Railroad Employee Injury

Our client was employed as a switchman with a major railroad in the northeast Texas area. A conductor moved a train without properly signaling, resulting in the amputation of our client’s lower extremity. When the railroad was unwilling to adequately compensate our client for his life-altering injury, our firm tried his case before a jury...winning a $3,200,000 verdict.

Wrongful Death/ 18 Wheeler Wreck

Our client was traveling home at night when his vehicle drove underneath a trailer being backed across the road by an 18 wheeler, killing him instantly.  The trucking company argued that the young man should have seen the trailer and avoided the collision.  We disagreed and so did a local jury when they handed down a $1,200,000 verdict.

18 Wheeler Wreck

Our client was a truck driver stopped on the shoulder to inspect his rig in central Texas.  Another trucker fell asleep and drifted onto the shoulder striking our client as he was climbing back into the cab of his tractor.  Our firm’s aggressive investigation and proactive negotiation resulted in the resolution of our client’s claims for the full amount of available insurance.  We also worked diligently with other insurance carriers involved to help ensure that our client made the most of his settlement dollars.

Railroad Employee Injury

Our firm represented a young man who was injured in southwest Texas after he fell off an engine that lacked the handrails along the walkway of the engine. He had to undergo neck surgery and it was unlikely that he would ever be able to return to railroad work. We were successful in recovering almost a million dollars for our client despite the railroad’s contention that he failed to properly follow procedure.

Reckless Driver

A reckless driver causes a rollover while operating a vehicle, causing a hand amputation.

Defective Product/ Fraud

This complicated case involved a defective truck manufactured by a major automobile company. The manufacturer was forced to buy the truck back from the initial purchaser under the lemon law, but then chose to put the truck back out into circulation prior to repairing the defect. A local dealership purchased the vehicle from the manufacturer and then sold it to our client without disclosing the vehicle’s history. The dealership and manufacturer then refused to repair the defective truck when our client complained. Ultimately, a collision eventually occurred due to the truck’s defect. Our client was pregnant at the time of the collision and lost her baby. Our firm literally traveled all over the country to fight our client’s case, ultimately resulting in a hefty settlement for our client.

Vehicle Collision

Vehicle Collision at a high rate of speed, causing serious back injury and back surgery.

Auto Accident/Brain Injury

Our client was struck from behind by an 18 wheeler that was traveling too fast and too close behind him.  The force of the impact was so great that our client’s brain was deeply bruised and swollen, making it necessary for him to undergo surgery to remove the hematomas that had developed.  The trucker’s insurance company argued that our client’s mental deficiencies were due to factors unrelated to the collision.  However, through aggressive representation and the employment of expert witnesses, we were able to reach a sizeable settlement for our client.

Slip and Fall

Our client was on a stack of landscaping timbers when the owner of the property struck the stack with a backhoe, causing our client to fall to the ground.  As a result of the fall, our client was forced to miss several months of work and had a cervical fusion to resolve the neck injury.

Warehouse/Job Injury

Our client was loading a pup-trailer with a fork lift and the nose pole was not dropped by the trucking company employee.  When our client drove the forklift into the trailer at the loading dock, the trailer nosed over causing serious back injuries to our client.

Aviation/Job Injury

Our client worked for a company that fueled aircraft at a major airport in the metroplex. While responding to a fuel leak, our client was struck on the head by a plane’s landing gear that was lowered without warning, subsequently injuring his neck so severely that it was necessary for him to have surgery. The airline claimed that their employees did warn our client, but that he didn’t hear them because of the hearing loss that he had developed from years of working around noisy aircraft. Our firm’s reconstruction of the accident proved that it would have been impossible for anyone to have heard a verbal warning under the conditions present at the time, which persuaded the airline to agree to pay our client handsomely for the injuries that its employees caused.

Drunk Driving Collision Injury

Our client was a passenger in a company truck driven by an individual that was intoxicated. The driver lost control of the truck and struck a grove of trees on the side of the road. The defendant’s insurance company argued that the collision was unavoidable and caused by an excessive amount of water that was on the roadway. Our firm’s investigation obtained GPS and speed data from the truck that revealed that the driver was driving at an excessive rate of speed, thereby allowing us to reach a $200,000 settlement for our client.