In May of 2015, our client was a front seat passenger in a Hyundai Sonata driven by the employee of an Austin non-profit for troubled youth.  On their way to run an errand, the driver of the Hyundai became distracted by a navigation application on her phone and pulled across a major road in Austin into the path of an 18-wheeler.  The 18-wheeler was driving too fast for the conditions that night and was likely distracted too as the collision to the passenger side of the vehicle sent it a full city block and the truck was not able to stop after the collision without going off-road.  Our client suffered a traumatic brain injury and neck and back injuries.  The defense, as typical, claimed that the brain injuries symptoms were unrelated to the collision or exacerbated by the collision as there were similar pre-exiting symptoms.  The defense also sought to exploit and shame our client’s prior mental and social conditions before we stepped in to help.  As a result of our legal help in litigation in Travis County Court, we were able to protect our client from further abuse and resolve the claim for a substantial and confidential sum that will provide financial need and protection for life.