An Ellis County board has awarded two Austin men $1.5 actor as advantage for injuries they accustomed in an 18-wheeler bones two years ago, attorneys for Heygood, Orr, Reyes, Pearson & Bartolomei appear today.
Ronny Martinez, 37, and Kenneth O'Neal, 50, were active arctic on Interstate 35E in Waxahachie on July 2, 2006, if a arctic 18-wheeler veered into their lane and came in acquaintance with their car, causing it to cycle several times. Mr. Martinez suffered a burst vertebra and Mr. O'Neal abiding a austere abrasion to his appropriate knee, which appropriate several reconstructive surgeries. Mr. O'Neal aswell suffered a balmy alarming academician abrasion and accident to his collarbone.
The men filed a claimed abrasion accusation adjoin Indianapolis, Ind.-based Celadon Trucking Services Inc. (NASDAQ:CLDN), which operated the tractor trailer, based on claims that the aggregation was behindhand in hiring the barter driver, Michael Wade, and that Wade was behindhand in causing the crash. The board accolade includes $750,000 for medical bills and addition $750,000 for added absolute amercement such as affliction and suffering, concrete crime and disfigurement.
"These two men were active down the road, absorbed their own business, if the Celadon disciplinarian afflicted their lives forever," says advocate James Craig Orr, Jr. of Heygood, Orr, Reyes, Pearson & Bartolomei in Dallas, who alternating with advocate Luis Bartolomei represented Martinez and O'Neal. "The board did the appropriate affair here. This accommodation will advice them put their lives aback together, and we achievement it serves as an important admonishing to added trucking companies to appoint alone able drivers and chase the rules of the road."
The balloon was heard in Judge Gene Knize's 40th Judicial District Court in Waxahachie. Jurors deliberated for about four hours afore abiding their verdict.
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For added advice on the barter abstract case adjoin Celadon, amuse acquaintance Mark Annick at 800-559-4534, 214-213-1754 (mobile) or mark@androvett.com.
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