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Attorney Brian Mazzola has been named to the 2025 list of Texas Super Lawyers, a respected legal guide that recognizes the top attorneys in the state. Mr. Mazzola is recognized for his work in the fields of general personal injury law and products liability.

The Texas Super Lawyers listing recognizes only the top 5 percent of practicing attorneys in Texas. Honorees are selected based on nominations from other practicing lawyers in Texas, which are then combined with independent research. In all, each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Being named to the 2025 Texas Super Lawyer list is just the latest of many accolades Mr. Mazzola has received since hanging out his shingle in 2008. Since 2012, Mr. Mazzola has maintained an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®. An AV® rating is the highest possible rating a lawyer can receive, and a testament to the fact that the lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.

Mr. Mazzola is a life member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100, Lawyers of Distinction: Top 10% in the USA, a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, and has received an Overall Client Rating of 5.0 out of 5.0 and a 10 out of 10 Suberb AVVO rating.

Most recently, Mr. Mazzola was selected as one of the Nation’s Top Attorneys for 2025 (in the area of personal injury) by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to recognize the attorneys who elevate the standard of the Bar and provide a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate. Less than 1% of practicing attorneys are chosen as members of the Nation’s Top Attorneys.

The 2025 Super Lawyers list will be published in the September issue of Super Lawyers magazine. To see the full list visit www.superlawyers.com.

Attorney Brian Mazzola has been named to the 2023 list of Texas Super Lawyers, a respected legal guide that recognizes the top attorneys in the state. Mr. Mazzola is recognized for his work in the fields of general personal injury law and products liability.

The Texas Super Lawyers listing recognizes only the top 5 percent of practicing attorneys in Texas. Honorees are selected based on nominations from other practicing lawyers in Texas, which are then combined with independent research. In all, each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Being named to the 2023 Texas Super Lawyer list is just the latest of many accolades Mr. Mazzola has received since hanging out his shingle in 2008. Since 2012, Mr. Mazzola has maintained an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®. An AV® rating is the highest possible rating a lawyer can receive, and a testament to the fact that the lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.

Mr. Mazzola is also a life member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100, Lawyers of Distinction: Top 10% in the USA, a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, and has received an Overall Client Rating of 5.0 out of 5.0 and a 10 out of 10 Suberb AVVO rating.

The 2023 Super Lawyers list will be published in the November issues of Super Lawyers and Texas Monthly magazines. To see the full list visit www.superlawyers.com.

On June 20, 2023, 29-year-old Brandi B. of Durant, Oklahoma sustained debilitating, hydrostatic orifice injuries when she fell off the back of a 2019 BRP Sea-Doo RXT 230 and came into contact with the blast of water emanating from the watercraft’s jet propulsion system.

Shortly after the accident, which occurred on Lake Texoma in Bryan County, Oklahoma, Brandi was rushed to a nearby emergency room for life-saving medical intervention. The damage to her rectum and colon was so severe that she was forced to undergo the surgical implantation of a colostomy bag. Like all previous orifice injury clients, Brandi had no idea that this type of life threatening/altering injury could result from something as common and seemingly harmless as slipping off the back of a personal watercraft.

BRP has been sued dozens of times over the past three decades by women (and men) that, like Brandi, sustained severe internal orifice injuries upon falling off the back of BRP manufactured PWCs. So not only is BRP well aware of the nature, mechanism and severity of PWC orifice injuries, but it is also aware of the fact that such injuries have continued to occur on its products for over thirty years (and, not surprisingly, with increased frequency as increasingly more powerful machines are manufactured and released into the market). Likewise, there is a mountain of evidence establishing BRP’s knowledge of the existence of safer alternative designs which would prevent injuries such as those sustained by Brandi, including a raised seatback with more lumbar support, BRP owned patents of modified seat designs and handholds (with the stated purpose of reducing the risk of rearward ejections), as well as the late BRP engineer Sam Spade’s sketches/drawings of a pivoting seatback.

Brandi is being represented by Mazzola Law Firm, PLLC and Edwards & Patterson Law. The case, styled Brandi B. v. Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc., will be filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

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On August 14, 2021, Elizabeth B. of Endicott, New York was riding as a passenger on a 2021 Kawasaki Jet Ski Ultra 310LX when she fell off the back of the watercraft and sustained massive, hydrostatic injuries to her vagina, rectum, colon and ovaries. Her injuries were so severe that she was forced to undergo the surgical implantation of a colostomy bag. The accident occurred in Long Island in a canal near Jones Beach.

Kawasaki is well aware of the risk of orifice injuries as it has been sued dozens of times (over the past three decades) by women that, like Elizabeth, sustained severe colorectal injuries upon falling off the back of Kawasaki manufactured PWCs. So not only is Kawasaki well aware of the nature, mechanism and severity of PWC orifice injuries, but it is also aware of the fact that such injuries have continued to occur on its products for over thirty years (and, not surprisingly, with increased frequency as increasingly more powerful machines are manufactured and released into the market). Likewise, there is a mountain of evidence establishing Kawasaki’s knowledge of the existence of safer alternative designs which would prevent injuries such as those sustained by Elizabeth,  including a raised seatback with more lumbar support, and Kawasaki owned patents of modified seat designs and handholds (with the stated purpose of reducing the risk of rearward ejections). Despite its knowledge of such alternative designs, Kawasaki has chosen to violate core safety engineering principles by trying to warn its way out of a design defect.  Laughery, Kenneth et al. “The Safety Hierarchy and Its Role in Safety Decisions.” www.safetyhumanfactors.org.

Elizabeth is being represented by Mazzola Law Firm, PLLC and Ronemus Vilensky, LLP. The case, styled Elizabeth B. v. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. et al, will be filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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On March 26, 2023, Paige V. of Spring, Texas was riding as a passenger on a 2017 Yamaha Waverunner VX Deluxe when she fell off the back the watercraft and sustained massive, hydrostatic injuries to her rectum and colon. The damage to her intestines was so severe that she was forced to undergo the surgical implantation of a colostomy bag.

Yamaha is well aware of the risk of orifice injuries as it has been sued dozens of times (dating back to 1991) by women that, like Paige, sustained severe colorectal injuries upon falling off the back of Yamaha manufactured PWCs. So not only is Yamaha well aware of the nature, mechanism and severity of PWC orifice injuries, but it is also aware of the fact that such injuries have continued to occur on its products for over thirty years (and, not surprisingly, with increased frequency as increasingly more powerful machines are manufactured and released into the market). Likewise, there is a mountain of evidence establishing Yamaha’s knowledge of the existence of safer alternative designs which would prevent injuries such as those sustained by Paige,  including a raised seatback with more lumbar support, and Yamaha owned patents of modified seat designs and handholds (with the stated purpose of reducing the risk of rearward ejections). Despite its knowledge of such alternative designs, Yamaha has chosen to violate core safety engineering principles by trying to warn its way out of a design defect.  Laughery, Kenneth et al. “The Safety Hierarchy and Its Role in Safety Decisions.” www.safetyhumanfactors.org.

Paige is being represented by Mazzola Law Firm, PLLC. The case, styled Paige V. v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, will be filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Lufkin Division.

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On July 16, 2022, Robin F. of DeForest, Wisconsin sustained debilitating, hydrostatic orifice injuries when she fell off the back of a Bombardier Sea-Doo and came into contact with the blast of water emanating from the watercraft’s jet propulsion system.

Shortly after the accident, which occurred on Lake Wisconsin in Sauk County, Wisconsin, Robin was rushed to a nearby emergency room for life-saving medical intervention. The damage to her rectum and colon was so severe that she was forced to undergo the surgical implantation of a colostomy bag. Like all previous orifice injury clients, Robin had no idea that this type of life threatening/altering injury could result from something as common and seemingly harmless as slipping off the back of a personal watercraft.

BRP has been sued dozens of times over the past three decades by women (and men) that, like Robin, sustained severe internal orifice injuries upon falling off the back of BRP manufactured PWCs. So not only is BRP well aware of the nature, mechanism and severity of PWC orifice injuries, but it is also aware of the fact that such injuries have continued to occur on its products for over thirty years (and, not surprisingly, with increased frequency as increasingly more powerful machines are manufactured and released into the market). Likewise, there is a mountain of evidence establishing BRP’s knowledge of the existence of safer alternative designs which would prevent injuries such as those sustained by Robin,  including a raised seatback with more lumbar support, BRP owned patents of modified seat designs and handholds (with the stated purpose of reducing the risk of rearward ejections), as well as the late BRP engineer Sam Spade’s sketches/drawings of a pivoting seatback.

Robin is being represented by Mazzola Law Firm, PLLC. The case, styled Robin F. v. Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc., was filed on May 18, 2023 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

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On July 18, 2021, 21-year-old Chella P. of Cedar Grove, New Jersey sustained severe vaginal and rectal injuries when she fell off the back of a 2021 BRP Sea-Doo GTX and landed in the path of the high-pressure blast of water emanating from the PWC’s jet propulsion system. Immediately after falling off the back of the PWC, Chella was transported via ambulance to a nearby hospital and then airlifted to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital where she underwent life-saving medical intervention, including the surgical implantation of a colostomy bag.

BRP has been sued dozens of times over the past three decades by women (and men) that, like Chella, sustained severe internal orifice injuries upon falling off the back of BRP manufactured PWCs. So not only is BRP well aware of the nature, mechanism and severity of PWC orifice injuries, but it is also aware of the fact that such injuries have continued to occur on its products for over thirty years (and, not surprisingly, with increased frequency as increasingly more powerful machines are manufactured and released into the market). Likewise, there is a mountain of evidence establishing BRP’s knowledge of the existence of safer alternative designs which would prevent injuries such as those sustained by Chella, including a raised seatback with more lumbar support, BRP owned patents of modified seat designs and handholds (with the stated purpose of reducing the risk of rearward ejections), as well as the late BRP engineer Sam Spade’s sketches/drawings of a pivoting seatback.

Chella is being represented by Mazzola Law Firm, PLLC and Ronemus Vilensky, LLP. The case, styled Chella P. v. Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc., will be filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Trenton Division.

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On July 23, 2022, 22-year-old Alivia W. of Campbellsport, Wisconsin sustained massive vaginal and rectal injuries when she was ejected off the back of a 2013 BRP Sea-Doo RXT. She was immediately rushed to a nearby emergency room for life-saving surgical intervention including the surgical implantation of a colostomy bag. The accident occurred on Silver Lake in Waushara County, Wisconsin.

Alivia W. is being represented by Mazzola Law Firm, PLLC. The case, styled Alivia W. v. Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc., et al, was filed in Waushara County, Wisconsin on April 6, 2023.

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Beaumont, Texas based attorney, Brian Mazzola, is proud to announce that 2022 marks the 10th consecutive year that he has received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest possible attorney rating (for both legal ability and ethical standards). The Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating—an honor bestowed on less than 1% of all practicing attorneys—represents the pinnacle of professional excellence. It is achieved only after an attorney has been reviewed and recommended by members of both the bar and the judiciary.

For more than 130 years, only lawyers had access to Martindale-Hubbell attorney ratings. Lawyers relied on the AV Preeminent Rating while searching for their own expert attorneys. Now, thanks to websites such as martindale.com and lawyers.com, anyone can use this trusted rating as an important part of the process in choosing the right attorney for their needs.

For more information on this Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated attorney, please visit Brian N. Mazzola’s profile at martindale.com.