The Protections of Pre-injury Release Agreements By Brian Schrumpf from The Fuentes Firm published on November 20, 2014. Pre-injury release agreements are a powerful tool for limiting exposure from workplace injuries of independent contractors. A pre-injury release agreement is a contract in which an individual gives up his/her right to bring a claim against another…
Certificate Holder, Additional Insured, Loss Payee – What they are and who needs them By Brian Schrumpf Shippers, brokers, and carriers frequently request Certificate Holder, Additional Insured, and/or Loss Payee status from downstream service providers. Each status – Certificate Holder, Additional Insured, and Loss Payee – has a specific meaning and each confers specific rights.…
Represented publicly-traded trucking company at trial obtaining unanimous verdict in favor of trucking company and truck driver that crashed into construction crew in a construction zone. Although the DPS state trooper found the truck driver solely at fault for the accident, Mr. Fuentes successfully showed the jury that the officer did not have complete information…
Juan Roberto Fuentes represented a trucking company in a suit against the trucking company’s former Operations Manager in March 2006. After a 5-day jury trial, the jury was persuaded by Mr. Fuentes and awarded the trucking company a $500,000 judgment. The trucking company alleged the former employee misappropriated the trucking company’s trade secrets and breached his fiduciary…
Texas Supreme Court Holds Evidence of Seat-Belt Non-Use Admissible to Show Plaintiff’s Comparative Fault By David Helmey from The Fuentes Firm published on March 13, 2015. “We hold relevant evidence of use or nonuse of seat belts, and relevant evidence of a plaintiff’s pre-occurrence, injury-causing conduct generally, is admissible for the purpose of apportioning responsibility…