In June 2023, a tow truck arrived to remove our client’s vehicle. When she saw the truck and the vehicle being taken, she walked out and approached the driver to ask for her belongings before it left — including work credentials she needed to do her job.
According to the petition, as she reached the vehicle and tried to get the driver’s attention, the driver pulled away. She began to fall, was pulled under the vehicle, and — on her account — was run over, backed over, and run over again.
She suffered serious, disabling injuries. She was hospitalized, has required extensive wound care and multiple surgeries, and faces additional procedures. The injuries have had a lasting impact on her mobility and her ability to work.
A tow-truck operator removing a vehicle has a duty to keep a proper lookout, to be aware of people in the immediate area, and to operate the truck safely before moving — and the company that puts that driver and truck on the road is responsible for how the work is carried out. Under Texas law, a company is responsible for the negligent acts of an employee operating its vehicle in the course and scope of the work, and is independently responsible for putting a safe operator behind the wheel. Our client’s account is that the driver pulled away while she was directly at the vehicle, with tragic consequences.
We are pursuing the evidence that documents how this happened — the incident and any 911 and law-enforcement records, any available video, the company’s policies and training for its operators, the driver’s record, and the medical records establishing the full extent of our client’s injuries. Our focus is on establishing responsibility from the records and the scene, and on documenting the lasting toll these injuries have taken on our client’s life and livelihood.
We represented the injured woman in a personal-injury suit in Harris County against the vehicle-recovery company and its driver. Our claims included negligence in the operation of the vehicle and the company’s responsibility for its driver’s conduct. We built the case through the records, the evidence, and the medical proof of the full scope of her injuries and losses.
No one should be dragged and run over while simply asking for their own belongings. We held the recovery company and its driver accountable for the harm they caused — and obtained a recovery that reflects the seriousness of our client’s injuries.
We represented the injured woman in a personal-injury suit in Harris County against the vehicle-recovery company and its driver. Our claims included negligence in the operation of the vehicle and the company’s responsibility for its driver’s conduct. We built the case through the records, the evidence, and the medical proof of the full scope of her injuries and losses.
No one should be dragged and run over while simply asking for their own belongings. We held the recovery company and its driver accountable for the harm they caused — and obtained a recovery that reflects the seriousness of our client’s injuries.
After we took on the vehicle-recovery company and its driver, our firm obtained a $1 million recovery for our client for the serious injuries she suffered.
