Hartline Barger LLP Successfully Defends Tutle & Tutle Trucking, Inc. in Jury Trial Involving High-speed Crash Between 18-wheeler and SUV in Johnson County, Texas

Hartline Barger attorneys Darrell Barger, Brian Rawson, and Stephanie Roark successfully defended a trucking company and one of its drivers in a three-week jury trial in Cleburne, Texas. The case involved a high-speed crash between the company’s 18-wheeler and the Plaintiffs’ SUV. Plaintiffs’ counsel called more than 25 witnesses in an attempt to prove the defendants’ negligence and asked the jury to award more than $21 million dollars in damages to Plaintiffs. After brief deliberations, the jury returned a verdict barring the primary Plaintiff from recovery and severely limiting his passenger’s recoverable damages