Texas Jury Issues Defense Verdict in Car Crash, Plaintiff Pays $35K
One driver was involved in a motor vehicle accident with a commercial truck driver. The injured driver alleged the truck driver changed lanes unsafely, causing a collision and severe injuries to her head, neck, and back. She also claimed the trucking company was negligent in its hiring and supervision of the driver. The jury found that the injured driver's own negligence contributed to the accident.
Case Information Updated: October 2025
Case Outcome
- Outcome
- Verdict-Defense
- Amount
- $35,283
- County
- Dallas County, TX
- Resolved
- 2021
Injury & Accident Details
- Injury Type
- Head/Brain Injury
- Accident Type
- Truck/Commercial
- Case Type
- Motor Vehicle Negligence
Case Overview
On June 18, 2018, a motor vehicle accident occurred when the defendant driver, operating a vehicle for the corporate defendant, allegedly changed lanes unsafely and collided with the plaintiff's vehicle at high speed. The plaintiff filed a lawsuit claiming the collision caused severe injuries to her head, neck, back, and other body parts. The plaintiff alleged the driver was negligent and grossly negligent, and that the corporate defendant was negligent in its hiring, training, supervision, retention, monitoring, and entrustment of a vehicle to the driver.
Before trial, the court partially granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment, dismissing certain negligence claims. The case then proceeded to trial, where expert witnesses provided testimony. The jury received instructions on negligence, ordinary care, and proximate cause, and was tasked with determining whether the plaintiff's and/or the defendant driver's negligence proximately caused the accident, and to assign percentages of responsibility if both were found negligent.
On March 10, 2021, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant driver and the corporate defendant. The jury found that the plaintiff's contributory negligence was a factor in the accident, thereby supporting the defendants' contributory/comparative negligence defense. Judgment was entered against the plaintiff, who was later ordered to pay $35,283.03 in attorneys' fees and costs to the defendants.
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