At the conclusion of a trial by Houston attorney Benny Agosto, Jr., of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner, a considerable judgment was rendered in favor of the family of Vilma Marenco for the fatal injuries she sustained after her car was struck by an 18-wheeler truck. On that day, Rodger Jones was operating an 18-wheeler truck which was owned by Defendant Elisa Fabiola Lopez d/b/a R&F Quality Transportation Co., and hauling a trailer loaded with large oilfield pipes. Jones was travelling west in the 15000 block of Beaumont Highway when he failed to stop at a red light, blasted through the intersection at Pineland Road, and struck the driver’s side door of Mrs. Marenco’s car. The impact of the 18-wheeler striking Mrs. Marenco’s car was so severe that medical examiners declared Mrs. Marenco dead at the scene of the crash.
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The 11 th District Court of Harris County found that the negligence of both Rodger Jones and Elisa Fabiola Lopez d/b/a R&F Quality Transportation Co. proximately caused the death of Mrs. Marenco, and that each Defendant was 50% responsible for causing the crash at issue in the case. The Court also found that the harm to Mrs. Marenco and her family occurred as a result of the gross negligence of Rodger Jones and Elisa Fabiola Lopez d/b/a R&F Quality Transportation.
Accordingly, the Court rendered judgment against Defendants Roger Jones and Elisa Fabiola Lopez d/b/a R&F Quality Transportation for the following damages: $2,000,000 to Plaintiff Guillermo Gomez (widower), $3,000,000 to Plaintiff Maria Guadalupe Gomez (minor daughter), $1,000,000 to Plaintiff Sonia Marenco Leon (adult daughter), and $5,000,000 to all Plaintiffs in punitive damages.
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