Roberts Law Firm and Gomez Family Partner to Create SafeRoadsCalifornia.com

Jan. 3, 2012 - PRLog -- Los Angeles, California – United States - Sometimes winning the court case just isn’t enough, which is why Roberts Law Firm and the Gomez family joined their efforts to create SafeRoadsCalifornia.com. Gomez v Xerox came about because of the death of Elvira Gomez, who was stuck by Eduardo Delgado driving a Xerox company vehicle. Delgado was convicted of his third DUI as a result of the accident. The Roberts Law Firm did obtain a significant settlement for the Gomez family, but with the magnitude of the tragic results of the negligent entrustment, the situation still felt unfinished, as though not enough had been done.

“In the two years between Delgado’s second DUI and the death of Elvira Gomez, Xerox unbelievably kept Delgado employed, provided him with a company van to drive, and allowed him to take it home at night,” said Orange County wrongful death attorney Jeff Roberts. During the court case, it was revealed there was never any employment-related repercussions for Delgado’s DUIs on the part of Xerox, and that Delgado continued to drive for Xerox during the two year period that his drivers license was suspended due to his second DUI in 2007. Xerox’s failure to meet their obligation to ensure their drivers are safe resulted in Mrs. Gomez’s death.

Investigation demonstrated that Delgado isn’t the only Xerox employee with a troubling driving record that escaped scrutiny by Xerox. The California Department of Motor Vehicles offers a very inexpensive program, the Employer Pull Notice (EPN) program, which makes it very easy and affordable for a company to make sure its drivers are safe. The program has been available for 30 years and alerts an employer when an employee gets a traffic violation. It costs a mere $5.00 to register an employee and just a dollar when a report is received. SafeRoadsCalifornia.com is striving to make participation mandatory for all companies with 10 or more drivers.

"Xerox has confirmed that it never checked Delgado’s motor vehicle records during his 22 years of employment," said Orange County personal injury lawyer Jeff Roberts. And, that is what Jeff Roberts and the Gomez family are hoping to change with their SafeRoadsCalifornia.com web site. Roberts and the Gomez family came together on the project because the court case just wasn’t enough to help ensure that this sort of senseless loss isn’t suffered by another family. The Roberts Law Firm believes strongly that legislative change has to happen and the Gomez family welcomes the opportunity to turn a tragic loss into something positive, something meaningful.

If Xerox had used the California Department of Motor Vehicle program that has been in effect for three decades, Mrs. Gomez may have made it home from church that night to continue helping her husband recover from his stroke and to continue to love and guide her children. The SafeRoadsCalifornia.com website makes it fast and easy for visitors to contact their legislators and express their support for making participation in the Employer Pull Notice program mandatory for companies with 10 or more drivers. The Roberts Law firm and the Gomez family hope that their efforts will result in helping to make California roads safer, turning the loss experienced by the Gomez family into something that saves the lives of others.  

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