Case at a glance
- Recovery: $500,000 Settlement
- Practice: Transportation Accidents
- Attorney: Vuk Vujasinovic
An AT&T truck struck Digna at a Houston intersection
Digna worked as a waitress. The collision occurred while she was traveling through an intersection in Houston, Texas. The AT&T truck struck the side of her vehicle after its driver entered against a red light.
Her principal injury involved her lower back. It was serious enough to require back surgery, and the injury affected her daily life and ability to work. The case therefore concerned more than how the vehicles collided: it also required establishing the physical consequences of the crash and the treatment she needed.
AT&T initially disputed its driver’s responsibility
AT&T denied Digna’s claim and refused to admit that its employee caused the collision. Digna hired Vuk Vujasinovic, who filed her lawsuit in Harris County.
Vuk addressed two central questions: whether the AT&T driver caused the crash and how the collision had injured Digna. Evidence concerning the collision supported her account that the driver ran the red light. Medical evidence addressed the seriousness of her lower-back injury and her need for surgery.
A $500,000 settlement of the AT&T truck-crash claim
Digna’s case settled for $500,000 less than one year after the crash. The agreement resolved her injury claim after AT&T’s initial denial of responsibility.
Her case shows the concrete issues that can lie behind a disputed intersection collision: the traffic signal, the conduct of the commercial driver, and the medical consequences for the person in the other vehicle. Here, the claim proceeded through a Harris County lawsuit and ended in a negotiated settlement.
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