Results

We Let Our Results Speak For Themselves

As a leading Fort Worth truck accident law firm, The Law Offices of Laird & McCloskey has helped clients secure significant verdicts and settlements in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases for decades. Many cases have resulted in safety improvements made by defendants as a direct result of our cases. Our firm is handling several significant cases currently, including claims involving commercial truck collision injury, 18-wheeler accidents, and car accidents involving serious injuries and death. 

Serious Accident Case results

$16 Million Recovery – Injury Resulting in Brain Damage

Parents asked for our help in a case involving permanent brain damage to their daughter.  

RESULT $9,144,440.00 client recovery on $16,000,000.00 settlement after fees of $6,400,000.00 and expenses of $455,560.00

$15 Million Recovery – Injury Resulting in Brain Damage

Parents asked our firm to investigate permanent brain damage done to their baby girl.

RESULT $8,717,054.64 client recovery on $15,000,000.00 settlement after fees of $5,700,000.00 and expenses of $582,945.36

$14.4 Million Recovery – Injury Resulting in Brain Damage

The family of an optometrist asked us to handle their case which involved severe and permanent brain damage.  

RESULT $7,540,533.32 client recovery on $14,412,686.71 verdict after fees of $6,485,709.02 and expenses of $386,444.37

$12 Million Recovery – Injury Resulting in Brain Damage

A family asked us to represent them after their child suffered serious brain damage.

RESULT $7,205,470.75 client recovery on $12,040,000.00 settlement after fees of $4,373,555.00 and expenses of $460,974.25

$9.4 Million Recovery – Injury Resulting in Brain Damage

We represented the family of a little girl who suffered catastrophic brain damage.  

RESULT $5,256,537.05 client recovery on $9,447,045.87 settlement after fees of $3,778,818.35 and expenses of $411,690.47

$7.7 Million Recovery – Truck Collision Injury Resulting in Partial Paralysis

A wife and daughter asked for our representation for their husband and father who was in a collision with a water hauler tanker truck in Panola County that left him partially paralyzed. The investigation by our team of Fort Worth truck accident lawyers showed the truck driver lied on his application, and that the trucking company was aware of the traffic dangers associated with their entrance.  

RESULT $4,364,250.28 client recovery on $7,700,000.00 settlement after fees of $3,080,000.00 and expenses of $255,749.72

$6.4 Million Recovery – Sailboat Accident Resulting in Electrical Shock

We represented an engineer who was seriously injured by an electrical shock after a sailboat mast touched a live wire that was hanging over a cove. Our investigation showed that the electric company violated height regulations pertaining to power lines.  

RESULT $3,624,210.88 client recovery on $6,460,000.00 settlement after fees of $2,348,435.78 and expenses of $487,353.34

$6.3 Million Recovery – Truck Collision Resulting in Multiple Serious Injuries

Our expert team of Fort Worth truck accident lawyers represented the driver and the passenger of a car that was hit by an 18-wheeler.   

RESULT $3,421,444.50 client’s recovery on $6,386,804.00 verdict after fees of $2,554,721.60 and expenses of $410,637.90

$4.8 Million Recovery – Suffocation While Under Medical Care Resulting in Fatality

The family of a woman who was in the hospital for routine surgery asked us for our assistance regarding her death, which was caused by a lack of monitoring that resulted in her suffocation.   

RESULT $2,529,650.28 client’s recovery on $4,855,000.00 settlement after fees of $1,942,000.00 and expenses of $372,446.72

$4 Million Recovery – Trucking Injury Resulting in Paralysis

Our Fort Worth truck accident lawyers represented a truck driver who had a piece of heavy furniture fall on his head that had not been loaded correctly by the furniture company, leaving him paralyzed.  

RESULT $2,215,752.68 client recovery on $4,000,000.00 settlement after fees of $1,600,000.00 and expenses of $184,247.32

$3.6 Million Recovery – Manufacture Defect Resulting in Fatality

The family of a man who was killed in a defective crane accident at a construction site asked for our help. We found that the crane had a defect that the manufacturer knew about but never corrected. 

RESULT $2,320,043.55 client recovery on $3,600,000.00 settlement after fees of $1,176,207.60 and expenses of $103,748.85

$3 Million Recovery – Trucking Collision Injury Resulting in Brain Damage

As expert truck collision injury lawyers, we represented the family of a father who suffered permanent brain damage when an 18-wheeler driver made an illegal U-turn that caused a devastating collision.  

RESULT $1,754,829.37 client recovery on $3,000,000.00 verdict after fees of $1,200,000.00 and expenses of $45,170.63

$2.2 Million Recovery – Garbage Truck Collision Resulting in Fatality

The family of a man who was involved in a fatal collision with a garbage truck called on our team of truck collision injury lawyers for help. Our investigation revealed that the truck driver had no training and that his truck had a broken gas gauge, which his employer had repeatedly failed to repair.  

RESULT $1,207,672.53 client recovery on $2,225.000.00 settlement after fees of $890,000.00 and expenses of $127,327.47

$1.7 Million Recovery – Trucking Collision Resulting in Fatality

We represented the family of a Missouri couple in a jury trial following a deadly 18-wheeler collision. We showed that the truck driver falsified his log books in order to minimize his rest time, violating federal law.  

RESULT $1,331,250.00 client recovery on $1,775,000.00 verdict after fees of $443,750.00 and expenses of $0.00

$1.5 Million Recovery – Van Accident/Negligence Resulting in Fatalities

As car accident attorneys, we represented the children of a minister and his wife who both were killed as a result of the negligence of the driver of the van in which they were riding.  

RESULT $933,004.26 client recovery on $1,575,000.00 settlement after fees of $630,000.00 and expenses of $11,995.74

$1.5 Million Recovery – DUI Driver Collision Resulting in Serious Injuries & A Fatality

A drunk driver hit a couple that was out for a ride on their motorcycle. The husband was killed and the wife sustained significant injury. The wife asked our team of experienced motorcycle accident lawyers to represent her in the case.   

RESULT $827,151.26 client recovery on $1,500,000.00 settlement after fees of $600,000.00 and expenses of $72,848.74

$1.4 Million Recovery – Car Accident Resulting in Serious Injuries

An airline pilot asked our expert car accident lawyers to represent him and his family after he was critically injured in a serious car wreck caused by a doctor who was driving while under the influence of drugs.  

RESULT $847,172.50 client recovery on $1,430,000.00 settlement after fees of $572,000.00 and expenses of $10,827.50

$1.2 Million Recovery – Trucking Collision Resulting in Fatality

The family of a military officer asked our truck collision injury lawyer team to handle their case against the driver of a commercial 18-wheeler truck following a rear-end collision into the semi that killed the officer on impact.  

RESULT $750,727.36 client recovery on $1,250,000.00 settlement after fees of $416,625.00 and expenses of $82,647.64

$1.1 Million Recovery – Commercial Truck Collision Resulting in Fatality

A family called on our team of commercial truck collision injury lawyers following a fatal 18-wheeler truck collision in East Texas. Our investigation revealed that the truck driver lied about traffic-related convictions on his driving record and the trucking company failed to do a required background check.  

RESULT $632,774.54 client recovery on $1,100,000.00 settlement after fees of $440,000.00 and expenses of $27,225.46

$1 Million Recovery – DUI Driver Accident Resulting in Fatality

A Parker County family asked our car accident injury lawyers to represent them after their husband and father had been killed by a drunk driver.  

RESULT $604,416.52 client recovery on $1,025,000.00 settlement after fees of $410,000.00 and expenses of $10,583.48

$1 Million Recovery – DUI Driver Collision Resulting in Fatality

The family of a husband and father who was killed by a drunk driver asked for our help against the club that grossly over-served a steady stream of alcohol to the intoxicated customer prior to the crash.  

RESULT $580,281.42 client recovery on $1,000,000.00 settlement after fees of $400,000.00 and expenses of $19,718.58

$950 Thousand Recovery – Natural Gas Pumping Station Accident Resulting in Fatality

The family of a young man who died while working at a natural gas pumping station asked us to represent them. Our investigation showed that a contractor incorrectly installed a pipe that sheared off and killed the young man.  

RESULT $435,516.38 client recovery on $950,000.00 settlement after fees of $380,000.00 and expenses of $134,483.62

$778 Thousand Recovery – Trucking Collision Resulting in Fatality

A wife and child requested our help after an 18-wheeler in Dallas caused a fatal collision that killed their husband and father. The truck driver fled the scene after the collision. We soon learned that neither the driver nor the company’s safety director had proper training.

RESULT $365,633.60 client recovery on $778,387.50 settlement after fees of $316,315.31 and expenses of $96,438.59

$774 Thousand Recovery – 18-Wheeler Truck Accident Resulting in Fatality

A woman who lost her father in a fatal 18-wheeler collision in Cook County asked our team of truck collision lawyers to represent her against the trucking company. We discovered that the truck driver had given false information in order to obtain a required medical certificate and that he apparently suffered from sleep apnea.  

RESULT $401,964.70 client recovery on $774,000.00 settlement after fees of $309,600.00 and expenses of $62,435.30

$400 Thousand Recovery – Failure to Diagnose Condition Resulting in Fatality

A wife and child came to us after a doctor failed to diagnose a heart condition during a physical, resulting in the husband’s death days later.  

RESULT $200,625.23 client recovery on $400,000.00 settlement after fees of $160,000.00 and expenses of $39,374.77