Downed Power Line Results in Electrical Burn Injuries to a Child
Slack Davis recently successfully resolved a case involving serious electrical burn injuries to a 6-year-old Navajo boy living on Navajo tribal lands in the Four Corners area of Utah. Texas-based oil companies operated an oil field adjacent to the boy’s home. An electrical power pole supplying power to the field rotted and fell over, placing…
Read MoreNegligence Causes Hay Bale to Fall and Suffocate Worker
A West Texas landowner was held liable for loaning farm equipment to a hay hauler who caused large bales of hay to fall on and suffocate a farm worker to death. Although the landowner was not present at the scene of the incident in question when it occurred, he did pay for his negligence in…
Read MoreTanker Truck and Freight Train Accident Results in Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit
Case Title: Camacho, et al. v. Penn Octane International, L.L.C., et al. On August 11, 2005, a tanker truck loaded with liquid propane was hit by a freight train in the town of Lucio Blanco in Mexico. The accident killed six people and injured over 40 residents of the town. Ten people were hospitalized with…
Read MoreHotel Shuttle Van Catastrophic Personal Injury
Case Title: Smith v. DFW Joseph Investments On May 9, 2019, Mr. Smith was exiting the Atrium Hotel and Suites in Irving, Texas. He had been at the hotel with his wife for a business meeting. A hotel shuttle van was driving through the parking lot and proceeded toward the front of the hotel. As…
Read MoreImproper Defective Warning Label Results in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Case Title: Mitchell/Speegle v. TR International Trading Company et al On March 15, 2018, Tri-Chem Specialty Chemicals LLC had a massive explosion in their facility in Cresson, Texas. The chemical plant purchased, blended and resold chemicals for various customers. On this particular day, two employees were mixing a batch of sodium chlorite and water to…
Read MoreNegligent Seatbelt Manufacturing Results in Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit
Case Title: Anchondo v. DaimlerChrysler, et al. On February 14, 2003, a six-year-old child riding in the car with a friend of the family suffered life-altering injuries when the car was in a head-on collision with another vehicle. The child was seated behind the driver and belted in with the standard adult seatbelt. He had…
Read MoreOilfield Injury Results in Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit
Case Title: Martin v. XTO Energy, Inc. On February 11, 2008, Chris Martin, an oilfield worker, was struck by highly pressurized fluid that escaped from a well site in Tarrant County, Texas. The Maudie Walsh Roe B#1 well site was on property owned by XTO Energy, Inc. XTO had hired a company, Loma Rentals, to…
Read MoreNegligent Drilling Company Results in Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit
Case Title: Anthony v. Patterson-UTI Drilling On May 18, 2013, Darryl Anthony, a vacuum truck driver employed by a construction company, was dispatched to Patterson Rig #201, an oil rig operated by Apache Energy in Glasscock County, Texas. He parked the truck next to the mud tank area of the rig and then attached a…
Read MoreNegligent Semi-Truck Accident Results in Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit
Case Title: Branch v. Hoglo Transport On June 30, 2012, Tara Branch was a passenger in a vehicle operated by her husband. She was seated in the front seat, and they were traveling on Alliance Parkway near the access road of Interstate 35-W in Fort Worth, Texas. As they entered the intersection, a Peterbilt tractor…
Read MoreWater Tank Truck Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit
Case Title: Lane v. Ledwell Sou, et al. On August 20, 2012, a water tank truck traveling south on FM 1191 became uncontrollable and rolled over, crushing the cab. The truck was equipped with a 4,000-gallon water tank, and the truck driver suffered head, spine, and other injuries. The client alleged that the tank truck…
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