Caddell & Chapman represented, as lead counsel, the family of a teenage girl who died in an auto accident just east of Amarillo, Texas. The accident involved nine vehicles (5 of them eighteen-wheelers) traveling on the highway in the midst of a grass fire. The teenager was a passenger in the rear of a Chevy Trailblazer occupied by her best friend, and the friend’s father and mother. The Trailblazer was smashed between two eighteen-wheelers when …
In Houston, Texas, John Scofield successfully represented the family of a man who was killed in an automobile-pedestrian accident. The 165th Judicial District Court in Harris County approved the settlement, which included recoveries for the man’s surviving minor daughters.…
In McKinney, Texas, a woman and her two young children were injured in a sequence of rear‑end collisions. In the accident, the family’s two‑year‑old suffered an injury at the base of his brain which ultimately required surgery. Michael Caddell and John Scofield represented the family in claims against three drivers and obtained a favorable settlement that was approved by the 380th Judicial District Court in Collin County.…
In Dimmit County, Texas, Michael Caddell and John Scofield successfully resolved their clients’ claims arising from a multiple‑fatality tractor‑trailer accident. The rear‑end collision occurred after an Averitt Express truck driver failed to see a family’s disabled car on I‑35 near San Antonio. The trucking company insisted on the confidentiality of settlement terms.…