Dixon Truman & Fisher Attorney Wins Personal Injury Case

St. George, UT, January 30, 2012 — Ronald Truman, a partner in the St. George law firm Dixon, Truman, Fisher, and Clifford, recently fought for and won compensation for David Salinas, a local welder, who was seriously injured while working on the Dixie Center.

Mr. Salinas suffered multiple fractures requiring multiple surgeries when he fell 30 feet from the roof of the Dixie Center and struck a concrete sidewalk. Truman argued that the general contractor knew, or should have known, that the welder was working without the benefit of a horizontal lifeline safety cable and did nothing to stop the work from proceeding.  The jury concurred and awarded the welder over 1.2 million dollars in compensation for medical expenses, lost wages and pain and suffering before apportioning the negligence among the Defendant, the Plaintiff, the Plaintiff's employers. The jury found damages including past medicals of $237,819.38, past wages of $24,489.00, and general damages, including pain and suffering in the amount of $1,000,000. The verdict was reduced by 96% and the court entered a final judgment of $59,218.91.

"Ron Truman couldn't have been more diligent in protecting my interests and fighting for a fair jury verdict", David Salinas said.  Not only did Mr. Truman work extremely hard to get me fair compensation, he was very compassionate and genuinely concerned about my family and me as fellow human beings.  His genuine concern for us was significant to me.”     

Ronald W. Truman is a graduate of J. Reuben Clark School of Law and specializes in catastrophic personal injury litigation including trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, automobile accidents, products liability and wrongful death. The firm Dixon, Truman, Fisher & Clifford, P.C. has offices in St. George, and Price, Utah, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Its practice includes complex civil litigation in addition to personal injury cases.

Mr. Truman is presently a Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.  Both are among the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum must have acted as principal counsel in at least one case in which their client received a verdict, award or settlement of one million dollars or more while membership in the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum is awarded to attorneys who have acted as principal counsel in at least one case resulting in a multi-million dollar verdict, award or settlement.  Less than 1% of all U.S. lawyers are members of these two organizations.