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Mitchell McCrea

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Mitchell McCrea concentrates his practice on complex personal injury cases with an emphasis on product liability, trucking accidents, oil & gas accidents, and wrongful death.

Before joining Slack Davis Sanger LLP, Mitch was a successful trial attorney at other preeminent plaintiff firms.

Mitch started his career over twenty years ago on the insurance defense side for an aviation firm before moving into plaintiff’s personal injury law.

In addition to a practice that includes personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, trucking accidents, and oil and gas accidents, Mitch also practices aviation law.

Mitch is a member of the Texas and New Mexico Bar Associations, American Association of Justice, Texas and New Mexico Trial Lawyers Associations along with the Dallas Bar Association and Chaves County Bar Association. In 2013, Mitchell was an AAJ Trial Lawyer of the Year finalist.

In 2003, he received his Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, from Texas Tech University  Earlier, Mitch earned a Master of Arts degree in History from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and a Bachelor of Arts in History, with Honors, from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois.

Born and raised in southeastern New Mexico, Mitch and his brother own and operate a working cattle ranch. When not working hard for his injured New Mexico and Texas clients, he may be chasing cows or guiding hunts in New Mexico.

Attorney - Mitch McCrea

Education

Professional Associations

  • American Association of Justice
  • American Bar Association
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association
  • New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
  • Dallas Trial Lawyers Association
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Chaves County Bar Association

Honor & Awards

  • AAJ Trial Lawyer of the Year finalist

Notable

Cases

Downed Power Line Results in Electrical Burn Injuries to a Child

Slack Davis Sanger recently successfully resolved a case involving serious electrical burn injuries to a 6-year-old Navajo boy living on Navajo tribal lands in the Four Corners area of Utah. Texas-based oil companies operated an oil field adjacent to the boy’s home. An electrical power pole supplying power to the field rotted and fell over,…

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Inadequate Safety Guards and Safety Training Lead to Cotton Gin Worker Losing His Leg

Case title: Damon Wilson v. PPF Gin & Warehouse, LLC; Lummus Corporation; Ram Manufacturing Company; and Stover Equipment Co., Inc.; Cause No. 11248 in the 62nd Judicial District Court of Delta County, Texas. Mitch McCrea represented Damon Wilson, a recently-hired cotton gin laborer, who lost his leg when his supervisors asked him to climb onto the…

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Negligence Causes Hay Bale to Fall and Suffocate Worker

A West Texas landowner was held liable for loaning farm equipment to a hay hauler who caused large bales of hay to fall on and suffocate a farm worker to death. Although the landowner was not present at the scene of the incident in question when it occurred, he did pay for his negligence in…

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Malfunctioning Power Swivel Unit Results in Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit

Case Title: Murphy v. Excel Site Rentals, LLC On November 11, 2017, an employee of Consolidated Well Services LLC was working as a floor hand on the Yoder 2-H well site in Bradford Country, Pennsylvania. A power swivel unit owned and operated by Excel Site Rentals, LLC rotated unintentionally as the worker reached to release…

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Tanker Truck and Freight Train Accident Results in Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit

Case Title: Camacho, et al. v. Penn Octane International, L.L.C., et al. On August 11, 2005, a tanker truck loaded with liquid propane was hit by a freight train in the town of Lucio Blanco in Mexico. The accident killed six people and injured over 40 residents of the town. Ten people were hospitalized with…

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Hotel Shuttle Van Catastrophic Personal Injury

Case Title: Smith v. DFW Joseph Investments On May 9, 2019, Mr. Smith was exiting the Atrium Hotel and Suites in Irving, Texas. He had been at the hotel with his wife for a business meeting. A hotel shuttle van was driving through the parking lot and proceeded toward the front of the hotel. As…

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Improper Defective Warning Label Results in Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Case Title: Mitchell/Speegle v. TR International Trading Company et al On March 15, 2018, Tri-Chem Specialty Chemicals LLC had a massive explosion in their facility in Cresson, Texas. The chemical plant purchased, blended and resold chemicals for various customers. On this particular day, two employees were mixing a batch of sodium chlorite and water to…

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Negligent Seatbelt Manufacturing Results in Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit

Case Title: Anchondo v. DaimlerChrysler, et al. On February 14, 2003, a six-year-old child riding in the car with a friend of the family suffered life-altering injuries when the car was in a head-on collision with another vehicle. The child was seated behind the driver and belted in with the standard adult seatbelt. He had…

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Oilfield Injury Results in Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit

Case Title: Martin v. XTO Energy, Inc. On February 11, 2008, Chris Martin, an oilfield worker, was struck by highly pressurized fluid that escaped from a well site in Tarrant County, Texas. The Maudie Walsh Roe B#1 well site was on property owned by XTO Energy, Inc. XTO had hired a company, Loma Rentals, to…

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Negligent Drilling Company Results in Catastrophic Personal Injury Lawsuit

Case Title: Anthony v. Patterson-UTI Drilling On May 18, 2013, Darryl Anthony, a vacuum truck driver employed by a construction company, was dispatched to Patterson Rig #201, an oil rig operated by Apache Energy in Glasscock County, Texas. He parked the truck next to the mud tank area of the rig and then attached a…

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