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Distracted Driving Auto Accident Settlement
There are three types of distracted driving – visual (taking your eyes off the road), manual (taking your hands off the wheel), and cognitive (taking your mind off driving). NHTSA statistics show a significant increase in the likelihood of injury or death due to vehicle collisions when a driver is distracted. Our client was a victim of a distracted driver which resulted in significant injuries.
The defendant driver, who has a history of bad driving, failed to see the car in from of him which resulted in a rear-end collision. Our team of attorneys, Rebecca Page, Jennifer Neal, and Lance Kimbro, along with their team protected our client’s rights and made sure that justice was delivered.
It is important to hold companies accountable for hiring bad drivers, especially when they are behind the wheel of a large commercial vehicle. Our team at Watts Guerra has and will continue to fight for this mission to increase safety on the road. Great job everyone!
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$2 Million Trucking Accident Settlement
Tractor-Trailer drivers are, in most cases, paid by the mile and are on strict deadlines to make a delivery by a certain time. This pay structure results in drivers being in a hurry and not paying appropriate attention, which results in crashes.
In this recent win by our team, Attorneys Jorge Mares and Oscar Quiroz held a tractor-trailer driver accountable for not paying attention. The driver failed to yield the right of way and crashed into our client, causing significant injuries. Jorge and Oscar along with their team fought hard for our client to ensure that justice would be served. Keep fighting the good fight!
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Aviation Accident Settlement
Aviation crashes occur for a variety of reasons, however, they should not happen because a component in the aircraft was improperly manufactured. Our client, an experienced fixed-wing and helicopter pilot, was piloting a helicopter when the tail rotor pinion shaft fractured between the bevel gear and the helical gear. The fracture resulted in an in-flight tail rotor drive failure, causing the helicopter to crash.
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Upon further investigation attorneys Shalimar Wallis and Oscar Quiroz, along with their team, found that the pinion gear shaft failed because it did not meet the manufacturing specifications. Specifically, the manufacturer failed to ensure that the shaft was heat treated in accordance with specifications. Further, the manufacturer did not even have a process in place to verify that the parts it manufactured for use in the subject helicopter complied with the design specifications. This represents a gross deviation from the industry standards.
Our client, who was a highly experienced pilot and had more flight hours than every expert that was involved in the case, was fortunate enough to survive the crash but suffered multiple fractures, contusions, and a broken knee. He will likely never return to his pre-crash condition. Luckily our team was able to thoroughly work this case to find the opposing party at fault resulting in a settlement.
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This crash could have been prevented had the manufacturer adhered to the design specifications or had it taken the proper steps to verify that the end product complied with the design parameters. Our team held this entity accountable for their carelessness which resulted in our client’s extensive injuries and damages. Great job, team!
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The Interplay Between Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation at Settlement
Mass torts and class actions have many similarities, so it can be easy to get the two confused. The main difference between mass torts and class actions is how individuals are joined in the two types of litigation. In mass torts, legal counsel sign-up individuals who have been injured or have sustained damages from the same event or occurrence. In comparison, class actions have a class representative that legal counsel represents on behalf of a class of people injured from the same event or occurrence.
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