$______ VERDICT - MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE - REAR END COLLISION - DEFENDANT, OPERATING VEHICLE UNDER INFLUENCE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, STRIKES REAR OF PLAINTIFF'S VEHICLE - CERVICAL AND LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT - CONCUSSION - POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME.

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$301,504 VERDICT – MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE –

INTERSECTION COLLISION – DEFENDANT DISREGARDS

RED LIGHT AND ENTERS INTERSECTION STRIKING

PLAINTIFF’S VEHICLE LAWFULLY OCCUPYING

INTERSECTION – NECK AND BACK INJURIES –

HEADACHES – PLEURODYNIA.

Harris County, TX

The plaintiff in this vehicular negligence action sustained serious

injuries when her vehicle, which was lawfully proceeding through

an intersection, was struck by the defendant who entered the

intersection against a red light. The defendant denied all allegations

of negligence and injury.

On July 21, 2016, the male plaintiff was driving north in the1000 block of

Sawyer Street at its intersection with Washington Avenue in Houston, Texas.

The defendant was driving west on the 2400 block of Washington. As the

plaintiff passed through the intersection of Sawyer and Washington with a

green light in his direction, the defendant failed to stop at the red light in his

direction, entered the intersection and caused a major collision.

The plaintiff maintained that the defendant was negligent in failing to keep a

proper lookout, failing to apply the brakes in time to avoid the collision, fail-

ing to apply the brakes in a timely manner, failing to stop for a red light and

driving at an excessive rate of speed. Following the accident, the plaintiff

was diagnosed with cervical, thoracic and lumbar sprain and strain, bilateral

wrist sprain, left knee pain, headaches, and pleurodynia, a sharp pain in the

side usually located in the intercostal muscles and believed to arise from

inflammation of fibrous tissue.

The court found in favor of the plaintiff and awarded the plaintiff past medi-

cal expenses of $56,004.26, future medical expenses of $45,500 and past

and future pain and suffering of $200,000, for a total of $301,504.

REFERENCE

Paul Robertson vs. Rony Alverez. Case no. 201656735; Judge Rabeea Col-

lier, 05-09-22.

Attorney for plaintiff: Eric Nielsen of The Nielsen Law Firm, P.C. in

Houston, TX. Attorney for defendant: Manuel Martinez of Martinez Law

Group in Houston, TX.

$212,000 VERDICT – MOTOR VEHICLE NEGLIGENCE –

REAR END COLLISION – DEFENDANT, OPERATING

VEHICLE UNDER INFLUENCE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

AND ALCOHOL, STRIKES REAR OF PLAINTIFF’S

VEHICLE – CERVICAL AND LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL

DISC DISPLACEMENT – CONCUSSION – POST-

CONCUSSION SYNDROME.

Harris County, TX

The plaintiff in this motor vehicle negligence action maintained that

he suffered serious and permanent injuries when his vehicle was

forcefully struck in the rear by the defendant who was operating the

vehicle under the influence of prescription drugs and alcohol. The

plaintiff also named the vehicle owner as a defendant claiming she

negligently entrusted the vehicle to the defendant driver. Both

defendants denied all allegations of negligence and injury.

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