January 14, 2009: Oklahoma County Jury Rules in Favor of Carr & Carr Client
Tye Smith and Greg Smart from our Oklahoma City office obtained a verdict in favor of a Carr & Carr client today in a disputed red light case. Our client injured her hand after proceeding into an intersection. A witness at the scene said he was behind our client and that she had a green arrow. The other driver produced a witness later who claimed she was present and that our client had a red light. Farmers insured the other driver and completely denied the claim after deciding they believed their insured had the green light. The jury disagreed and ruled in favor of Carr & Carr’s client. The jury fixed her award at slightly over $70,500. Let us work for you.
April 30, 2009: Kay County Jury Finds County Employee at Fault
Tye Smith from our Oklahoma City office tried a case to a jury in Kay County this week where the defendant was Kay County. A County employee was driving a large bucket truck down a city street after clearing snow when the employee decided to make a left turn without checking behind him to see if anyone was attempting to pass him. Unfortunately, our client was in the process of passing the bucket truck, which caused our client to run off the road and into a ditch. Our client suffered damage to her vehicle and neck and back injuries. The County denied the case and said it was our client’s fault for passing within 100 feet of an intersection. The jury ruled the collision was 100% the fault of the County’s employee and awarded damages of over $30,000 to our client. This is the third trial our Oklahoma City office has handled where the insurance company claimed our client was at fault for passing within 100 feet of an intersection. In each of those cases, we responded that, by statute, a driver can be left of center within 100 feet of an intersection if a broken yellow line is present. We also argued it is reasonable to do so if the turning vehicle does not engage a left turn signal. These are good examples of cases where without the assistance of a qualified attorney, the insurance companies would have paid nothing and our clients would have ended up paying for their own vehicle damage and medical treatment. Let us work for you.
August 13th, 2009: $1,000,000 for Client Hurt in Minimal Damage, Rear-end Collision
Tye Smith of our Oklahoma City office began a trial on June 23, 2009, before the District Court in Tulsa County. Both parties agreed to have the assigned judge make the ruling, instead of a jury. Our client had chronic complaints of neck pain following a rear end collision where the investigating officer estimated the damage to our client’s vehicle at $100, and the front of the other vehicle at $50. The other driver claimed our client was not hurt and that all of the x-rays and MRI’s were normal. Our client’s doctors responded that she had damage to the facet joints in her neck and had also developed a rare disorder called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome as a result of her neck injury. After weeks of trial, the parties reached a settlement for $1,000,000. The other driver had only offered $25,000 prior to trial. We were extremely pleased to be able to help this very deserving client obtain this result. The victory only came after much hard work and presentation of evidence to the Court. In this case, we called a biomechanical engineer to explain to the Court how our client was hurt in this seemingly “minor” impact and relied upon other techniques and strategies we have developed handling “minimal damage” cases over the years to obtain the result. Let us work for you too.
January 2008: INSURANCE BAD FAITH – CLARENDON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Pat Carr & Laurie Koller recently represented an individual in an insurance bad faith case against Clarendon National Insurance Company & Health Plan Administrators. Carr & Carr’s client had purchased a short term health insurance policy online from Clarendon. When she later made a claim due to an injury, the insurance company wrongfully rescinded her policy and denied her claim. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and is now dismissed. The terms of the resolution are subject to a Confidentiality Agreement and cannot be disclosed.
Saturday May 19th, 2007 (10a-2p) at 16th & memorial
Carr & Carr provides a Child Security Service, Again.
Carr & Carr is proud to sponsor a second “Carnaval Del Lavado”-“Hispanic Carnival and Car Wash” If you missed the last carnival, this is your chance to enjoy all the festivities, including food, drinks, prizes and music. Mark Cortner and Eduardo Mora will again be producing children’s ID Cards at the Carr & Carr booth Our goal for this second event is to beat last event’s record of 120 ID Cards produced at the first carnival. You are invited to bring your children ages 2 to 15 for a free
permanent ID Card. We hope to see you there.
Wednesday April 4th, 2007
Carr & Carr Expands Hispanic Outreach and Services:
Tim Tipton, one of Carr & Carr’s attorneys, and Eudardo Mora, Case Manager, participated in an organizational meeting
of a newly forming legal society, tentatively named, the “Oklahoma Hispanic Bar Network”. Under the auspices of the “Oklahoma Bar Association,” The “Network” will consist of Attorneys, Judges, Law Professors, and Law Students of Hispanic decent. The statewide meeting was held on March 4th at 3pm at the Oklahoma Bar Association Headquarters in Oklahoma City, with a video conferencing link to the Tulsa County Bar Association Headquarters in Tulsa.
For more information on the “Network”, contact: Saul G. Olivarez, Esq. at (405) 227-9700 or
saulolivarezz@gmail.com.
Saturday March 31st, 2007
Carr & Carr provides a Child Security Service
Carr & Carr were participating sponsors of, “Carnaval Del Lavado”-“Hispanic carnival and Car Wash,”presented by Sabio Marketing, Inc. (Hispanic Chamber Member).Along with Carr & Carr, other participating sponsors were Bank of America, Cingular, State Farm, and Midas.
Eduardo Mora, Case Manager, and Mark Cortner, Project Manager staffed the Carr & Carr booth at the event.As a public service Carr & Carr produced photo ID cards for children. Resembling a Driver’s License, the ID’s were produced in full color on a heavy plastic card stock ad including the child’s photo, full name, date of birth and parent’s telephone numbers.These ID cards can be placed in a child’s backpack or pocket. Parents can carry the ID card of younger children for emergency identification for law enforcement if a child becomes lost or missing.
Wednesday March 28th, 2007
Carr & Carr are active in our local communities.
Eduardo V. Mora, Carr & Carr Case Manager,
attended the Greater Tulsa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Seventh Annual “EXCELENCIA AWARDS DINNER,”at the Crown Plaza Hotel in downtown Tulsa. The theme for this year’s event was “Celabrando Juntos el Centenario”- “Celebrating the Centennial Together,”in recognition of Oklahoma’s Centennial Celebration of Statehood.
As a member of the Hispanic Chamber, Carr & Carr endeavors to stay active in our programs and events.
Along with Eduardo, there were a number of politicians and business luminaries in attendance.
August 10, 2006 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Patrick Carr & Laurie Koller assisted Public Citizen, the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma Foundation, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in asking a federal judge in Oklahoma City to award attorney fees to an individual who was sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for allegedly using file-sharing software. One of thousands of American citizens who have been threatened or sued by the RIAA, this Oklahoma woman stood up to the recording industry and successfully defended her innocence in over a year of litigation. The federal court will now decide whether the recording industry should pay her legal fees. At Carr & Carr, we are working for you.
April 18, 2006 – Oklahoma County, Oklahoma – A jury returned a verdict in favor of a Carr & Carr client today in a case against State Farm. Brent Berry from the Oklahoma City office tried the case. The case was filed for uninsured motorist (UM) benefits against State Farm. State Farm argued that UM was not available because the vehicle was being driven by an unauthorized driver. The jury took only an hour to return a verdict stating that the driver did have permission, which will now require State Farm to pay our client the insurance benefits he deserves. At Carr & Carr, we are working for you.
April 5, 2006 – Tulsa, Oklahoma – A Tulsa County Jury returned a verdict for $30,000, in favor of a Carr & Carr client today. Tye Smith from our Oklahoma City office tried the case for three days before the jury returned its verdict. The other driver, a State Farm insured, only had a $25,000 liability policy, resulting in an excess verdict against State Farm’s insured. State Farm’s attorneys argued it was a very minor impact with no damage to the rear of the plaintiff’s vehicle and that the plaintiff was exaggerating his injuries. As is all too common in Tulsa County, the insurance company had Dr. Sami Framjee testify on behalf of its insured. As usual, Dr. Framjee testified the plaintiff only suffered a simple strain injury which would have only required one trip to the doctor. Apparently, the jury disagreed with Dr. Framjee. State Farm’s top offer before trial was only $12,500. After the judge awards interest and costs to the verdict, it will nearly triple State Farm’s best offer. At Carr & Carr, we will keep fighting for you.
