Automobile and Trucking Litigation

Our Experience in Automobile and Trucking Litigation

Plauché Maselli Parkerson defends drivers, owners, lessors, lessees, contractors and insurers in automobile and trucking cases.

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Representative Cases

• Defense jury verdict with 90% fault assigned to plaintiff driver in low impact motor vehicle accident involving five total plaintiffs with claims including traumatic brain injury, herniated discs, and other injuries.
• Defense verdict on punitive damages and comparative fault assignment in "road rage" wrongful death and survival action arising from the deaths of five people in a motor-vehicle accident involving allegations of intoxication.
• Defense (zero) jury verdict in favor of trucking company and insurer in case involving high-speed intersectional collision and serious personal injuries with subsequent defense judgment denying motion to nullify jury verdict based on juror misconduct. 
• Defense jury verdict in SUV rollover accident involving fractured thoracic vertebra with surgery requiring instrumentation. 
• Defense verdict affirmed on appeal in property damage claim arising out of hit-and-run accident.  
• Defense jury verdict affirmed on appeal in SUV rollover accident with allegations of traumatic brain injury. 
• Summary judgment affirmed on appeal in 41-vehicle collision in fog/smoke condition on interstate involving claims of wrongful death and substantial bodily injury.
• Pre-trial resolution of 42 consolidated claims and 13 lawsuits against beer and liquor distributor arising out of a motor vehicle accident on St. Patrick's Day and involving claims of wrongful death, punitive damages and other substantial injuries.