Top 50 Settlements in Texas in 2016
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $50,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick K. Sweeten, David A. Talbot, Pedro Perez, Nanette DiNunzio, Jacob A. Petry, Gabriella Gonzalez, Raymond G. Olah of Texas Attorney General's Office |
| Case: | State of Texas v. Volkswagen Group of America Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Fraud & Misrepresentation; Consumer Protection |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $32,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin C. Mizer of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | United States ex rel. Daniel v. Vibra Healthcare LLC |
| Type: | Qui Tam; Healthcare Fraud |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $27,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert E. Ammons, April A. Strahan of The Ammons Law Firm LLP; James R. Dunnam of Dunnam & Dunnam, LLP |
| Case: | Juandiego v. Sanderson Farms Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $19,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patricia Stein of Texas Attorney General's Office |
| Case: | State of Texas v. Bristol-Myers Squibb |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $11,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin N. Colquitt, Meagan Martin of Standly Hamilton; Charles S. Siegel, Loren Jacobson, Caitlyn E. Silhan of Waters, Kraus & Paul; Anthony Taibi, Michael A. Kornbluth of Taibi Kornbluth Law Group, PA; Jeffrey A. Newman of The Law Offices of Jeffrey A. Newman & Associates |
| Case: | USA ex rel. Sullivan, et al. v. Atrium Medical Corp. |
| Type: | Qui Tam; False Claims Act; Anti-Kickback Statute |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $10,045,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elizabeth L. Loeb of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC |
| Type: | Clean Air Act Violation |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $5,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel E. Zytnick, Patrick R. Runkle of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | USA v. Goodman Co. LP |
| Type: | Consumer Protection |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $5,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mitchell J. Katz, Danielle Estrada, Melissa Dickey of Federal Trade Commission |
| Case: | FTC v. Hold Billing Services Ltd., et al. |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $4,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Cruden of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | United States of America v. Kirby Inland Marine L.P |
| Type: | Pollution |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John C. Cruden of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | United States of America v. KTX Limited., et al. |
| Type: | Pollution |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $3,075,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bob Wells of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | United States Ex Rel. Malcolm v. Elite Lab Services LLC., et al. |
| Type: | Qui Tam; Fraud |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $3,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin C. Mizer of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | U.S. EX REL. Ponzio v. Rabintex Industries LTD. |
| Type: | Qui Tam; Defense contract |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $2,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sam Reyes of Reyes Law Firm; Derrick S. Boyd, G. Alan Powers of Boyd Powers and Williamson |
| Case: | Estate of Dokey v. SPF Castro Trucking L.L.C. Enrique Castro Trucking., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Truck Accident |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charlene C. Koonce, Mitch Little of Scheef & Stone, L.L.P |
| Case: | Crawford Receiver v. Forex Capital Markets LLC |
| Type: | Fraud |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,025,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Sullivan, Patrick Runkle of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | United States of America v. GNC Holdings Inc. |
| Type: | Product Liability |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | D. Bradley Kizzia of Kizzia Johnson PLLC |
| Case: | Carlton v. Haynes |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $1,163,660.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brandon Gleason, J. Hamp Skelton of Skelton & Woody |
| Case: | Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. v. HWY 3 MHP L.L.C |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,042,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rodolfo L. Sustaita of Equal Employment Opportunity Comission; Melissa A. Moore of Moore & Associates |
| Case: | EEOC v. Lawler Foods Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action; Race Discrimination |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rick Freeman of Rick Freeman P.C; J. Hamilton Rial of Johnson Rial & Parker PC; John Ragland of Ragland Law Firm, LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Harrison v. Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Samples of Samples Ames PLLC |
| Case: | Estate of Mcgehee v. Batts., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stuart R. White of Liles White PLLC |
| Case: | The Estate of Gonzalez v. Jaime Estrada, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robyn Hanson of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | United States of America v. Sunoco Pipeline LP |
| Type: | Toxic Exposure |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $802,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allen C. Rudy., Jr., G. Leroy Street of Street & Rudy L.L.C |
| Case: | Glenn v. Shuey |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Fraud |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Talmadge Hammock of Hammock Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Huckaby and Newberry v. The Bal Harbour Association |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Dangerous Condition; Premises Liability |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $725,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hector Ruiz, Karen Ruckert, Jennifer Swedish & Alisa Philo of U.S. Department of Justice; Ann E. Cruce-Haag of U.S. Attorney's Office |
| Case: | United States of America v. Lubbock Texas |
| Type: | Race Discrimination |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $645,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason B. McMinn, Justin D. McMinn of McMinn Law Firm |
| Case: | Pro ami, Flores v. Boyle, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident/ Pedestrian Accident |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $625,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allison S. Hartry, Lawrence Morales, II of The Morales Firm, P.C |
| Case: | Casanova., et al. vs. Gold's Texas Holdings Group., et al. |
| Type: | Fair Labor Standards Act Violation; Employer's Liability |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter E. Ferraro of The Ferraro Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Takota Corp. v. Reitmeyer & Assocs. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Fraud |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $498,279.00 |
| Attorneys: | Don H. Magee, Michael A. Wren of McGinnis Lochridge |
| Case: | PlainsCapital Bank v. CTCC L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $475,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Max Lapertosa, Michael Lockhart, Alissa Humphrey, Christopher McGreal, Todd Hicks, Garth A. Corbett, Laura Odom, Sean A. Jackson of U.S. Department of Justice |
| Case: | United States of America., et al. v. City of Beaumont Texas. |
| Type: | Disability Discrimination |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $465,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Domingo A. Garcia of Law Office of Domingo Garcia, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Jaimes v. Highway Technologies Inc. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Work Accident |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $450,536.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kemp W. Gorthey, Kendall L. Bryant of The Gorthey Law Firm; William C. Pollard of William C. Pollard, Attorney and Counselor |
| Case: | Rosengarten, Smith & Assocs. v. 360Factors Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $440,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rogge Dunn of Clouse Dunn LLP |
| Case: | Patricia Hahn v. Scott Davidson M.D |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Assault and Battery; Sexual Harassment |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $428,311.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garret C. Greak of Greak Law P.C. |
| Case: | Dial Lubricants Inc. v. Schmidt Land Servs. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Quantum Meruit |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott W. Wert of Bailey & Galyen |
| Case: | Edwards v. Hearn, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Watercraft Accident |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $364,393.00 |
| Attorneys: | Glenn S. Orman, Michael T. Cooke of Friedman Suder & Cooke PC |
| Case: | XTO Energy Inc. v. Southern Energy Fund I, LP |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $334,739.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Steve Mostyn of Mostyn Law Firm |
| Case: | Candelario Fuentes and Maria Fuentes v. State Farm Lloyds |
| Type: | Insurance Bad Faith |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $310,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Rudy Beuttenmuller of Thomas, Cinclair & Beuttenmuller, P.C. |
| Case: | Madison Partners v. Jones |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith C. Purdue, E. Michael Grossman, Nathan W. Shackelford, John W. Pate of Grossman Law Offices |
| Case: | Draper v. Cover 2 Research, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Car Accident |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steve Dummitt of The Carlson Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Salgado v. Matamoros., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident; Underinsured Motorist |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew B. Sommerman of Sommerman, McCaffity & Quesada, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Wolfe v. The City of Grand Prairie, et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Failure to Treat; Medical Malpractice |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $280,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph W. DiCecco, Glenn R. Lemay, Christopher M. Raney of Gordon & Rees LLP |
| Case: | Loper v. Schultz |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Conversion |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $275,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William K. Adams of The Adams Law Firm |
| Case: | Stephanie Thompson v. Anna Chee Wong |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $260,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard M. Grimes of Grimes & Fertitta, P.C. |
| Case: | Hurtado v. Avance Houston Inc. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Negligent Supervision |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $255,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | David J. Baluk, Keith E. Patton of Shrader & Associates, LLP; Kirk M. Claunch of The Claunch Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Foster v. Berryman Products Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Toxic Exposure; Product Liability |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clay Miller, Warren M. Armstrong of Miller Weisbrod LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Acosta Jr. v. Texsun Environmental |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Work Accident; Workplace Safety |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $240,758.00 |
| Attorneys: | Grant A. Bannen, Daniel R. McCabe of Bush Rudnicki Shelton, P.C. |
| Case: | AMW Enter. Ltd. v. Go Frac Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $240,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | L. James Berglund II, Catherine W. Clemons of Thompson & Knight LLP |
| Case: | Matter v. Johnson., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Fraud |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $235,265.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher T. Morrow, Nicholas M. Buttry, Scott J. Braden of Komie & Morrow, LLP |
| Case: | Adeku v. Leatherman, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $232,366.00 |
| Attorneys: | Aaron D. Davidson of Klemchuk LLP |
| Case: | Infogain India Pvt. Ltd. v. NextGen Innovation Labs L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $216,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Stewart Shurtleff, Nicholas S. Brooks of Griffith Davison & Shurtleff, PC. |
| Case: | Garland Eastgate II v. National Retail & Commercial Contractors Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Fraud |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $208,050.00 |
| Attorneys: | C. Jake Posey of The Posey Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Amero Energy Partners v. Go Frac |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian W. Butcher, Charles M. Noteboom of Noteboom - The Law Firm |
| Case: | Secka v. Donahue., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Race Discrimination; Assault and Battery |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dewey M. Dalton, Dewey M. Dalton, Jr. of Jones, Allen & Fuquay LLP |
| Case: | Southlake Equipment Co. Inc. v. Congress Materials LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract; Quantum Meruit |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William E. Hymes of Loncar & Associates |
| Case: | Crawford v. Green, et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | William T. Wells of Law Office of Bill Wells |
| Case: | Barron v. Abney |
| Type: | Personal Injury; Car Accident |
| 48 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Greg Abbott, Daniel T. Hodge, John Scott, Tommy Prudhomme, Gary Norton, Jacob A. Petry of Texas Attorney General's Office |
| Case: | State of Texas v. Dews Research L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Deceptive Trade Practices |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $190,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey N. Todd of The Law Firm of Alton C. Todd |
| Case: | Estate of Pesak v. University of Texas Medical Branch |
| Type: | Wrongful Death; Improper Treatment; Hospital Malpractice |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $183,833.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gina McCarthy of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Case: | US EPA v. Baylor University, et al. |
| Type: | Pollution |