*These Case Results listed below are amounts net to client.
Stacey - Injured during a get together at someone's home
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Manuel J. - Victim in Flash Fire at Work
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Roadside Auto-Pedestrian Collision - Fatality
$1,541,000
This lawsuit stemmed from fatal injuries suffered by our client's husband
in a roadside auto-pedestrian collision. Decedent was working with other
members of a work crew on the south side of the highway, when the driver
operating a large tanker truck negligently drove truck off of the road
at a high rate of speed. As he drove off of the highway, he struck Decedent
and another member of the work crew. The force of the impact was devastating
and resulted in Decedent's death.
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Bastrop County Fires /
Residents of Bastrop County
$1,500,000.00
Represented dozens of homeowners whose properties were destroyed by fire
due to the negligence of the local electricity company and its tree trimming
contractor.
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Work Site Accident – Incapacitating Injury
$1,367,909.20
Client was injured at a Corpus Christi refinery plant owned and operated
by Defendant. Client was hired as foreman to perform work at the refinery.
While returning to his staging facility at the plant by use of an ATV.
Client was seated in the back on the passenger side of the vehicle. As
the ATV approached the warehouse entrance, the tires hit an uneven and
unkept portion of the pavement that caused the vehicle to flip on its
side. Client was thrown from the vehicle and the ATV landed on his leg.
As a result, Plaintiff suffered several serious incapacitating injuries
requiring numerous surgeries.
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Workplace Electrical Burns
$1,200,000.00
Professional electrician suffered severe body burns to most of his body
and face after flash fire due to faulty equipment.
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Roadside Auto-Pedestrian Collision - Fatality
$996,009.06
This lawsuit stemmed from fatal injuries suffered by our client's adult
son in a roadside auto-pedestrian collision. Decedent was working with
other members of a work crew on the esplanade off the side of the highway
cutting the grass in that area.
The other driver was operating a large freightliner negligently drove truck
off of the road at a high rate of speed and veered into the esplanade
where client's son was working and struck him.
The force of the impact was devastating and client's son was pronounced
dead upon the arrival of the first responders.
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Work Site Accident- Incapacitating Injury- Back Surgery
$825,000
Plaintiff has brought this cause of action to recover bodily-injury damages
he suffered during the course of performing a task for his employer. Plaintiff
brought suit against Defendant for the negligence of its employee, who
was in course and scope of his employment while delivering product to
the store. Additionally, Plaintiff brought suit against his employer because
his employer’s practices on the premises exposed Plaintiff to an
unlawfully dangerous workplace.
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Construction Site-Incapacitating Injury-Neck Surgery
$725,000
The incident happened at a commercial construction site. Defendant was
a roofing subcontractor at the worksite. Plaintiff was hired as a labor
assistant by Defendant’s subcontractor. At the time of the incident,
Defendant’s representative at the jobsite asked Plaintiff to drive
the tractor-trailer that was used to collect the trash from the work Defendant
had done. Plaintiff had been told to cover the trailer with a makeshift
tarp to keep debris from falling out of the trailer during transport.
As Plaintiff began putting the tarp over the trailer with another employee
he fell due to the hazardous working condition and lack of proper supervision.
He suffered severe injuries.
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Work site accident
$706,641.74
Plaintiff was hired as an iron worker assisting in the steel erection phase
at the construction of a major big box store. While installing the steel
joists, a girder fell on top of him while he worked from a boom lift.
The girder violently struck Plaintiff on his head and left side of his
body. As a result, Plaintiff suffered several serious incapacitating injuries.
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Marina destroyed by Hurricane Ike
$582,833.10
The León Law Firm represented a large gulf coast marina that sustained
significant damage to its structures and equipment as a result of hurricane
Ike. Insurance company responded with undue delay and grossly undervalued
the repairs and damages, including business interruption. After our firms
involvement the carrier paid what was due under the policy netting the
client $582,833.10
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Work Site Accident - Fatality
$514,670.96
Client’s widow and children brought for damages against multiple
Defendants stemming from a fatal pedestrian incident on the premises of
a cement plant. Client was run over by another truck carrying cement materials
as he backed up on the plant grounds. Client was taken to a nearby hospital,
but eventually died as a direct consequence of the injuries he sustained
when he was run over by Defendant’s employee.
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Slip and Fall- Grocery Store-, Deli Area- Back Surgery
$500,000
Plaintiff arrived at the grocery store to pick up a cup of coffee. As Plaintiff
entered into the store, Plaintiff stepped onto a puddle of clear liquid
(presumably water), slipped, and fell awkwardly to the floor. Video cameras
in the store uncovered that the overnight cleaner left the cleaning liquid
on the floor while mopping creating the hazardous condition.
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MVA- Kidney Transplant Recipient- Aggravation
$450,000
Plaintiff was a patron at a bar where he was served drinks by the bartender
throughout the night. At one point, the patron, who had been glaring at
Plaintiff, approached Plaintiff and slapped him in the back of the head.
That patron was asked to leave the bar due to his intoxicated state. He
later returned and the bartender resumed serving him drinks. As Plaintiff
was preparing to leave, he went to the restroom. The intoxicated patron
followed behind Plaintiff and assaulted him in a hallway, pushing Plaintiff
down a flight of stairs. The assault on Plaintiff caused him to suffer
severe injuries.
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Assault at Bar- Incapacitating Injuries
$450,000
Plaintiff was a patron at a bar where he was served drinks by the bartender
throughout the night. At one point, the patron, who had been glaring at
Plaintiff, approached Plaintiff and slapped him in the back of the head.
That patron was asked to leave the bar due to his intoxicated state. He
later returned and the bartender resumed serving him drinks. As Plaintiff
was preparing to leave, he went to the restroom. The intoxicated patron
followed behind Plaintiff and assaulted him in a hallway, pushing Plaintiff
down a flight of stairs. The assault on Plaintiff caused him to suffer
severe injuries.
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MVA- Auto and Ice Cream Truck
$400,000
As Plaintiffs approached the intersection, they began to slow down due
to a yellow light. Defendant who was also traveling in the same direction,
directly behind Plaintiffs, failed to control his speed and impacted the
rear of Plaintiffs’ vehicle. The force of the collision caused Plaintiffs
to suffer bodily injuries.
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Restaurant- Incapacitating Injury- Nasal Surgery
$400,000
Plaintiff had finished ordering his meal and went to the soda dispensing
machine to get his drink. As he began to fill his cup up with ice at the
machine, the cover/door of the ice machine was not properly secured. The
cover became detached and fell directly onto Plaintiff’s head and
nose. There was no warning from any employee that the cover was not properly
secure as he was filling up his cup with ice. The incident caused Plaintiff
to suffer serious injuries for which he has sought medical treatment.
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MVA - 18 Wheeler and 18 Wheeler - Incapacitating Injury - Neck Surgery
$399,000
Plaintiff was lawfully at a complete stop at the intersection, his light
was red. As Plaintiff was waiting for his light to change, Defendant,
driving a rig, violently crashed the front of the rig into the back of
Plaintiff’s truck. The collision caused Plaintiff to suffer serious injuries.
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18 Wheeler - MVA - Arm Amputation
$369,482.21
The collision occurred in El Paso County, Texas. At the time of the collision,
Client was traveling as a passenger in the tractor-trailer driven by Defendant’s
driver while in the course and scope of employment with Defendant. The
driver of the tractor-trailer while traveling on a curvy mountain road
failed to control his speed causing the rig to flip on its side. When
the vehicle fell to the right side, the tractor-trailer fell onto the
guardrail and travelled some distance on the guardrail before coming to
an eventual stop. The collision caused Plaintiff to suffer traumatic injuries
that included the amputation of her arm.
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Big Box Store – Slip and Fall
$300,000.00
Client slipped and fell inside men's restroom. Area was wet and slippery
due to leaking toilet. No signage was present.
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Breach of Contract and DTPA
$281,732.32
Clients contracted a local Pool Company to design and install a high end
pool. After the construction of pool, clients began to notice major water
leakage from the pool. Engineering test concluded that pool was poorly
and negligently designed and installed. Pool Company refused to accept
responsibility. Suit was filed under the TxDTPA and Breach of Contract.
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Wrongful Death
$275,000.00
Concrete plant worker was run over and killed by an onsite contractor.
The Leon Law Firm represented the family of the victim.
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Premises Case
$269,000.00
While walking back to her vehicle in a parking lot, client tripped over
a protruding rebar from a concrete stop. Client suffered severe injuries
and aggravated the pre-existing conditions which required surgical intervention.
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Work Site Accident – Brain Injury
$253,613.14
The accident happened in a residential construction site. Our client's
husband's job was that of a "framer". In other words, he
was involved in erecting the edifice's framework. On the day of the
accident, our client's husband reported to work as usual and started
performing his framing duties on one of the units. Walls or doors had
not yet been installed. Our client's husband was climbing up a stairway
to the third floor of the structure when the stairway suddenly collapsed.
Our client's husband fell and ultimately landed head-first on the
concrete floor below. As a result of the fall, he suffered several serious
disabling injuries.
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Work Site Accident
$242,350.17
This incident happened at a commercial construction site. At that time,
the property was controlled by Defendant. Defendant was in the process
of building a hotel on the property. Client was one of the employees working
on Defendant’s jobsite fora subcontractor. In the process of performing
his task, Client was raised in a man lift to complete a job on the exterior
of the building. The lift basket was unstable throughout the process as
they were being lifted, which resulted I the basket falling to the ground
along with Client. As a result of the fall, Client suffered several serious
bodily injuries.
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Fall from a ladder while painting
$220,000.00
Client fell from a ladder while assisting homeowner paint. Serious head injury.
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18 Wheeler - MVA - Back Surgery
$203,281.50
Client was travelling on the Grand Parkway Toll Road in Fort Bend County,
Texas when the collision occurred. As Defendant and Client were travelling
along Grand Parkway Toll Road, Defendant changed lanes into the right
hand lane where Clientwas travelling. When Defendant made an unsafe lane
change, the front passenger side of his tractor-trailer rig struck the
back driver’s side of Cleint’s vehicle. The force of the collision
caused Plaintiff’s vehicle to spin to its side in front of Defendant’s
vehicle which collided with Client again. Client suffered serious injuries
as a result.
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Inadequate Security Case
$200,000
The incident happened on the premises of an apartment complex, where Plaintiff’s
brother was a resident. Plaintiff was on the property picking up his brothers,
who were residents of the apartment, to go to work together. After parking
his vehicle, and allowing his brothers to enter the vehicle, two unknown
individuals began speaking to Plaintiff and the passengers. The unknown
individuals pointed a gun and asked for money from Plaintiff and his brothers.
One of the unknown assailants then shot at Plaintiff through the passenger
window. Plaintiff then got out of the vehicle to attempt to flee the scene
and was shot again. After the shooting, the police were dispatched to
the scene and Plaintiff was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.
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Motor vehicle accident
$200,000.00
Client was victim was a victim of a driver running a red light. Suffered
severe and grotesque injuries and a brutally broken foot and bodily injuries,
plus lost wages.
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Wrongful Death
$200,000.00
Head on accident killed our clients (two people) after vehicle burst into
flames. Driver from the other vehicle had many citations for operating
a commercial vehicle without a license. Settlement was split between the
families and children of the victims.
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Work site accident
$191,000.00
Client reported to work as usual and started performing his duties installing
wiring in the home under construction. When the incident occurred, the
framing of the house was in place, but sheetrock had not yet been installed.
Client was walking in the upstairs portion of the house carrying a ladder
across a hallway that overlooked the first floor of the home. Client suddenly
lost his balance fell from the second story onto the concrete floor below.
There was no barrier installed to impede his fall. Furthermore, no safety
equipment was provided to client for his work on the construction site.
As a result of the fall, Plaintiff suffered several serious bodily injuries.
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Premises Case
$162,000.00
Client was at car repair facility. He was asked by the attendant to go
into the work area to view his vehicle when suddenly he slipped and fell
into the pit. Injuries included herniated discs, requiring surgical intervention.
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MVA-Auto and 18 Wheeler
$150,000
Plaintiff was traveling in the furthest right lane of the highway. Defendant
was driving a tractor-trailer while in the course and scope of his employment.
Defendant was entering I-45 through the on-ramp when he failed to yield
to traffic on the highway and suddenly merged into Plaintiff’s lane
causing the vehicles to collide. The force of the collision caused Plaintiff
to suffer bodily injuries.
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Work site accident
$150,000.00
Concrete finisher was injured on the job by third party cement truck operator.
Client was knocked over with boom from cement truck.
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MVA - Auto and 18 Wheeler
$150,000
Plaintiff was making a left turn when Defendant disregarded his left turn
only signal and proceeded straight through the intersection. Defendant’s
failure to disregard his turn left only instruction resulted in him colliding
with the driver’s side of Plaintiff’s vehicle. The force of
the collision cause Plaintiff to suffer bodily injuries.
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Head on collision
$135,000.00
Client was serving in the military and was not able to serve again after
the accident. Victim suffered internal injuries, and fractures in both legs.
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Dog Bite Case
$125,000.00
Child was bitten on the face by the dog while a guest at defendant's home.
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Fall at Car Wash - Fractured Forearm - Surgical Repair/Hardware
$110,000
Her claim stems from traumatic injuries she suffered when a manager of
a carwash was exiting from the inside of the building, swung open the
door, just as Plaintiff was approaching the doorway, on the outside of
the building along the sidewalk. As a result of impact from the door slamming
on her person, she awkwardly fell to the ground causing debilitating and
serious injuries.
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Motor vehicle accident – Head-on collision
$108,000.00
Client was a passenger in a vehicle along with 3 other co-workers. As a
result of this head on collision two passengers were killed and our client
received severe and traumatic injuries including being in a coma for 15
days, convulsions, cranium inflammation, brain edema, elevated intracranial
pressure, cerebral edema, brain damage, collapsed and punctured lung,
clavicle fracture and cervical fracture.
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MVA
$106,946.59
As client approached the intersection, another driver, driving a company
vehicle, failed to yield the right of way and crossed into our client's
path as he was attempting to turn resulting in the vehicles colliding.
There was no time for our client to take any evasive maneuvers to avoid
the collision. The collision caused our client to suffer serious injuries.
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Breach of Contract and DTPA
$96,000.00
Clients contracted Pool Company to install pool. After the construction
of pool, clients notice a water leak from the pool. Pool Company refused
to accept responsibility.
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Denial of Life Insurance Policy
$90,000.00
Client died while performing self-induced erotic asphyxiation. Insurance
company denied claim saying it was a suicide. Leon Law Firm was able to
establish cause of death was accidental.
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Motor vehicle accident
$73,000.00
Intersection collision resulted in severe injuries to our client, including
herniated discs and broken bones.
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Work Site Accident - Toe Amputation
$72,376.02
Client brought this cause of action to recover bodily-injury damages he
suffered while working in one of Defendant’s warehouse building
due to the negligence of another one of Defendant’s employee. Client
alleged that the accepted work practices that allowed for heavy machinery
to move throughout the warehouse exposed Client to an unreasonable risk
of suffering serious harm. As a result of the unsafe practices, Client’s
foot was run over by a forklift. This resulted in one of his toes being
amputated.
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Shooting victim at house party
$60,000.00
Client was invited to a barbeque get-together where guests were drinking
and shooting firearms. As one of the guest continued drinking he continued
to fiddle with the .45 caliber. Client was standing in the yard, talking
with other guests in the vicinity when the gun accidentally fired, and
the bullet struck client in the right ankle. The bullet had traveled through
the bone and bottom of her foot. Injuries included her right ankle, talus
fracture, and arterial injury, post-tibial artery.
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Motor vehicle accident
$54,000.00
An unsafe lane change by an 18 Wheeler caused that rig to strike our client
resulting in severe injuries that sent our client to the hospital
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Shooting victim at apartment complex
$38,000.00
Client was walking to his mailbox when he was assaulted. He received a
gunshot to his legs. The bullet punctured from his left to right thigh,
where it became lodged.
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Work Site Accident
$36,456.82
The incident occurred at a residential construction site. Client was a
laborer hired to work on the installation of the AC units. While the Client
was completing his work attempted to get down from the attic. However,
the attic access ladder had been negligently installed by another sub-contractor,
consequently Client fell to the ground. As a result, Client suffered several
serious and incapacitating injuries.
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Motor vehicle accident
$26,000.00
Rear ended by an 18 Wheeler. Client resulting in severe injuries which
included disc herniations.