Oilfield Accident Settlements and Verdicts

Attorney: David K. Cohn

Summary: Plaintiff sustained severe burn injuries when a steam line, pipe and valve blew out under pressure. Defendant negligently owned and maintained the steam line, pipes, pipe elbows and valves, causing them to be in a dangerous and defective condition, and ultimately fail at the time of the accident.

Attorney: David K. Cohn

Summary: Decedent was killed in a well blowout as a result of defendant’s failure to use correct equipment, methods, and “mud” when coming out of the hole.

Attorney: David K. Cohn

Summary: Plaintiffs sustained serious injuries as a result of defendant’s negligent design and construction of a kiln burner, rail system, and trolley system. At the time of the accident, plaintiffs were using the trolley and rail system, when the kiln burn fell and seriously injured plaintiffs.

Attorney: David K. Cohn

Summary: Plaintiff sustained serious injuries as a result of defendant’s failure to adequately maintain, inspect, repair, and control their Stevens high pressurized flammable gas pipeline in accordance with standard engineering practices. Defendant’s negligence resulted in catastrophic failure and explosion because of internal pipe corrosion.

Attorney: David K. Cohn

Summary: Plaintiff was moving pipes across railroad tracks, and in the process of crossing the tracks, he was hit by Kern Oil tank cars. He suffered severe injuries.

Attorney: David K. Cohn

Summary: Several plaintiffs suffered severe injuries as the result of a well blowout.

Attorney: David K. Cohn

Summary: Plaintiff sustained serious injuries while working on a rig, when the sand line failed and struck plaintiff as he was coming out of the hole.

Attorney: Matthew C. Clark

Summary: Plaintiff suffered fatal injuries when a tank exploded as he was performing pneumatic testing as part of the process for repairing a leak at the bottom of a tank. The pneumatic testing was unsafe and ultimately caused the explosion, which resulted in one man’s death and another man being seriously injured.