A friend of mine looked up Mr. Grossman on the internet and he drove out to Longview, TX, which is a couple hour drive, to see me while I was pretty much on my death bed. He came out there and it's been a situation where I wouldn't have been able to do what I've done without him.
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C. Arguetta
Automobile Accident Case
Proving Proximate Cause
Thinking of Filing a Personal Injury Lawsuit? You Will Have to Prove Proximate Cause
Proximate cause is not necessarily the first in a chain of events that led to an accident, nor is it necessarily the event immediately preceding an accident. Proximate cause is the sine qua non of the incident, or the event without which the accident would not have occurred. For example, consider a case where a pedestrian is hit by a driver who was driving recklessly. If not for the motorist’s reckless driving, the pedestrian would not have been injured, and so one proximate cause of the pedestrian’s injuries was the motorist’s reckless driving.
But proximate cause is not always so straightforward. For example, what if the pedestrian had been struck by a drunk driver? One proximate cause of the accident would be the driver’s negligence, since, if he had not been driving drunk, the pedestrian would not have been injured. But another proximate cause could be negligence on the part of the bar that served the driver the alcohol. If the bar served excessive quantities of alcohol to the driver, under Texas dram shop law, the bar can be considered a proximate cause to the pedestrian’s injuries, since the pedestrian likely would not have been injured had the driver not been intoxicated.
In order to win a personal injury case, a plaintiff needs to prove that the defendant or the defendants was a proximate cause of the accident. The jury must agree that, without the defendant’s actions, the injury would not have happened. The Dallas personal injury attorneys at Grossman Law Offices have been handling all sorts of personal injury cases for twenty years, and we can effectively determine who was at fault for your injuries. Let the Grossman Law Office attorneys help you get the compensation you deserve.
(policy limits + secondary claim) Recovery for victim who suffered knee and back injury due to a car accident.
$48,800.00
$15,000.00
$1,188.00
Our client suffered a punctured colon and numerous soft tissue injuries in an alcohol-related car accident. The accident occurred as the defendant driver crashed his car into a concrete median. The plaintiff, a passenger in the vehicle, alleged that the defendant driver was over served alcohol to such an extent that he was several times the legal limit. As such, a claim was brought against the defendant driver and the bar which over served him. A settlement was reached with the defendant driver and the plaintiff turned his focus on the bar in question. The case was resolved successfully through litigation. Based on the egregious conduct of the bar and it's numerous TABC violations, the defendant's liquor license was revoked soon after the case was resolved.
$337,500.00
$134,000.00
$3,750.00
Recovery for client injured in a car accident in Dallas.
$100,000.00
$33,000.00
$100.00
Recovery for the victim of a car accident.
$25,000.00
$8,250.00
$100.00
Recovered for client who suffered minor burns due to an electrical transformer malfunction.
$70,000.00
$28,000.00
$313.00
A loading dock employee suffered a fractured and damage to internal organs as the result of a crushing injury sustained when an 18-wheeler backed into him and crushed him between the trailer and loading dock.
$700,000.00
$175,000.00
$1,084.00
Recovery for car accident victim who suffered back injury resulting in surgery.
$100,000.00
$33,000.00
$100.00
An airline pilot suffered a shoulder injury resulting in surgery when he was sideswiped by an 18-wheeler. The case was resolved through litigation, as establishing liability was a contentious matter. The defendants claimed that the plaintiff made an illegal passing maneuver, but the evidence showed that the defendant made a sweeping turn and intruded upon our client's right of way.
$475,000.00
$158,333.00
$5,000.00
Recovery for motorcyclist who suffered a back injury in an 18-wheeler accident.
$200,000.00
$80,000.00
$5,709.00
(policy limits) Recovery for client who suffered sprains in the neck and back due to a rear-end car accident.
$75,000.00
$21,277.00
$680.00