In May 2003 nineteen illegal aliens being smuggled through Texas died when the driver transporting them, Tyrone Williams, abandoned the trailer at a Victoria rest stop. Now the law firm of Moreno, Becerra, Guerrero and Casillas of Montebello, Calif., representing victims’ families, is suing not only Williams, who has been convicted on numerous counts in the deaths, and the company for which he worked, but also the trailer’s manufacturer, Great Dane, and its lessor, Salem Trailer Leasing Inc. Charles Rhodes, law professor at South Texas College of Law, assures the Houston Chronicle that the naming of the more remote defendants is “not an unusual practice”; after all, “attorneys are looking for the deep pockets”. Oh, well that’s all right then. (Dale Lezon, “Immigrants’ relatives sue over truck deaths”, Houston Chronicle, Aug. 3).
Smuggled illegals suffocate, trailer maker gets sued
In May 2003 nineteen illegal aliens being smuggled through Texas died when the driver transporting them, Tyrone Williams, abandoned the trailer at a Victoria rest stop. Now the law firm of Moreno, Becerra, Guerrero and Casillas of Montebello, Calif., representing victims’ families, is suing not only Williams, who has been convicted on numerous counts in […]
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