Trucking
An accident involving a large commercial truck can have disastrous consequences. An average fully loaded truck can weigh over 80,000 pounds. An average motor vehicle weight approximately 3,000 pounds. A collision between a commercial truck and another vehicle is likely to result in serious injury. Traumatic accidents such as one with a commercial truck can often cause brain injury.
Most of the time damage to the brain is obvious due to the visual appearance of damage to the head, but sometimes the victim does not know they have suffered a brain injury. These brain injuries are difficult to diagnose and many victims do not realize they are suffering from a brain injury for weeks or months. Brain injury symptoms are usually subtle at first and progress to be severe.
If you or a loved one have suffered a brain injury as a result of other’s negligence, you should contact an experienced brain injury lawyer. A brain injury can be difficult to diagnose and prove to a jury, so it is important to have a partner that will assist you in understanding complex medical and legal issues. At Tabor Law, we have a team of experienced lawyers who will help you and your family seek compensation for any damages. Consider Tabor Law during this life changing moment, consider Tabor for your life changing case.
Case Study
Owens v. Michael Mason, Comcast Cable et. al.
Our client, Sandra Owens, was stopped or slowing her northbound vehicle for a line of traffic on Kentucky Avenue near its intersection with Norcroft Drive in Marion County, Indiana. At the same time and place, Defendant Michael Mason was operating a vehicle, in the scope of his employment with Defendant Comcast Cablevision, in a northbound direction directly behind Sandra Owens’ vehicle. Michael Mason failed to slow or stop his vehicle and violently rear-ended Ms. Owens’ vehicle. This collision was the direct and proximate result of the careless and negligent acts and omissions of the Defendants, including, but not limited to, failing to be attentive to traffic ahead, failing to keep a proper distance between vehicles, failing to timely brake, and operating his vehicle in the rear of plaintiff’s vehicle. As a result of this collision, Sandra sustained serious and permanent and disfiguring injuries including, and L-1 compression fracture, several rib fractures, facial and head lacerations and a closed head injury. Further Sandra was unable to work and had lost wages. Through representation by Tabor Law Firm, Sandra and Darcy Owens were able to settle with Defendants for a six-figure amount that helped compensate them for Sandra’s medical bills and lost wages, as well as her husband’s loss of consortium.