A Robertson County, Texas jury has ordered to that a student almost 22 million dollars damages in a suit for wrongful death figures.  The jury came to the conclusion that Jason Reed Vestal texting and driving, which resulted in a serious car accident in November 2007.  This judgment is one of the largest in the history in case texting while driving.

Depending on the phone records Vestal sent and received 15 text messages, and seven phone calls of 45 minutes, which he rode before the fatal collision took place.  The accident claimed the lives of the 21-year-old Megan small Houston, was a senior at Baylor University.  Vestal of the truck collided head-on with small vehicle.

Vestal, said that he remember not everything from the accident and it's really hard to check whether it really caused his SMS.  He said that his phone records to only prove that there were text messages and phone calls, while he was driving.

Hunter craft, the lawyer representing family called this principle in the case. "No. 1 is the first time a Texas jury spoken according to their thoughts on SMS and drive and has spoken."  It was also the largest wrongful judgement ever to come from Robertson County death.  "I think this is probably a synonym for the egregious nature of Reed Vestal code of conduct in the case," said craft.

The family would like to use advertising about the case to push Texas to make illegal legislators SMS while driving in the State.

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