Our Results Make a Difference
Explore How We Have Helped Our Clients
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$73.21 Million Verdict Birth Injury
The Buckingham & Vega legal team secured a $73.21 million verdict on behalf of a baby who was catastrophically injured due to the negligence of their doctor and medical team.
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Record-Setting $72 Million Verdict Birth Injury
The Buckingham & Vega team obtained a $72 Million verdict in a birth injury case when an OB/ GYN failed to properly monitor the mom during pregnancy.
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$16 Million Truck Accident
Buckingham & Vega obtained a $16 million settlement in a truck accident case. The truck driver was speeding and inattentive (texting) and crashed into the rear of a pickup truck stopped at a stoplight.
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$14 Million Dram Shop Liability
Our team obtained a $14 million dram shop verdict on behalf of a client who was injured due to negligence.
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13 Million Work Injury
Buckingham & Vega represented an oilfield worker who was killed when their company failed to properly train its employees on how to safely move waste bins. Our client was killed when he became trapped between two bins.
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$13 Million Truck Accident
Our team secured a 13 million settlement in a truck accident case. An eighteen-wheeler made an unsafe turn in front of a car driven by a grandmother and her family. The grandmother was killed and the family suffered severe injuries.
Hazards That Can Cause Accidents
Getting hurt on someone else’s property can be sudden and unexpected. Once the accident happens and you end up injured and with other damages, you might still be left wondering what went wrong or what caused this to happen. When you decide to file a premises liability claim, you and your lawyer will be wondering this as well.
Part of your premises liability attorney’s job while representing you will be to figure out exactly what caused your accident so that they can prove the injuries were a direct result of the property owner or manager’s negligence. Here are some of the different hazards that could exist on a premises that could lead to you getting into an accident and ending up hurt:
- Poor lighting
- Rotten wood
- Falling beams
- Exposed nails
- Torn carpet
- Broken flooring
- Exposed wires
- Fires
- Worn-down stairs
- Broken elevators and escalators
- Toxic chemicals
- Wet floors
- Uncleared ice or snow
- Unsupervised pools
- Poorly trained dogs
- Negligent security
All of these situations can lead to different accidents for visitors on a property. Once your Mission, TX premises liability attorney investigates what happened and determines that it was one of the dangers listed above, or another danger that puts visitors at risk, they’ll be able to start building your case to prove that the property owner failed to keep the premises safe. From there, they’ll have other things to prove as well.
Visitor Classifications in TX Premises Liability Law
One of the other main factors of your premises liability case will be labeling what type of visitor classification you fell under when you were on the property. This is essential to determine whether or not you can recover damages for your injuries because depending on your status as a visitor, you might not have a case at all.