DALLAS, Feb. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas' Brooker
Law and firm founder Chip
Brooker have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against
Dallas-based Energy Transfer
Partners (NYSE: ET) after a company employee killed two teenagers
in a head-on collision while distracted by a pornographic video on
his smartphone.
Mr. Brooker filed the lawsuit on February
12 in Dallas District Court
on behalf of Patrick and Dalena
Weaver of Weatherford,
Texas, over the death of their son, Jonathan Weaver, who was 18. The filing was
first reported by "CBS This Morning" in a national story you can
watch here.
The crash took place around 9:00
p.m. on April 25, 2019, in
rural Glasscock County as Energy
Transfer technician James Edward
Darling was driving home in a company truck from its Rebel
Natural Gas Plant in Garden City,
Texas. At the same time, Jonathan was driving in the
opposite direction with his friend, Mathew
Swinney, 19, after they had gone bowling in nearby
Big Spring, Texas.
An investigative report prepared by the Texas Highway Patrol concluded that Mr.
Darling caused the wreck by failing to drive in a single lane. An
eyewitness who was driving immediately behind Jonathan confirmed
that Mr. Darling crossed the center line.
Investigators also concluded that Mr. Darling may have been
distracted by the pornographic video. Paramedics who worked the
scene reported that the video was still playing on a smartphone in
Mr. Darling's lap as they removed his body from Energy Transfer's
truck.
"Distracted driving has become a national epidemic, causing one
in ten fatal crashes," says Mr. Brooker. "Our loved ones will
continue to die from senseless tragedies such as this one until
billion-dollar companies like Energy Transfer proactively address
distracted driving in their fleet vehicles. You shouldn't be able
to put for-profit vehicles on the road while turning a blind eye to
distracted driving."
Brooker Law, PLLC, represents
individuals and families nationwide in wrongful death and
catastrophic personal injury cases involving trucking and
transportation crashes, dangerous and defective products,
explosions and burns, on-the-job injuries, sexual assault, and
professional negligence among other claims. The firm has experience
handling cases involving traumatic brain injuries, amputations,
burns, and paralysis, including paraplegia and quadriplegia. Learn
more at www.brookerlaw.com.
For more information, contact Bruce Vincent at 214-763-6226 or
bruce.vincent@muselegalpr.com.
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