Houston, TX
Personal injury Lawyer at Houston, TX
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Car Accidents ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Obtained a $2,300,000 settlement
Mr. Villa was hit head-on by a Russell Transport, Inc. truck driver on July 4, 2012. As a result of the collision, Mr. Villa underwent back surgery and, as a result, he was no longer able to work as a ... floor-hand. His total medical bills were approximately $12,000.
OUTCOME: $1,937,889.39--Verdict
Mr. Pagayon was assaulted by an Exxon employee while at an Exxon gas station. Exxon management was alerted to the fact that its employee was making various threats of violence and it took no action to ... reprimand the employee prior to the altercation. After the fight, Mr. Pagayon was taken to the hospital where he stayed for the next 23 days. Tragically, he contracted an infection while in the hospital and he passed away on August 24, 2011.
OUTCOME: $2,632,500.00 settlement
Jones Act, general maritime law and unseaworthiness case wherein the client broke both of his ankles as a result of a fall caused by defective equipment. The nature of the injury was such that the clie ... nt was unable to return to work offshore.
OUTCOME: $2,072,500.00 settlement
Client was injured when a personnel basket line broke. The incident resulted in the client sustaining an injury to his back that required surgery and he broke his ankle during the incident.
OUTCOME: $350,000 settlement
Client was involved in a head-on collision in Marshall, Texas. He had a non-operated neck injury. The insurance company did not want to compensate him for his injuries because it said that he had prior ... neck problems (although those problems were unrelated to the injuries he sustained in the accident). Sutliff & Stout retained various medical professionals to prove that the prior problems were unrelated and that the client needed to be compensated for his injuries.
OUTCOME: $525,000 settlement
Shannon was injured as a result of materials falling off of an 18-wheeler on to her mini-van while she was at a red light. She and her husband tried to deal with the insurance company on the front end, ... but insurance company refused to be fair. In fact, the insurance company refused to offer more than $15,000 to resolve Shannon’s claim. After hitting a dead end, Shannon hired my firm, who after a significant amount of discovery and work was able to obtain a settlement 35 times what was initially offered by the insurance company.
OUTCOME: $115,000 settlement
Client suffered a broken leg while working on a dredging barge. This occurred when a front loader broke and fell on to the client. The company refused to pay client's medical bills or cover his lost wa ... ges while he was recovering.
OUTCOME: Confidental Settlement
Helped a client, whose husband was killed in a car accident. While numerous lawyers turned down the case due to the difficulty associated with the products liability aspect of the case, we pursued the ... case aggressively and confidently, obtaining a favorable result.
OUTCOME: Confidental Settlement
Assisted client in a tire defect case. The tire defect case was a difficult one because the tire in question was purchased used, and had 3 patches and 5 metal objects inside at the time of the tread s ... eparation. Despite these significant hurdles, we were able to demonstrate why the tire was defective and why the company did not want to risk taking the case to court. As a result of these efforts, we were able to get a fair settlement.
OUTCOME: $515,000 settlement
Sutliff & Stout obtained a $515,000 settlement for client as the result of his 18-wheeler accident. The client was hit by an 18-wheeler trailer that was backed into the roadway at night. As a result of ... this collision, he had to have a shoulder operation.