I was working on a job site and I fell 40 feet and I broke some bones... I was deciding whether I wanted to sue or not, and when my boss didn't pick up the tab, I decided to call an attorney. I called Mike and he got me my check. He's very firm in his decision making. He handles his business. Dealing with this law firm has made me pretty happy. I'm glad that I chose Mike Grossman. If I hadn't decided to sue and went with Mike, I probably wouldn't have gotten anything. 
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T. Young
Workplace Accident Case
Vicarious Liability
Who May Be Liable in a Texas Auto Accident Besides the Other Vehicle's Driver?
Vicarious liability is a doctrine that makes one person responsible for another person’s negligent actions. Vicarious liability is often invoked in personal injury cases. For instance, if a person is involved in an accident with a delivery truck, the company that employs the driver may be held accountable for the accident. Vicarious liability invoked in this manner is called respondeat superior.
Vicarious liability is used in order to make sure that employers take the training and supervision of their employees seriously. Employers cannot get away with hiring reckless and negligent employees by simply saying that the employer didn’t directly cause any injuries that come out of his employees negligent actions.
If you have been involved in an accident, contact the personal injury attorneys at Grossman Law Offices. We have twenty years of experience in identifying cases where vicarious liability applies and making sure the victims in these cases receive all the compensation they deserve.
Recovered for client injured in a liquor liability accident.
$100,000.00
$40,000.00
$5,000.00
A loading dock worker suffered serious including numerous facial fractures and minor brain trauma when an 18-wheeler back into him, crushing him against the loading dock. The plaintiff's employer was a subscriber to Texas Workers' Compensation coverage, thus a claim was rightly filed against the third party trucking company whom the truck driver operating the reversing 18-wheeler worked for.
The plaintiffs asserted the position that the trucking company in question was liable on the basis of respondeat superior and negligent retention. The defendants argued that the plaintiff was the sole proximate cause of his injuries by virtue of the plaintiff putting himself in harms way. They maintained that the plaintiff simply walked behind the reversing tractor trailer as it pushed back toward the loading dock.
It was later determined through deposition testimony that the truck driver had indeed instructed the plaintiff to stand behind the trailer in order to determine the vehicle's proximity to the dock. Once this fact came to light, the defendants agreed to mediate whereby the case was satisfactorily settled.
$300,000.00
$120,000.00
$9,807.00
Recovered for worker who injured their shoulder while lifting a heavy object.
$162,500.00
$81,250.00
$3,784.00
Recovery for the victim of a automobile accident.
$25,000.00
$8,250.00
$100.00
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
Recovered for car accident victim who suffered soft-tissue injuries to knee, neck, and back.
$70,000.00
$23,100.00
$600.00
(policy limits) Recovery for client who sustained a broken leg in a car accident.
$47,500.00
$19,000.00
$168.00
Plaintiff alleged that an insurance carrier unfairly denied a claim, resulting from a non-fatal fire in an airplane. Our attorneys satisfactorily resolved the claim without the need for litigation.
$1,500,000.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
Our firm was hired by a young woman who was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler when she slowed for traffic in a construction zone. Initially, she attempted to represent herself and the insurance carrier offered roughly $1,000 to settle her case. She then contacted our firm and we filed suit soon after our initial investigation. The case was successfully resolved in litigation.
$187,500.00
$61,875.00
$2,500.00
Recovery for car accident victim who suffered back injury resulting in surgery.
$100,000.00
$33,000.00
$100.00