Panish Shea & Boyle LLP and PARRIS Law Firm Obtain Landmark $54 Million Verdict in Truck Collision Case

Attorneys Brian Panish and Matthew Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP and R. Rex Parris, Bruce Schechter, Khail A. Parris, and Eric N. Wilson of PARRIS Law Firm have obtained a landmark $53,745,374 verdict in a Los Angeles County court for two Southern California brothers who were severely injured following a head-on collision with CRST big rig. On July 7, 2014, Plaintiffs were traveling northbound on State Route 14 en route to their annual fishing trip at Mammoth Lake, California. As their vehicle approached a construction zone absent of K-rails, a CRST big rig driven by defendant Hector Contreras, crossed over the yellow line in the southbound lanes and into opposing traffic, striking the brothers’ vehicle head-on. Although Contreras admitted responsibility for the truck accident, jurors were called upon to decide what amount of compensatory damages the Plaintiffs deserved and whether punitive damages were warranted. The judge ruled the punitive damages should not go…

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