Terrorist Attack on Ex-Pat Compound in Saudi Arabia
Practice Area: Wrongful Death
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Represented the families of several workers who were killed in a terrorist attack on an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia. Armed men entered the expatriate-compound and opened fire killing several employees and dragged one through the streets. The employer settled shortly after the deposition of regional general manager.
Negligent Transmission of STD
Practice Area: Personal Injury, Negligence
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Represented ex-wife of husband who gave her an STD that he acquired while having extra-marital affair(s). The matter was resolved confidentially before filing suit.
Misdiagnosis of Cancer
Practice Area: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Represented the family of a successful oil and gas attorney against radiology group for a radiologist's failure to report an early stage lung tumor. The attorney was later diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer and subsequently died. The case settled shortly after the defendant’s motion for summary judgment was defeated.
Friend Shot in Head
Practice Area: Personal Injury, Negligence, Assault and Firearm Liability
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Represented a high-school student against fellow student and his parents for shooting the student in the head. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition where he remained for months, undergoing extensive therapy. He sustained a permanent head injury and lost one of his eyes.
Apartment Shooting
Practice Area: Personal Injury, Negligence, Assault and Firearm Liability
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Represented a tenant against an apartment complex for significant injuries he sustained when a mentally ill tenant fired several bullets through plaintiff's front door. The plaintiff was standing on the other side of the door was hit twice in the chest, with one bullet lodged near his spinal cord. The shooter then proceeded to the leasing office and killed the manager before committing suicide. The apartment complex had known the shooter was a danger and was in the process of evicting him.
Esteemed Teacher Killed on Way to School
Practice Area: Wrongful Death, Trucking Accident
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Represented the estate of an esteemed teacher against an independent trucking company for her death. The driver of the 18-wheeler tractor t-boned her vehicle partially ejecting her from the vehicle.
18-Wheeler Kills Construction Worker
Practice Area: Wrongful Death, Trucking Accident
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Represented the mother of a construction worker against a trucking company for the death of her son. The 18-wheeler truck plowed through traffic causing another truck to pin her son against the median-barricade.
Family Injured in Bus Accident
Practice Area: Personal Injury, Auto Accident
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Represented three family members against a bus company for significant injuries they sustained as passengers in a single-vehicle bus crash.
Guidewire Left in Patient after Heart Procedure
Practice Area: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Several days after having a heart procedure, my client felt sharp pains in his back and at the base of his neck. After seeking medical attention, it was discovered that a guidewire from the procedure was left in his vein, traveled from his leg to the base of his skull.
Energy Company Recovers for Defective Design of Offshore Oil Rig
Practice Area: Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Represented an energy company against an engineering firm for design defects to an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
Faulty Safety Harness Caused Roofer's Death
Practice Area: Wrongful Death, Workplace Injury or Death
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: Represented the wife and two minor children against a roofing company for the death of their husband-father. The young man fell to his death when the roofing company provided him with an improperly functioning safety harness.
Rental Company Pays for Bad Business Practices
Practice Area: Litigation
Outcome: Confidential Settlement
Description: College student recovered against a rental company for repeated harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. According to the corporate representative, the case settled for what was the largest settlement paid by the company for this type case.
