Serious Personal Injury and Products Liability
We represented a national trucking company and tried case involving serious personal injury claims in Brownsville, Texas. Case settled in middle of trial for favorable result for client.
We represented a pharmaceutical company against a claim that their product caused the death of a single mother of one child.
We represent numerous trucking companies in claims stemming from accidents involving their trucks and buses.
For a number of years, we have represented a national nursing home company with a number of homes in Texas. We tried one case that settled three weeks into trial.
We assisted in the trial of a case representing an apartment complex owner in a case involving a sexual assault on one of its residents. The jury returned a verdict for our client.
We assisted in the trial of a case in which a company employee operating a vehicle was allegedly responsible for a traffic accident involving a scooter.
We have represented clients on both sides of the docket, ranging from slip and fall injuries, injuries sustained in automobile and heavy equipment accidents, to offshore injuries involving ships and rigs.
Products Liability
We represented a pharmaceutical company against a claim that their product caused the death of a single mother of one child. That case was tried to a verdict in 2006, and is currently on appeal. We continue to represent this company in other matters related to the same product.
We represent the manufacturer of a switch allegedly used on a box fan that is alleged to have caused a fire that killed a five-year-old girl and severely burned her four-year-old brother. This case is pending.
Our lawyers have represented doctors and manufacturers in breast implant cases to medical device claims in wrongful death and personal injury cases.
Truck and Bus Accidents
Howard Close represented a trucking company in Eagle Pass, Texas, stemming from an accident that killed several passengers. Howard tried the case for 8 days before it settled.
We tried a case in Brownsville, Texas for a national trucking company involving a serious personal injury. This case settled in the middle of trial.
We currently represent a bus company alleged to be the owner of a bus that crashed in Victoria, Texas, that resulted in numerous injuries to passengers.
We routinely represent trucking companies in litigation involving truck and bus accidents, including claims of drivers, passengers and third parties.