According to the Associated Press, a California Jury awarded more than 49 million dollars ($49,000,000.00) in a lawsuit arising out of a freeway accident that killed one man and left a California Highway Patrol Officer a quadriplegic. An officer had pulled a motorist over on U.S. Highway 101 when a truck driver, while intoxicated and transporting marijuana, slammed into them killing the motorist. The jury awarded 39 million dollars ($39,000,000.00) in damages to the officer and his wife for the significant and serious injuries including the officer being paralyzed as a result of the December 2007 crash. The deceased motorist’s parents were awarded 10.2 million dollars ($10,200,000.00) by the jury for the loss of their son.
The law firm of Nahon, Saharovich and Trotz, PLC is a large regional law firm dedicated to protecting injured victims of highway accidents throughout Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. Tennessee’s largest plaintiff erosional injury law firm has 28 lawyers and a staff of over 100 people dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals who have been injured as a result of negligence of others.
The law firm of Nahon, Saharovich and Trotz, PLC has handled numerous significant cases involving individuals who have become quadriplegic and paraplegic as a result the negligence of others. Representing quadriplegic and paraplegic individuals requires the services of a law firm which understands the severity of the injury and has the resources to retain experts to prove to a mediator or to a jury those injuries. In representing quadriplegic and paraplegic individuals, NST Law has retained numerous experts such as neurologists, neurosurgeons, pain management doctors, physiatrists, “Day in the Life” videographers, vocational experts, forensic economists, and life care planners. Further, NST Law has the experience and resources to handle trucking accidents which have caused devastating injuries to individuals.
In cases involving truck drivers driving while intoxicated, the plaintiff firm of Nahon, Saharovich & Trotz utilizes the services of investigators to precisely document the negligence of the truck driver. Investigators are able to obtain background checks on the intoxicated driver and specifically look at whether such actions have taken place while the truck driver was employed by the trucking company. Further, investigators are able to take photographs and measurements which later help the injured victims.
The Tennessee 18 wheeler truck accident lawyers of NST Law are ready and willing to help people who have been injured as a result of auto and semi-truck accidents. Call (901) 683-7000 or visit us at our webpage at www.nstlaw.com for a free consultation today.