Top 20 Settlements in Texas in 2017
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $430,488,798.00 |
| Attorneys: | U.S. Attorney's Office of J. Mark Penley |
| Case: | United States of America v. ZTE Corp. |
| Type: | IEEPA Violation |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $298,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | U.S. Attorney's Office of James N. Boeving, Jeannette Vargas, Joseph Cordaro and Jaimie Nawaday, Jean-David Barnea, Caleb Hayes-Deats, Stephen Cha-Kim |
| Case: | USA v. Americus Mortgage Corp., et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $150,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Duston K. McFaul, Kenneth W. Irvin, David E. Kronenberg of Sidley Austin LLP |
| Case: | In Re Ultra Petroleum Corp. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $100,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Lewis S. Kahn of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC; Carl E. Goldfarb of Boies, Schiller & Flexner; Jessica B. Pulliam of Baker Botts LLP |
| Case: | The Erica P. John Fund Inc., et al. v. Halliburton Company, et al. |
| Type: | Misrepresentation, Securities Fraud |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $97,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | X. Jay Alvarez, Danielle S. Myers, Austin P. Brane, James A. Caputo of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP |
| Case: | Marcus v. J.C. Penney Company Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $62,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter B. Haskel, Barbara E Rosenberg, E. Leon Carter, James Pinson, Thomas P. Perkins, Robert Sayles, Richard A. Sayles, Thomas P. Perkins, Jr. of Texas Attorney General's Office |
| Case: | Arredondo, et al. v. The City of Dallas Texas |
| Type: | Class Action, Unpaid Wages |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $26,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Brent Goudarzi of Goudarzi & Young L.L.P. |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Troy Construction LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $12,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | U.S. Attorney's Office of J. Scott Hogan, Lindsey Beran, Sean R. McKenna & Lynette Wilson |
| Case: | United States Ex Rel. Capshaw, et al. v. Bryan K. White, et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Louis Gottlieb, Thomas A. Dubbs, Ross Kamhi, Wendy Tsang of Labaton Sucharow LLP; John Rizio-Hamilton of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP |
| Case: | In Re: KBR Inc. Securities Litigation |
| Type: | Class Action, Securities Fraud |
| 9 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $10,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | EEOC of James Tucker |
| Case: | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Race Discrimination, Retaliation |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $10,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian H. Crockett of Crockett Law |
| Case: | Robert and Brenda Hogan, et al. vs. John Floyd Nichols SR., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Legal Malpractice |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $6,600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Federal Trade Commission of Edward Glennon; Mamie Kresses |
| Case: | Federal Trade Commission v. Catlin Enterprises Inc., et al. |
| Type: | False Advertising, Fraud, FTC Violation |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $5,782,848.00 |
| Attorneys: | Allen R. Vaught, Melinda Arbuckle of Baron & Budd, P.C.; D. Scott Carlile, Casey Q. Carlile of Carlile Law Firm LLP |
| Case: | Williams v. Go Frac L.L.C. |
| Type: | Class Action, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | U.S. Attorney's Office of Jill Venezia ; Joel M. Androphy, Janis Gorton of Berg & Androphy |
| Case: | USA v. Health Services Management Inc., et al. |
| Type: | False Claims Act, Fraud |
| 13 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Avenatti, Ahmed I. Ibrahim, Jason M. Frank of Eagan Avenatti LLP; R. Jack Ayres, Jr., Christopher S. Ayres of Ayres Law Office, PC |
| Case: | Greco, et al. v. National Football League, et al. |
| Type: | Fraudulent Concealment, Negligent Misrepresentation |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,663,516.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Rogge Dunn of Rogge Dunn Group, PC |
| Case: | Representation of C-Level Executive against a Fortune 200 Oil & Gas company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $3,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John D. Bell of Wood Boykin & Wolter P.C. |
| Case: | Hanover Insurance Co. v. Robstown Independent School District |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $3,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeff Edwards of Edwards Law |
| Case: | Ketty Sully v. City of Austin |
| Type: | Excessive Force, Wrongful Death, Gunshot |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $2,642,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Rogge Dunn of Rogge Dunn Group, PC |
| Case: | C-Level executive against Fortune 400 Oil & Gas company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Baldemar F. Gutierrez of The Gutierrez Law Firm; Erin J. Oglesby, Tom Rhodes, Samuel W. Royston of Tom Rhodes Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Benavides v. Estate of Martinez, et a l. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of Jeffrey H. Wood, Nicole Veilleux, Asia A. Womack, Robert Klepp |
| Case: | USA, et al. v. Vopak Termianl Deer Park Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Pollution, Environmental Protection, Clean Air Act |
| 18 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | U.S. Department of Justice of Kenneth Magidson |
| Case: | Somarriba Ex Rel. v. Advanced Containment Systems Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, False Claims Act, Fraud |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gavin H. McInnis, P. Ryan Toomey, Paula A. Wyatt, James F. Perrin of Wyatt Law Firm, Ltd. |
| Case: | Madrid v. Keystone Petroleum NM L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Negligent Supervision, Premises Liability, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death |
| 19 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $2,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Federal Trade Commission of Heide L. Herrmann |
| Case: | USA v. Commercial Recovery Systems Inc., et al. |
| Type: | FTC Violation, FDCPA Violation |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dicky Grigg, Rick Leeper of Spivey & Grigg, LLP |
| Case: | Garcia v. Layne Christensen Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |