Wrongful Death Attorney in Oklahoma CIty, Oklahoma
Can you tell us about a memorable wrongful death case you handled?
Can you tell us about a memorable wrongful death case you handled?
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it’s really hard to just talk about wine
this is anecdotal but I think our firm
handles more wrongful death cases on the
plaintiff side than any firm in the
state now I’ve had a lot of insurance
companies tell me that we represented a
the family of an 18 year old kid who was
just going home he knew the route very
well it was like midnight he was he was
a volunteer firefighter he knew how to
drive that road and inexplicably he lost
control and hit a tree and died nobody
could figure out what happened the
mother hired us to investigate and we
did and we found that there had been a
powerline poll that had been downed in a
storm and someone had cut that pole off
but they left six foot of it in the
roadway and that night it had been
raining and it was a very dark pavement
and you couldn’t see that at night and
so we investigated and finally after
after a lot of digging we found that the
co-op had a young man out there and he’s
the one that cut that pole off and that
company did everything they could to
hide the fact that that young man had
cut that pole off and left it sticking
in there it took a lot of digging and a
lot of depositions and finally we found
the guy that did it took his deposition
he admitted it that young man’s pickup
truck the right front wheel hit that
pole and it just Twisted that vehicle
around the truck rotated and he hit the
tree and it never would have happened if
they’d done it right and after we
finally got this young man under oath
and by the way he never even knew about
the accident nobody told him about it
from that company
and once we uncovered all this uh it I
can’t tell you the amount because
they’re always confidential they always
want to seal that up but it was an awful
lot of money more than that family ever
thought they’d get and all of that came
out of just dogged determination and
detective work and so I’m pretty proud
of that very fond of the mother I stay
in touch with the mother on Facebook now
but that’s what we did a lot of and my
law partner Mike and I both are very in
tune to death I’ve lost two sons to two
different diseases of the brain and Mike
lost his niece to addiction and I think
that gives us a leg up because our job
is to explain to that jury how it feels
when you’ve lost a loved one and the
fact that we know that so deeply I think
gives us a leg up
that other lawyers don’t have because
we’re very passionate we know how that
feels
Oklahoma City, OK personal injury attorney Reggie Whitten tells the story of a memorable wrongful death case he handled. Discussing wine alone can be challenging, he noted. Anecdotally, he believed that his firm handles more wrongful death cases on the plaintiff’s side than any other firm in the state. He mentioned that numerous insurance companies have acknowledged this fact. One case involved an 18-year-old who tragically lost his life while driving home at midnight. This young man was a volunteer firefighter and familiar with the route. However, he inexplicably lost control, crashed into a tree, and passed away. The circumstances remained mysterious until his mother enlisted their services to investigate.
Upon delving into the case, they uncovered a powerline pole that had been downed in a storm, and someone had cut off a portion of it, leaving six feet of it in the roadway. The night of the accident, it had been raining, and the dark pavement obscured the danger. The investigation eventually revealed that a young man from the electric cooperative had cut the pole and left it in the road, unbeknownst to the accident victim. The right front wheel of the victim’s pickup truck struck the pole, causing the vehicle to rotate and collide with the tree.
The electric cooperative had gone to great lengths to conceal this information. Through meticulous detective work and numerous depositions, they eventually located and deposed the individual responsible. He admitted his actions under oath, despite being unaware of the accident until that point. The case ultimately resulted in a substantial confidential settlement, providing the grieving family with more compensation than they had initially anticipated. Their success, he believed, was the result of unwavering determination and investigative efforts.
He expressed pride in their work, particularly their ability to empathize with clients who have lost loved ones. Both he and his law partner, Mike, had experienced personal losses — he had lost two sons to different brain diseases, while Mike’s niece had succumbed to addiction. These personal experiences provided them with a unique perspective and a deep understanding of the pain associated with losing a loved one. He believed this empathy gave them an advantage when conveying the emotional toll of such losses to a jury, setting them apart from other attorneys.
