Top 20 Settlements in Texas in 2019
We are pleased to present to you the list of top 20 settlements obtained in Texas in the year 2019. The list is comprised of cases filed either in a state or federal court, and those settled prior to commencing a lawsuit.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $235,900,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ken Paxton of Texas Attorney General's Office |
| Case: | Paxton v. Xerox Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Intentional Tort |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $52,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael L. Slack, John R. Davis of Slack Davis Sanger LLP; Roger N. Heller, Jonathan D. Selbin of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein; Joe K. Longley of Law Offices of Joe K. Longley |
| Case: | Grigson v. Farmers Group Inc. |
| Type: | Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, Insurance Bad Faith, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, Insurance Fraud |
| 3 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $50,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erin Gaines, Enrique Valdivia, Amy R. Johnson of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA); David Frederick of Frederick, Perales, Allmon & Rockwell, PC; David T. Bright of Sico Hoelscher Harris LLP |
| Case: | Wilson v. Formosa Plastics Corp. |
| Type: | Pollution, Environmental Protection, Clean Water Act , Negligent Tort |
| 3 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $50,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ken Paxton of Texas Attorney General's Office |
| Case: | State of Texas, et al. v. Career Education Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Consumer Fraud, Unfair Business Practices, Failure to Disclose |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $23,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan H. Zehl, Matthew L. Martin, Eric J. Allen of Zehl & Associates, PC |
| Case: | Burley v. Johnson Supply and Equipment Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Head-on Collision, Catastrophic Injury |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $11,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Gardner of Labaton Sucharow LLP |
| Case: | Hall, et al. v. Rent-A-Center Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Class Action, Deceptive Trade Practices, Fraud, Securities Fraud, Intentional Tort, Failure to Disclose |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $8,881,481.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ken Paxton of Texas Attorney General's Office |
| Case: | Paxton v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Deceptive Trade Practices, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, Strict Liability, Failure to Disclose |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ken Paxton of Texas Attorney General's Office |
| Case: | AG Paxton v. DePuy, et al. |
| Type: | Consumer Fraud, Deceptive Trade Practices, False Advertising, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, Strict Liability |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $6,087,629.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hank Stout, Graham E. Sutliff of Sutliff & Stout, Injury & Accident Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Mild v. Detmar Logistics, LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $5,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ladd C. Sanger, Michael L. Slack of Slack Davis Sanger LLP; Kevin R. Boyle, Matthew J. Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP; Joseph A. Bosco of LaRose & Bosco, Ltd. |
| Case: | Kos v. Superior Air Parts Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Aviation Accident, Failure to Warn, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Defective Product, Failure to Maintain, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Design Defect |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul “Chip” Ferguson, Jr., Tim M. Ferguson of The Ferguson Law Firm, LLP |
| Case: | Wagner v. Vance, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $2,050,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Shane V. Mullen, Joseph R. Morrison of Mullen & Mullen Law Firm |
| Case: | Minor Passenger v. Car Driver |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $1,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett M. Chisum, Levi G. McCathern, II of McCathern, PLLC |
| Case: | Cowboys Stadium L.P. v. Stiff |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Landlord-Tenant, Commercial Litigation |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $1,606,411.00 |
| Attorneys: | Teresa R. Schober, Ryan G. Kercher, James M. (Jim) Schober of Schober & Schober, PC |
| Case: | American Bank of Commerce v. North By Northwest Parkside L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note, Commercial Litigation |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $1,489,233.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Douglas Kilday of Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody |
| Case: | AWL Insurance Agency Inc. v. Health Solutions One L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note, Commercial Litigation |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $1,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cynthia L. 'Cindy' Saiter, Sameer A. Hashmi of Scott Douglass & McConnico LLP |
| Case: | Luminex Corp. v. CQuentia Series Holdings L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $1,300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger 'Rocky' Walton of Law Firm of Roger (Rocky) Walton P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Freeman v. Masters |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,179,650.00 |
| Attorneys: | Asher B. Griffin, John W. Ellis of Scott Douglass & McConnico LLP |
| Case: | Mutual Mobile Inc. v. SchooLogics Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,079,781.00 |
| Attorneys: | Harry P. Susman, Daniel Wilson of Susman Godfrey LLP |
| Case: | Wilson v. Fluid Power Equipment Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Commercial Litigation |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Corey F. Wehmeyer of Santoyo Wehmeyer P.C. |
| Case: | Luxemborg Trading, LLC v. Organ Mountain Energy LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $898,619.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason W. Snell, Melissa White, John Robert Skrabanek, Lance Cawthon of The Snell Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | South Dakota Trust Co. L.L.C. v. All Star Burger Davenport L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note, Commercial Litigation |