On or about December 3, 2024, our client was traveling northbound on the East Sam Houston Parkway South — part of Houston’s Beltway 8 — and had come to a stop because of traffic ahead.
According to the petition, a driver operating a commercial vehicle for National Works, Inc. was traveling in the same lane behind him. He failed to control his speed and struck 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 his vehicle. The petition alleges the driver failed to keep a proper lookout, failed to maintain a safe following distance, and was operating the vehicle carelessly — the kind of preventable rear-end crash that should never happen to a driver who is simply stopped in traffic.
The vehicle that struck our client was operated by an employee of National Works, Inc., who the petition alleges was acting in the course and scope of his employment. Under Texas law, a company is responsible for the negligent driving of an employee on company business, and is independently responsible for how it hires, qualifies, trains, supervises, and equips its drivers. The petition pleads both the company’s vicarious liability for its driver and its own direct negligence in hiring, training, and supervision, along with the commercial-driver safety standards that apply to this kind of work.
We pursued the evidence behind the crash — the crash report, the driver’s record and qualifications, the company’s hiring and supervision practices, and our client’s medical records — and built the case for full accountability. These were allegations in the petition, and the matter resolved before they were decided at trial.
We represented our client and filed suit in Harris County against the at-fault driver and the company that employed him. Our claims included negligence, the company’s vicarious liability, and its direct negligence in hiring, training, and supervising the driver. We worked the case through litigation and ultimately resolved it on our client’s behalf.
A person who is rear-ended while stopped in traffic should not have to fight alone against a company and its insurer. We stood with our client, held the responsible parties to account, and brought his case to a resolution.
We represented our client and filed suit in Harris County against the at-fault driver and the company that employed him. Our claims included negligence, the company’s vicarious liability, and its direct negligence in hiring, training, and supervising the driver. We worked the case through litigation and ultimately resolved it on our client’s behalf.
A person who is rear-ended while stopped in traffic should not have to fight alone against a company and its insurer. We stood with our client, held the responsible parties to account, and brought his case to a resolution.
