The appellate court held that truck owner or lessee in whose name government permit is issued not avoid liability for acts of the driver. It appears that the debilitating effect of the accident trauma will necessitate permanent residency in nursing home. Our client was young athlete who had started consecutive games as offensive lineman during his college football career. The defendants attorneys deposed number of witnesses who were present at party attended by our client and her date, developing evidence that both had consumed too much alcohol before leaving.

The recovery in this case was achieved despite the initial findings of the TDPS Highway Patrol officer who investigated the accident that the driver would not be permitted to testify at trial. van in front slid into the right guard rail and started chain reaction. Before the collision the elderly client was able to live independently, drive car and care for himself.

Meanwhile, the defendant driver had been fired for other reasons. We immediately filed suit and requested production of the drivers logs, the drivers application for employment and other evidence from the files of the trucking company. The case settled. Before the collision the defendant trucking company offered zero in settlement. Her ten year old son was not significantly injured but he did suffer significant bystander mental anguish damages. The case settled shortly after the trial court granted our motion for sanctions the Court ruled that the driver of the gasoline tanker truck.

We represented the surviving spouse, two sons and parents of the fatally injured rental truck driver, and his injured sister and nephew. When she awoke she was left with permanent brain damage. We were able to find prominent Houston lawyer who had been successful in trial of the case. The recovery was obtained despite the finding of TDPS accident investigator officer that our client was at fault in following too closely behind stopping vehicle, swerving onto the right shoulder then back onto the highway into the path of the defendants plumbing truck.

lumber truck stopped in traffic at red light on Highway We were unable to controvert that evidence because the boy was dead and our client had no memory whatsoever of the entire weekend.