riding had a tire fail (de-tread) causing the driver of the vehicle to lose co ... ntrol and roll over several times. We pursued claims relating to the defective tire on behalf of both women.

Trucking accident

Personal Injury- 18 Wheeler Accident

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OUTCOME: Settlement

We were able to obtain a substantial settlement for a woman who was injured by an 18 wheeler that ran a stop sign and caused a collision with our client.

Personal injury

Personal Injury- Oilfield Accident

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OUTCOME: Confidentail Settlement

We were able to negotiate a substantial confidential settlement on behalf of a hispanic man who was severely injured when a piece of drill pipe hit him and knocked him off the rig floor and onto the gr ... ound 25 feet below. Our client sustained injuries that included a traumatic brain injury, multiple severe bruises, facial cuts, cuts to his scalp and chin, fractures of the right side of his face, a right shoulder injury, right knee injury, and neck fractures, which injuries required him to be flown by helicopter (lifeflight) from the rig to a hospital.

Daryl L. Derryberry's Legal Cases (60)

Wrongful Death- Oilfield Accident-6th Largest Verdict in Texas for a Workplace Safety Case as reported by Verdict Search in 2009

Wrongful Death- Product Liability- Hay Baler

Wrongful Death- Product Liability against an un named product manufacturer and Gross Negligence against Deceased’s employer

Prduct Liability- Defective Motorcycle Helmet

Personal Injury- Non Subscriber Negligence Case Against a Multi National Hotel Chain

Personal Injury- Auto Accident

Personal Injury- Auto Accident

Person Injury- Product Liability- Tire De Tread

Personal Injury- 18 Wheeler Accident

Personal Injury- Oilfield Accident