LANCASTER – Attorneys from the Parris Law Firm obtained a $120 million jury verdict Wednesday in a trial involving a distracted driver who caused a 2018 traffic collision in Lancaster, the law firm announced.
According to the complaint, in February of 2018, the plaintiff was driving his 2015 Dodge Ram in Lancaster when the defendant failed to yield to oncoming traffic at a two-way stop intersection because she was talking on the phone. The impact of the crash caused the plaintiff’s truck to rollover multiple times before coming to a stop on its side. The plaintiff’s injuries included ruptured discs throughout his spine, requiring multiple surgeries, and a traumatic brain injury.
“We always hear about the dangers of distracted driving, but it’s hard to comprehend until you see the damage that one phone call while driving can cause,” said Parris Law Firm attorney Khail A. Parris.
Prior to the beginning of trial, defense counsel was found to have withheld evidence relevant to the case, according to the Parris Law Firm.
“The Court reprimanded the insurance company lawyers multiple times for obstruction and suppressing key evidence…it’s now clear that they intentionally withheld evidence because they were afraid of what would happen if they turned over their client’s phone records,” said Parris Law Firm founding partner R. Rex Parris, who is also the mayor of Lancaster. “Given the unethical conduct of their attorneys, this is not only a victory for our clients, but also a victory for the rule of law.”
“Our client’s lives were shattered because the defendant was talking on the phone at the time of the crash,” said Parris Law Firm attorney Eric N. Wilson. “The fact that they tried to cover it up violates every attorney ethics code in the book.”
Khail A. Parris, R. Rex Parris, and Eric N. Wilson of Parris Law Firm, as well as Brittney M. Baca of Accident Attorneys, represented the plaintiff.
[Information via news release from the Parris Law Firm.]
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Hunter says
I’ll pass on attacking a capital but I’m concerned with your anger issues. Perhaps step 10 from the AA 12 steps should become step 1 of your political recovery.
“Step 10,
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”
Please don’t give up, there’s always hope you’ll see the light.
Tim Scott says
That wasn’t anger, it was disdain.
Trumpist#1 says
Nah, it’s chronic. It’s a pandemic. And soon it’ll be coming for YOU!!!!!
Trumpist#1 says
PS: Wrecks is a clown show, albeit a rich one.
I can’t believe the powers that be let him govern a city like that in the 21st century.
AV Observer says
It’s easy Trumpist#1. You buy local politicians, judges, businesses, school boards, water boards, and anyone else who will take your contributions in exchange for bowing down. Wrecks is totally insulated from anything. Powers that be? He is the powers that be through his financial control. It will take in independent investigation from a journalist with no ties or financial connection to Wrecks or his pawns to expose his wicked deeds. Then good luck getting a major media outlet to run with it. Ad dollars speak volumes.
Tim Scott says
Bad news Observer. By probably an order of magnitude the biggest advertising revenue stream in northern LA County is the Wrecks Parris law firm. They aren’t advertising for clients, they are doing two things.
One, they are effectively contributing unregistered millions to Wrecks political campaigns by plastering his name everywhere. Small time politics, ie local boards and such, are won and lost strictly on name recognition.
Two, it gives Wrecks a financial club over the head of every media outlet. A journalist has an interest in investigating the Mayor’s corruption? Uh, no, not a chance that gets past the publisher. The Valley Press is a shadow of itself already, but the only thread keeping it afloat is Wrecks running ads his law firm doesn’t really need. Every local radio station survives at Wrecks’ mercy, and the “news talk” stations are all part of groups. Airing anything but “what a great mayor Wrecks is” is a death sentence for the entire conglomeration.
You are dead right, ad dollars speak volumes, but it isn’t a case of venal greed on the part of the media…it’s basic survival for the old guard media and critical start up money for the new.
I’m genuinely pleased and surprised that the AV Times has not been confronted with “Parris law firm ads to double your revenue, but you gotta put a stop to that Tim guy bashing my pocket toy Hornblower.” I guess he just doesn’t care about you as much as he claims li’l Stevie. Either that or the publisher here deserves even more respect for turning him down. I’d love to know which.
Trumpist#1 says
Hey, I replied to “nothing” ???????
Deleting half a conversation in the middle is very disorienting.
William says
You mean you didn’t pinch it off yourself Trumpi$$ed?
Such are your comments.
(I’m laughing at your expense, what little you can afford,lol)
Trumpist#1 says
We need some more laughs in this world. You can laugh at me anytime. Just don’t insult my basketball team. That’s beyond the pale.
Trumpist#1 says
FYI the subject was “Trumplicism” or some such.
William says
Hunter appears quite familiar with AA doesn’t he?
Wonder why?
Something tells me that he’s still a good customer of BevMo.
How could a sober person write what he writes?
Really says
What kind of trash article is this. The article is basically a press release for the law firm. If it was a trial then lets name all the parties involved. Name the insurance company. Follow up on who the at fault party is or who they were working for. A 100 million dollar verdict is most likely not attached to any regular person. Such judgements are typically reserved for corporate entities with the means to pay a settlement. Most of us have no more than a million dollars coverage and our insurance would not cover the other 99 million.
William says
“The fact that they tried to cover it up violates every attorney ethics code in the book.”said Parris Law Firm attorney Eric N. Wilson.
It’s a good thing Parris didn’t say that. The court’s swearing in bible would have burst into flames.
Years ago, after Parris called former Mayor Ledford a “doofus” publicly, the state bar created a new ethics oath. Parris’s bad behavior there and elsewhere might have been the reason for the change in the oath.
The new oath said something about “professional conduct”. You know Wrecks doesn’t know jack about professional conduct. And, his voters don’t care either. They got the mayor they deserve. See the blvd from a distance.
Beezelbub says
Parris is a loathsome individual. He gives corrupt, lying, and evil people a bad name.
Trumpist#1 says
“loathsome”. Good word. If you were my kid, I’d give you 5 bucks.
Tim Scott says
If only he had stuck to ambulance chasing instead of letting his megalomania drive him into believing he had to take over the city.
Hunter says
Outside the two of you and maybe two others nobody cares what Parris does to Lancaster.
You should pay attention to what Biden is doing to American internally and on the world stage. That matters!
Tim Scott says
I agree it matters, and I pay plenty of attention. So fat he is, as democrats always have to do, cleaning up the trainwreck left by his GOP predecessor. Can’t really expect much more than that at this point.
However, local government actually impacts the lives of the residents as much or more than national government does, so you are just plain wrong that Wrecks siphoning Lancaster into his pockets doesn’t matter, especially since he broke Palmdale’s resistance and has his greedy little claws in it as well now.
Hunter says
Timmy Timmy Timmy
When Joe took over the train was on the tracks. We were energy independent, the border was secure, the Trump kids were not protected by the government, and on and on.
Now gas costs up $2+ per gallon, the border is wide open, food costs up, Afghanistan out of control and on and on. The world is watching the British and French troops going into Kabul to extract their citizens. Our troops are not allowed outside the fence.
The train wreck belongs to Joe and Joe’s supporters.
Tim Scott says
Sure man, whatever you say. Twenty years of GWBush’s war was all going according to the grand plan…according to you and the rest of the party before country Trumpist anti-Americans.
Go attack a capital or something.
Stinger says
Your little fantasy world is brought to you by OAN, Fox, and NewsMax.
El Coyote says
Many people care about what Parris is doing to Lancaster. The problem is he controls police, judges, and politicians. There is nothing we can do. He went so far to tell people to shoot homeless people in they try to rob you and he is still mayor. Countless lies, back room deals, character assassination, and insane remarks have done nothing to slow down the Parris Train Wreck. Lancaster deserves everything it gets and doesn’t get for electing this clown.