Truck Driver Injured On The Job (September 2016)

Our client was driving a Freightliner tractor on the feeder road of E Sam Houston Tollway at US 90 when a car traveling on US Highway 90 ran a red light and struck the front end of the tractor trailer.  The impact caused our client’s tractor trailer to veer off the road and flip over.  The other driver was found at fault.  His insurance company tendered all of the insurance limits.  Our client was in the course and scope of his duties at work and it was discovered that his employer misrepresented to him that he had worker’s compensation coverage.  Instead, the employer had forced him to pay premiums for an occupational benefit plan that provided much less coverage that worker’s compensation.  After lengthy legal battles with the benefit plan and employer, the parties were able to resolve our client’s claims in December of 2016.