Will’s energy client had a driver who was driving a company vehicle and who admitted he was fatigued from the nature of shift work and fell asleep, crossing the center line of the highway. The driver crashed into the Plaintiff’s trailer causing the gooseneck attachment to completely shear off from the attachment which induced Plaintiff’s loss of control. The Plaintiff experienced several significant frontal, side, and rear impacts. Both vehicles were totaled. Plaintiff had a lumbar and cervical fusion. Total past admissible medical exceeded $750,000. Total future medical exceeded $2,000,000. The jury was asked to award $45,000,000 – $15,000,000 in actual damages and $30,000,000 in punitive damages. Using the trial theories he taught the industry on deferred medical schemes and tactics in Voir Dire, Will was able to convince a jury to award literally zero for all categories of damages.
