Attorneys Javier Gonzalez and Alex Ivanov Secure $4.5 Million Settlement in Commercial Truck Rollover Crash

Angel Reyes & Associates Recovers Seven Figures Each for Two Clients Injured in a Commercial Truck Crash

Attorney Javier Gonzalez and Attorney Alex Ivanov of Angel Reyes & Associates have secured a $4.5 million total settlement for two clients who suffered traumatic injuries when a commercial work truck rear-ended their vehicle at highway speed, causing it to roll several times.

Our clients were traveling together in the left lane of a Texas highway, one behind the wheel and one in the passenger seat, when traffic ahead of them began to slow. They slowed too. Behind them, a large work truck being driven for a business was closing fast.

The truck driver tried to steer onto the left shoulder, but did not make it in time to avoid the collision. The truck caught the rear passenger side of our clients’ vehicle, flipping it over multiple times. It kept moving forward, striking the car ahead of our clients and setting off a chain reaction that caught three more vehicles.

Fault Was Accepted. Nothing Was Offered.

Both of our clients came out of that wreck with brain and spine injuries. Yet, despite the fact that the other side had conceded fault for the incident, they still chose to put nothing on the table before we filed suit. An admission of fault sounds like the hard part of a case is behind you. Here it bought our clients nothing.

Accepting fault and paying what a case is worth are two separate decisions, and the second one rarely happens on its own. The highest pre-litigation offer here was not a low number we would have to argue our way up from; it was nothing at all.

This made our roadmap clear: we filed suit and prepared for a fight.

Proving What These Injuries Would Cost

Brain and spine injuries are among the hardest to put a number on. The damage does not always show up in a photograph of a vehicle, and the full extent of a recovery timeline might not be known for months.

Attorney Gonzalez and Attorney Ivanov, working alongside pre-litigation paralegal Juan Vergara, litigation paralegals Marvin Mencidor and Joy Aguilo, and Verification Specialist Lady Lyn Nepomuceno, built this case from the medical record outward. Our team stayed involved in coordinating treatment from the earliest stage, so the record reflected what our clients were living through as it happened. We retained three separate experts to establish the full scope of both clients’ injuries and what each would need going forward.

Our clients did their part too, staying engaged through a demanding litigation process in a way that helped the case hold up under pressure. The case settled at mediation for $4.5 million, divided equally between our two clients at $2.25 million each.

The Fight Was Never About Who Caused the Crash

In a case like this one, fault was settled early. What stayed contested was what two people with brain and spine injuries would need for the rest of their lives, and no insurance company will answer that question realistically on its own. Getting to a real answer takes a medical record built while treatment is happening, experts who can speak to long-term care, and a credible willingness to put all of it in front of a jury.

That is how Angel Reyes & Associates approaches every case we take, whether fault is contested or conceded on day one.

If you or someone in your family was injured by a commercial vehicle, you should not have to work out what your claim is worth on your own. Contact Angel Reyes & Associates today for a free consultation. We will listen to what happened, walk you through your options, and fight for everything you are owed.

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is unique and must be evaluated on its own facts and circumstances.