On or about December 1, 2023, our client was stopped in the inside lane at the intersection of State Highway 105 and Reins Road, facing east and waiting as any careful driver would.
According to the petition, Candy Lynn Gore was traveling eastbound in the same lane behind our client. She failed to control her speed and crashed into the back of our client’s stopped vehicle.
Our client was injured in the collision and suffered property damage and the loss of use of her vehicle. A driver who is paying attention and controlling her speed does not run into a car that is already stopped at an intersection — and that failure is at the heart of this case.
A rear-end collision with a stopped vehicle is one of the most preventable crashes on the road. Texas law requires every driver to keep a proper lookout, to control her speed, and to maintain enough following distance and attention to stop for traffic ahead. The petition alleges that the defendant did none of these things — failing to keep a proper lookout, driving too fast for the circumstances, failing to apply the brakes in time, and failing to maintain control of her vehicle.
We are gathering the evidence that documents how the crash happened — the Texas Peace Officer’s Crash Report, scene photographs, nearby surveillance video, and our client’s medical and billing records — to establish the defendant’s responsibility and the full extent of our client’s injuries and losses.
We represent our client and have filed suit in Jefferson County against the at-fault driver. Our claims are for negligence — the failure to control speed, keep a proper lookout, apply the brakes, and maintain control of the vehicle — that the petition alleges caused the collision and our client’s injuries. Discovery is beginning, and we are pursuing the records and testimony needed to prove the case.
A person who is hurt because another driver wasn’t paying attention deserves to be made whole. We intend to hold the at-fault driver fully accountable for the injuries, the property damage, and the disruption this crash caused our client.
We represent our client and have filed suit in Jefferson County against the at-fault driver. Our claims are for negligence — the failure to control speed, keep a proper lookout, apply the brakes, and maintain control of the vehicle — that the petition alleges caused the collision and our client’s injuries. Discovery is beginning, and we are pursuing the records and testimony needed to prove the case.
A person who is hurt because another driver wasn’t paying attention deserves to be made whole. We intend to hold the at-fault driver fully accountable for the injuries, the property damage, and the disruption this crash caused our client.
