The Ammons Law Firm Secures $3,000,000 in Wrongful Death Settlement after Texas Roadway Collision Involving a Construction Company’s Equipment

The personal injury attorneys at the Ammons Law secured a settlement on behalf of a family who lost a husband and father after the vehicle he was riding in was struck by a piece of heavy equipment on a rural highway.

The man was a passenger. He had no control over the vehicle he was traveling in or the construction equipment on the roadway. The operator behind the controls of the equipment, working for a construction company, turned directly into the lane of traffic without warning. There was no time to react and nowhere to go for the driver of the vehicle our client was occupying.

In pursuing this case, Ammons Law looked past the operator and toward the company that put him on that road in the first place. Companies that send equipment operators out onto public highways owe a duty to the rest of us. That duty does not end once someone is hired. It carries through training, through supervision, and through the decision of whether that person should be behind the controls of a machine like this one at all.

The lawsuit alleged that the company failed to properly screen its operator before putting him to work, failed to adequately train him on how to safely operate the equipment on a public road, and failed to supervise him once he was out there. The Ammons Law Firm also pursued a claim that the company never should have entrusted that equipment to the operator of the equipment in the first place.

If you have lost a loved one in a wrongful death case involving a commercial vehicle or equipment operator, Ammons Law knows how to investigate the company and hold it accountable.

Past results do not guarantee future results. Every case is different, and the outcome of any case depends on its particular facts and circumstances.