Smith & Hassler Attorneys at Law - Houston, Texas - 1-800-739-1250

VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENTS
 

WRONGFUL DEATH

  • Death, $10 million - case involving the shooting death of a teenage girl.

  • Construction, $1.8 million - case involving the death of a construction worker resulting from the collapse of a warehouse while putting on a new roof.

  • Trucking accident, $3.25 million - case involving the death of a young business owner as a result of a utility truck striking him on the side of the road while his vehicle was disabled.

  • Refinery explosion, Jacksonville, FL, $1.8 million - case involving the death of a young refinery worker due to an explosion at the refinery.

  • Trucking accident in Vermont, $2.7 million - case involving an overweight logging truck which rear-ended a line of vehicles stopped for an accident on a highway.

CLOSED HEAD INJURY

  • Closed head injury on minor, $7.2 million - case involving a small child who fell down the stairway of an office building because the hand rail violated the Houston Building Code.

  • Closed head injury, trucking accident - Confidential multi-million dollar settlement - case involving an 18-wheeler/ car collision resulting in traumatic brain injury to the driver.

  • Closed head injury, minor, $2.2 million - case involving a small child who fell through the hand rail on the 2nd floor of his apartment complex because the bars of the hand rail were too far apart.

NURSING HOME ABUSE

  • Nursing Home abuse, $2.25 million - case involving the abuse of an elderly resident of a Galveston area nursing home because of inadequate staff and the facilities pattern of hiring known criminals.

  • Nursing Home abuse, $1 million - case involving the abuse of an elderly resident of an Alpine, Texas nursing home due to inadequate and untrained nurse aides.

SEXUAL MOLESTATION

  • Sexual molestation of minor, $4.5 million - case involving the sexual molestation of a 12 year old boy at a private boarding school.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

  • Medical malpractice in Las Vegas, Nevada, Meconium Aspiration, $4.5 million - case involving the birth of a child during which the doctor and hospital failed to perform a cesarean section when the child was exhibiting signs of distress.

  • Medical malpractice, Texas, Meconium Aspiration, $4.4 million - case involving the birth of a child during which the doctor and hospital failed to perform a cesarean section when the child was exhibiting signs of distress.

18 WHEELERS

  • Trucking accident in Vermont, $2.7 million - Case involving an overweight logging truck which rear-ended a line of vehicles stopped for an accident on a highway.

  • Closed head injury, trucking accident - Confidential multi-million dollar settlement - case involving an 18-wheeler/ car collision resulting in traumatic brain injury to the driver.

  • Trucking accident, $3.25 million - Case involving the death of a young business owner as a result of a utility truck striking him on the side of the road while his vehicle was disabled.