Number 2 Verdicts in Texas in 2017
We are pleased to present to you the list of the second-largest – in each applicable case type (category) – plaintiff and cross-claimant jury verdicts obtained in the State of Texas in the year 2017. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts.
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| $500,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Phillip B. Philbin, Michael D. Karson of Haynes and Boone, LLP; Anthony P. Sammi, Kurt Wm. Hemr, Christopher A. Lisy, James Y. Pak, Rachel R. Blitzer, William J. Casey, Stacey L. Cohen of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
| Case: | Zenimax Media Inc., et al. v. Oculus VR Inc., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Breach of Contract |
| $122,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Glen W. Morgan, John Werner of Reaud, Morgan, & Quinn, LLP |
| Case: | Signature Industrial Services v. International Paper, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Fraud |
| $45,315,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Alan D. Hicks, Richard W. Hunnicutt, III of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Hennes v. JC Fodale Energy Services L.L.C., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Personal Injury |
| $43,600,403.00 | |
| Attorneys: | David Bright, Craig M. Sico of Sico Hoelscher Harris & Braugh LLP; John C. Ramsey of Ramsey Law Group |
| Case: | Price v. Wal-Mart Stores of Texas LLC, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Car Accident |
| $42,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Andrew G. Counts, E. Todd Tracy of The Tracy Law Firm |
| Case: | Seebachan v. John Eagle Collision Center |
| No.2 in: | Product Liability |
| $38,755,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Frank G. Smith, III, Kirk T. Bradley, Linda Chang, Michael C. Deane of Alston & Bird, LLP; Deron R. Dacus of The Dacus Firm |
| Case: | Navico Inc. v. Garmin LTD |
| No.2 in: | Intellectual Property Infringement |
| $27,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Wallace B. Jefferson, Kevin Dubose, Doug W. Alexander of Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP |
| Case: | Crisp, et al. v. The Mcdonald's Corp., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Premises Liability, Wrongful Death |
| $23,193,765.02 | |
| Attorneys: | Christopher B. Trowbridge, R. Heath Cheek, Gregory D. Kelminson, Scott R. Larson (TX) of Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP; S. Todd Parks of Walters, Balido and Crain LLP |
| Case: | Midwestern Cattle Marketing L.L.C. v. Lyon |
| No.2 in: | Negligent Misrepresentation |
| $19,693,257.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Chris S. Hamilton, Stephen Blackburn of Hamilton Wingo, LLP |
| Case: | Confidential Plaintiff v. Confidential Defedent |
| No.2 in: | Professional Negligence |
| $18,460,279.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John Michael Love of Mike Love & Associates, LLC; Jane Swearingen Leger of The Ferguson Law Firm, LLP; Jill Swearingen Pierce of Bradley & Steele, Attorneys at Law |
| Case: | Estate of Morris, et al. v. Grecon, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Burn Injury |
| $16,547,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jim Hart of Williams Kherkher Hart Boundas, LLP |
| Case: | Perkins, et al. v. Perkins v. Maxim Crane Works L.P. |
| No.2 in: | Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety |
| $14,285,505.86 | |
| Attorneys: | Erin J. Oglesby, Tom Rhodes, Robert E. Brzezinski, Samuel W. Royston of Tom Rhodes Law Firm, P.C.; Kathryn Snapka of Snapka Law Firm |
| Case: | Puente v. Martinez, MD, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Medical Malpractice |
| $9,508,100.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mark T. Murray of Stevenson & Murray |
| Case: | Ates v. Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopter Services Inc., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Defective Product |
| $9,025,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Richard W. Hunnicutt, III of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Gilmore v. Unit Drilling of Texas LLC |
| No.2 in: | Construction Accident |
| $8,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Denyse F. Clancy, Chad Cotten, J. Todd Kale of Baron & Budd, P.C.; Samuel I. Iola, Darren P. McDowell of Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC |
| Case: | Estate of Dickson v. Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. |
| No.2 in: | Failure to Warn, Workplace Safety |
| $8,715,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Erin J. Oglesby, J. Thomas Rhodes, III, Robert E. Brzezinski of Tom Rhodes Law Firm, P.C.; Thomas J. Henry, Robert P. Wilson of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Kent v. EOG Res. Inc., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Brain Injury |
| $8,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Randy C. Roberts, Michael Ace of Roberts & Roberts; John C. Ginn of Smith McDowell & Ginn |
| Case: | Knighton v. The Blackland Railroad |
| No.2 in: | Fall |
| $6,966,812.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Nick A. Morrow, John D. Sheppard of Morrow & Sheppard LLP; Guillermo G. del Barrio of Law Offices of Guillermo G. del Barrio, Jr. |
| Case: | Ramirez v. Westwind Development, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Dangerous Condition |
| $6,387,500.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael P. Doyle, Patrick M. Dennis, Jeffrey I. Avery of Doyle LLP; Peter C. Kelly of Kelly, Durham & Pittard, LLP |
| Case: | Gomez M.D. PA v. Memorial Hermann Hospital System |
| No.2 in: | Antitrust Law Violation |
| $6,095,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Steven C. Laird of Law Offices of Steven C. Laird PC. |
| Case: | Price, et al. v. Salem Leasing Corp., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Truck Accident |
| $5,805,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Samantha J. Jarvis, Garland D. Murphy, IV of Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka, LLP |
| Case: | Southbrook Development Corp. v. Diversified Site-Work, Inc., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Theft |
| $5,700,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian E. Mason, Brian N. Hail of Gruber, Johansen, Hail & Shank, LLP |
| Case: | Larsen v. Jones, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| $4,550,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Randall G. Walters of Walters, Balido and Crain LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Sires, et al. v. Nilsson, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Negligent Supervision |
| $2,300,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alexandra White, Ryan Caughey, Alejandra Salinas of Susman Godfrey LLP |
| Case: | WickFire LLC v. TriMax Media LLC, et al. (!) |
| No.2 in: | Tortious Interference |
| $2,150,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Geoffrey M. Allen of Law Office of Geoff Allen, PLLC |
| Case: | Jefferson v. Brazos Contractors Development Inc., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Workplace Negligence |
| $1,800,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gregory F. Cox of Mostyn Law Firm |
| Case: | Griffith v. USAA Texas Lloyd’s Co., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Insurance Bad Faith |
| $1,750,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael S. Callahan, Casey M. Brown of The Callahan Law Firm; Harry C. Arthur of Law Office of Harry C. Arthur |
| Case: | Ferrufino v. Suderman Contracting Stevedores Inc., et al. |
| No.2 in: | Forklift Accident |
| $1,253,284.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Miguel A. Ortiz of Ortiz Law Offices PC; Dirk R. Ashbaugh of Law Office of Dirk Ashbaugh, PC |
| Case: | Villegas v. Baez, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Conversion |
| $1,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael R. Cowen, Malorie J. Peacock of Cowen | Rodriguez | Peacock |
| Case: | Martinez v. Zavala Plus L.L.C. |
| No.2 in: | Failure to Maintain, Negligent Maintenance |
| $1,095,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mike Kerensky of Williamson & Rusnak |
| Case: | Haynes v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. |
| No.2 in: | Railroad Accident |
| $1,080,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Dave F. Wishnew of Gruber, Johansen, Hail & Shank, LLP |
| Case: | Polito, et al. v. Moldovan |
| No.2 in: | Conspiracy, Defamation |
| $1,043,600.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John L. (Lin) McCraw, Elizabeth A. Ontko of The McCraw Law Group |
| Case: | Childers and Trout v. AVPM Corp., dba Stoneleigh Place and Candida Contreras |
| No.2 in: | Assault and Battery, Sexual Harassment, Inadequate Security |
| $1,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Broadus A. Spivey of Spivey & Grigg, LLP |
| Case: | Chacon v. City of Austin, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Civil Rights Violation |
| $870,382.58 | |
| Attorneys: | Jeff Edwards, Scott Medlock, David James of Edwards Law |
| Case: | Anderson v. Knorr |
| No.2 in: | Bicycle Accident |
| $725,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brian W. Butcher, Charles M. Noteboom of Noteboom - The Law Firm |
| Case: | Redelsperger v. Gordon |
| No.2 in: | Intentional Tort |
| $500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas C. Wright, R. Russell Hollenbeck, Raffi Melkonian of Wright Close & Barger, LLP |
| Case: | Udell v. Texas Instruments Inc. |
| No.2 in: | Trip and Fall |
| $369,219.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert S. Notzon of The Law Office of Robert Notzon |
| Case: | Daniels v. Texas Department of Transportation |
| No.2 in: | Labor & Employment |
| $364,970.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Mark A. Acuna, Desi I. Martinez, Damond K. Garza of Martinez & Associates PLLC |
| Case: | Lara v. Soliz, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Bus Accident |
| $324,574.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John N. Tyler, James H. Shaffer of Tyler & Peery |
| Case: | Lozano v. Boyd, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Underinsured Motorist |
| $295,516.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Clint M. Glenny II of The Glenny Law Firm |
| Case: | Rodriguez v. Solis Jr. |
| No.2 in: | Pedestrian Accident |
| $281,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gregory F. Cox, Mark C. Sparks, Justin D. Burrow of Mostyn Law Firm |
| Case: | James v. Texas Windstorm Ins. Assoc. |
| No.2 in: | Property Damage |
| $250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Rebecca L. Fisher of Rebecca L. Fisher, Attorney at Law |
| Case: | Cox v. Brennan, et al. |
| No.2 in: | Hostile Work Environment, Race Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination |