Top 10 Verdicts in Texas in 2018
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 plaintiff's jury verdicts* obtained in Texas in the year 2018. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of Texas.
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Note: If you have made this list (Top 10 Verdicts in Texas in 2018) you have also made the list of Top 20 Verdicts in Texas in 2018.
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1 | |
Amount: | $706,200,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Max L. Tribble, Kalpana Srinivasan, Matthew Behncke, Elisha Barron, Rocco Magni of Susman Godfrey LLP |
Case: | Title Source Inc. v. HouseCanary Inc. |
Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Intellectual Property Infringement, Misappropriation of Trade Secrets, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
2 | |
Amount: | $502,600,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Bradley W. Caldwell, Jason D. Cassady, J. Austin Curry, Christopher S. Stewart of Caldwell Cassady & Curry; T. John Ward Jr. of Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC |
Case: | Virnetx Inc. v. Apple Inc. |
Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
3 | |
Amount: | $400,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Jason G. Sheasby, Charlotte J. Wen of Irell & Manella LLP; Guy M. Rodgers of Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP; Robert C. Bunt of Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C.; Elizabeth L. DeRieux of Capshaw DeRieux, LLP |
Case: | Kaist IP US v. Samsung Electronics Co., et al. |
Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
4 | |
Amount: | $247,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | J. Brent Goudarzi, Marty Young of Goudarzi & Young L.L.P. |
Case: | Estate of McPherson v. Jefferson Trucking L.L.C., et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
5 | |
Amount: | $243,236,248.71 |
Attorneys: | Frank L. Branson, Debbie Dudley Branson, Eric T. Stahl, Eugene A. 'Chip' Brooker of Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, P.C. |
Case: | Reavis v. Toyota Motor Corp., et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Brain Injury, Defective Product, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort |
6 | |
Amount: | $166,373,923.00 |
Attorneys: | Matthew R. McCarley, Brice Burris of Fears & Nachawati; Daniel W. Packard, Michael J. Packard of The Packard Law Firm |
Case: | Estate of Fox v. Buckland |
Type: | Conspiracy, Murder, Wrongful Death, Intentional Tort, Insurance Fraud, Stabbing |
7 | |
Amount: | $89,600,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Eric T. Penn of The Penn Law Firm P.C. |
Case: | Blake v. Ali, et al. |
Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
8 | |
Amount: | $44,370,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Byron C. Alfred, Vuk S. Vujasinovic of VB Attorneys |
Case: | Estate of Barron v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp., et al. |
Type: | Dangerous Condition, Falling Object, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
9 | |
Amount: | $43,300,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Alan Grimaldi, Kfir B. Levy of Mayer Brown LLP; Geoffrey P. Culbertson of Patton, Tidwell & Culbertson, L.L.P. |
Case: | Maxell Ltd. v. ZTE Corp. |
Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
10 | |
Amount: | $43,000,000.00 |
Attorneys: | Reid Martin, John F. (Jack) Walker, III, Marisa M. Schouten of Martin Walker, P.C. |
Case: | Pierce v. East Texas Medical Center, et al. |
Type: | Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Misdiagnosis, Negligence in Employment, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Failure to Treat, Negligent Hiring, Inadequate Care, Negligent Entrustment, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
* This and other lists of plaintiff's jury verdicts, in our publication, may occasionally include a small number of counter- and/or cross-plaintiff's jury verdicts.