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An oilfield washout operation injured Ricardo’s head and neck

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At a South Texas rig site, Ricardo G. pumped drilling mud from a pit while another crew cleaned a service truck beside him. The crew opened the wrong valve. High-pressure water and cement struck the back of Ricardo’s head and neck.

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Ricardo G., South Texas oilfield truck driver.
Ricardo G., a commercial truck driver who suffered injuries at a South Texas rig site.

Case at a glance

  1. Recovery: Confidential Settlement
  2. Practice: Oilfield injury lawyers
  3. Representation: VB Attorneys.

The wrong valve

Ricardo had built his career driving commercial trucks. This injury happened while he worked at a rig, not during a highway collision. Another oilfield company’s service truck had pulled up beside him.

The other crew filled its truck with water for cleaning. When the workers tried to empty the truck, they opened the wrong valve. Water and debris shot toward Ricardo as he continued his work.

Emergency treatment and a search for legal help

Emergency-room doctors diagnosed a concussion and a neck sprain. Ricardo began treatment through workers’ compensation.

He first hired another law firm to help with his workers’ compensation issues. Thirteen months passed without the progress he wanted. Ricardo researched cases like his online and found VB Attorneys.

A claim against the other company

Ricardo spoke with Vuk Vujasinovic and hired VB Attorneys to pursue a third-party case against the oilfield services company whose crew had operated the truck.

The claim addressed another company’s conduct at the jobsite, rather than treating the injury solely as a dispute with Ricardo’s own employer.

A confidential settlement

The parties reached a confidential settlement at mediation.

Afterward, Ricardo described his decision to change law firms and his experience with the case. “I highly recommend them to anybody,” he said.

Ricardo’s video testimonial

Ricardo G. describes changing lawyers and the settlement of his oilfield injury case. Official VB Attorneys testimonial, February 26, 2015 (23 seconds).

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Transcript edited from YouTube captions; brackets identify corrected terms. Punctuation is lightly edited. The source captions have not been independently checked against the audio.

0:00 My name is Ricardo Gonzalez, and I got hurt at the [oilfields], and I hired an attorney, and he—I had him for

0:08 13 months, and he never was able to do anything. So I fired him, and I hired [VB Attorneys], and they were able to get me a settlement, win my case.

0:19 And I recommend—highly recommend them to anybody.

Questions about the case

Another company’s crew opened the wrong valve during a truck-cleaning operation. High-pressure water and cement struck the back of Ricardo’s head and neck at a South Texas rig site.
No. Ricardo drove commercial trucks for a living, but this injury happened during work at an oilfield rig site.
Ricardo researched similar cases, spoke with Vuk Vujasinovic and hired VB Attorneys to pursue a claim against the other oilfield company.
The parties resolved Ricardo’s claim through a confidential settlement at mediation.

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