Derryberry Zips Lawhorn, PLLC successfully negotiated a substantial confidential settlement in the high six figures for our female client who was involved in a violent rear end wreck with a large oil field service truck in Corpus Christi, Texas. The oil field service company hired a 23 year old employee and allowed him to permissively operate a company truck without performing any background check on him or providing him any driver training. A simple check of his driving record would have revealed a prior conviction for driving while intoxicated less than two (2) years prior to the company hiring him. The young employee violently slammed into the back of our client’s vehicle as a result of being distracted while driving the truck. Additionally, his cell phone records contained information indicating he was likely on the phone at the time of the violent wreck. This violent wreck caused our client to sustain significant injuries and and also resulted in her vehicle being declared a total loss. Our client sustained injuries, including a broken arm, injuries to her thighs, mild traumatic brain injury and herniated disks in her neck for which her treating neurosurgeon recommended surgery. She had not had the surgery at the time the case was resolved in July, 2015.

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