Top 50 Verdicts in Texas in 2015
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $532,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley W. Caldwell, J. Austin Curry of Caldwell Cassady & Curry |
| Case: | Smartflash LLC v. Apple Inc. |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $197,793,098.00 |
| Attorneys: | Philip Werner, Scott Raynes of Werner Ayers, LLP |
| Case: | Martin v. Andrews Kurth LLP |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Legal Malpractice |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $159,061,421.00 |
| Attorneys: | Anthony G. Buzbee, Andrew Dao, Ryan S. Pigg of The Buzbee Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Cuevas v. Critical Path Resources Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Work Accident |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $93,807,651.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank L. Branson of Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, P.C.; Michael K. Hurst of Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank, LLP |
| Case: | Tiburon Land and Cattle LP v. Taylor |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $88,856,662.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jamil N. Alibhai, Michael A. McCabe of Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP |
| Case: | Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. v. Intersil Corp. |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $67,470,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Thomas Rhodes, III of Tom Rhodes Law Firm, P.C.; Thomas J. Henry of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Arnold v. Weatherford US LP |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $50,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan L. Bangert, Scott D. Powers of Baker Botts LLP |
| Case: | Janvey v. Maldonado |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $44,658,560.00 |
| Attorneys: | F. Eric Fryar of Fryar Law Firm, P.C.; Samuel Goldman of Samuel Goldman & Associates |
| Case: | Schermerhorn v. CenturyTel Inc. |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Fraud |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $43,943,006.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kurt B. Arnold of Arnold & Itkin, LLP; Charles L. Clay, Jr. of Chuck Clay & Associates, LLC |
| Case: | Lee v. Berkel & Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Negligence |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $41,104,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan S. Pigg, Tony Buzbee of The Buzbee Law Firm |
| Case: | Flores v. L.W. Matteson Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Workplace Safety |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $33,839,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Patrick Gallagher of Haslam & Gallagher, L.L.P.; Mark Haney of Puls & Haney, PLLC |
| Case: | Landers v. Williamson |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $31,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph S. Grinstein, Parker Folse, III of Susman Godfrey |
| Case: | DataQuill Limited v. ZTE Corp. |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $31,331,637.00 |
| Attorneys: | William R. Edwards, III of The Edwards Law Firm; Alejandro Blanco of The Blanco Law Firm |
| Case: | Gamez v. Dillon Transport Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $29,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Holli V. Pryor-Baze, Jim Wetwiska of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld |
| Case: | Lufkin Industries Inc. v. International Business Machines Corp. |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Breach of Contract |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $29,166,049.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tony Buzbee of The Buzbee Law Firm |
| Case: | Ortega v. Abel |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Breach of Contract |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $29,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew J. Mussalli of The Law Office of Matthew J. Mussalli, P.C.; Tony Buzbee of The Buzbee Law Firm |
| Case: | Kelley v. Electrochem Solutions Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Workplace Negligence |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $24,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erin C. Villasenor, John R. Keville of Winston & Strawn, LLP |
| Case: | Suncoast Post-Tension Ltd. v. Scoppa |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $24,010,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Curtis W. Leister of Reaud, Morgan & Quinn, LLP; Charlton P. Hornsby of Charlton P. Hornsby, A Professional Corporation; Gilbert T. Adams of Law Offices of Gilbert T. Adams, P.C. |
| Case: | Bowie v. Caterpillar Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Product Liability |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $21,432,336.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian E. Mason, Eric Policastro, G. Michael Gruber, Trey H. Crawford of Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank, LLP; Nigel Redmond, Veretta L. Frazier of West & Associates, L.L.P. |
| Case: | Doe v. Deari |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Assault and Battery; Dram Shop Liability |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $19,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | F. Eric Fryar, Christina Richardson of Fryar Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Jo Ann Schermerhorn v. Centurylink Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $18,745,001.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rachel Montes of Montes/Lewis Law, PC; E. Todd Tracy of The Tracy Firm |
| Case: | Crump v. Goin Dallas County |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $16,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | M. Ross Cunningham, Steven D. Sanfelippo of Cunningham Swaim, LLP; Alex J. Whitman of Cunningham Swaim, LLP; Nicolas Seckel of Westerman Hattori Daniels & Adrian LLP |
| Case: | Melchior v. Hilite International Inc. |
| Type: | Economic Loss; Intellectual Property Infringement |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $16,730,565.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dale D. Williams, Laura Brown of Williams & Brown, LLP |
| Case: | Graham v. Senior Living Properties LLC |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $16,299,774.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew L. Payne, Stefanie D. Bradshaw, Todd R. Ramsey of PayneMitchell Law Group; John C. Bush of Bush Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Johnson v. Emerson Electric Co., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Failure to Warn; Product Liability |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $15,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Alisa Lipski, Amir H. Alavi, Demetrios Anaipakos, Jamie A. Aycock, Kyril Talanov of Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C.; Michael Heim of Heim, Payne & Chorush |
| Case: | Rembrandt Wireless Techs. L.P. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. |
| Type: | Patent Infringement |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ted Stevenson, Samuel F. Baxter, Josh Budwin, Thomas G. Fasone, III, Jennifer A. Albert, James E. Quigley, Ivan Wang of McKool Smith |
| Case: | Droplets Inc. v. eBay Inc. |
| Type: | Patent Infringement |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $12,895,869.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory J. Casas, Ross S. Garsson, Bina B. Palnitkar, Christopher M. LaVigne, Katherine L. Elsbernd of Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| Case: | Talon Transaction Techs. v. Bain Consulting |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $9,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael E. Pierce of Pierce Skrabanek & Bruera PLLC |
| Case: | George Tillman v. Hercules Offshore Services |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Toxic Exposure; Workplace Safety |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $9,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher D. Banys, Eric J. Sidebotham, Jennifer L. Gilbert, Richard C. Lin of Banys PC; J. Wesley Hill of Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC |
| Case: | Freeny v. Murphy Oil Corp. |
| Type: | Patent Infringement |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $8,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan A. George, Peter A. Kraus, Susannah B. Chester-Schindler of Waters, Kraus & Paul; Allen M. Stewart, Scott R. Frieling of Allen Stewart, P.C. |
| Case: | Hood v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Failure to Warn; Product Liability |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $7,566,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher M. McDowell, Martin E. Rose of Rose Walker, LLP; F. Leighton Durham, Thad D. Spalding of Kelly, Durham & Pittard, LLP |
| Case: | ThermoTek Inc. v. Orthoflex Inc. |
| Type: | Deceptive Trade Practices |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $7,538,316.00 |
| Attorneys: | Frank W. Robertson, Michael Gomez of Jim S. Adler & Associates, PC |
| Case: | Merrill v. Sprint Waste Servs. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $7,370,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michelle M. Maloney, Gavin H. McInnis of Marynell Maloney Law Firm P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Hernandez v. Pancorvo, M.D.; Shetty, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Delayed Treatment; Medical Malpractice |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $6,758,159.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott Hooper of The Scott Hooper Law Firm |
| Case: | Julie Rogers v. Cody Fox and Sunbelt Rentals Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Truck Accident |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $5,665,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Caroline C. Batten, Justin Hodge, Michelle N. Martinez of Ryan & Dawson |
| Case: | Mejia v. FTU Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Car Accident; Dram Shop Liability |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $5,045,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joel W. Reese of Reese Gordon Marketos |
| Case: | Gerritsen Beach Investments Ltd. v. Southwest Securities Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $4,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ricardo A. Garcia, Lino H. Ochoa, Jody R. Mask of Garcia Ochoa & Mask L.L.P.; Omar Cura, Jr., of Omar Cura, Jr., P.C.. |
| Case: | A.S. v. South San Antonio Independent School District |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Sexual Assault |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $3,710,884.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rusty Hardin, Joe Roden, Jeremy Monthy, Carolyn P. Courville of Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP; David J. Beck, Michael E. Richardson, William R. Peterson of Beck Redden LLP |
| Case: | Enterprise TexasPipeline v. Energy Transfer Fuel |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $3,615,908.00 |
| Attorneys: | D. Scott Snellings, Jason K. Burress of Burress Snelling Law Firm; Andrew L. Payne, Todd R. Ramsey of PayneMitchell Law Group |
| Case: | Montoya v. Williams , et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $3,274,354.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ileana M. Blanco, Brett D. Solberg, Christina E. Ponig of DLA Piper L.L.P. |
| Case: | Laguna Tubular Prods. Corp. v. O.C.T.G. L.L.P. |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David A. Fettner of Fettner Thompson; Crystal J. Parker, Jason G. Johns of Jackson Walker L.L.P |
| Case: | National Judgment Recovery Ctr. v. Massey |
| Type: | Conspiracy; Fraudulent transfer |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $2,809,899.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kyle Findley, Cesar Tavares of Arnold & Itkin, LLP |
| Case: | Luke Meyers v. W& T Offshore Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dangerous Condition; Workplace Negligence |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $2,780,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Corey F. Wehmeyer of Santoyo, Moore, Wehmeyer, P.C.; Michael D. Jones of Jones Gill LLP |
| Case: | Mecom, et al. v. Westport Oil & Gas Co., LP |
| Type: | Oil & Gas; Breach of Contract |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $2,580,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kyle W. Farrar, Wesley T. Ball, William R. Ogden, Mark Bankston of Farrar & Ball LLP |
| Case: | Willoughby v. Cribbs, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Workplace Safety |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $2,421,650.00 |
| Attorneys: | David E. Bernsen, Christine L. Stetson, Cade Bernsen of Bernsen Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Montano v. Orange County |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Civil Rights Violation; Government Negligence |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $2,300,400.00 |
| Attorneys: | Theodore K. Stream, Mario H. Alfaro of Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden, PC; Lisa H. Meyerhoff, Myall S. Hawkins of Baker & McKenzie |
| Case: | Wells v. J-M Mfg. Co. |
| Type: | Property Damage; Breach of Contract |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $2,248,927.00 |
| Attorneys: | Marquette Wolf, Ted B. Lyon Jr., of The Law Firm of Ted. B. Lyon & Associates |
| Case: | Ferrell v. Tyson Foods |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dangerous Condition; Workplace Safety |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $1,720,278.00 |
| Attorneys: | F. Eric Fryar of Fryar Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Bruce v. Cauthen |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $1,665,022.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shaun M. Murphy of Slovak Baron Empey Murphy & Pinkney LLP |
| Case: | A.S. v. N.F. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Assault and Battery |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $1,555,670.00 |
| Attorneys: | John D. Sloan Jr., of Sloan, Hatcher, Perry, Runge, Robertson and Smith Law Firm |
| Case: | Okelberry Vs. Farmers Texas County Mutual Insurance Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |