Top 50 Motor Vehicle Accident Verdicts in Texas in 2019
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $80,005,006.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond L. Thomas of Ray Thomas, PC |
| Case: | Lozano v. JNM Express L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury, Wage & Hour Violation, Labor & Employment, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $59,756,223.00 |
| Attorneys: | Phillip C. Ripper, L. Brent Farney, Dennis J. Bentley, J. Hunter Morris of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Guerrero III v. Pena |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $40,145,909.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jim M. Perdue Jr., Donald H. Kidd, Adam J. Blake of Perdue & Kidd; Errol John Dietze, Raymond H. Reese, Errol John 'Johnny' Dietze, Jr. of Dietze & Reese LLP |
| Case: | Kulik, et al. v. Stallion Production Services LP, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Quadriplegia |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $37,615,818.00 |
| Attorneys: | James L. Mitchell of PayneMitchell Law Group; Charla G. Aldous, Brent Walker of Aldous \ Walker LLP |
| Case: | Milburn v. American Honda Motor Company Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Truck Accident, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Catastrophic Injury, Quadriplegia |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $33,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert C. Hilliard, Marion M. Reilly, John C. Duff, Rudy Gonzales, Jr., G. Joseph Barrientos, Alex Hilliard, Jessi J. Pritchett, Bradford P. Klager, Catherine Tobin Hilliard of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales L.L.P. |
| Case: | Siegel, et al. v. Yamaha Golf-Car Co., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Brain Injury, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Quadriplegia, Design Defect |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $20,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Charla G. Aldous, Brent Walker, Caleb M. Miller of Aldous \ Walker LLP |
| Case: | Becker v. Greyhound Bus Lines, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $19,215,779.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clay Dugas of Clay Dugas & Associates; Charlton P. Hornsby of Charlton P. Hornsby, PC |
| Case: | Simpson v. Genesis Energy L.P., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $12,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel O. Goforth, Ryan D. King, Avi Moshenberg of Goforth Law Firm P.C.; Jim S. Hart of Williams Hart Boundas Easterby, LLP |
| Case: | John v. New Prime Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $6,450,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eloy E. Gaitan, Steven J. Kherkher, Cesar Tavares, Jim S. Hart, Kevin C. Haynes of Williams Hart Boundas Easterby, LLP |
| Case: | Galindo, et al. v. Great Southwestern Construction, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $5,371,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bart Behr, Milton G. Hammond of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Guerrero v. Drummond |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,700,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Spencer P. Browne of Reyes Browne Reilley |
| Case: | Metheny v. Drina Trans Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Underinsured Motorist, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $2,830,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan A. Green, Andrew Patchan of Baron & Budd, P.C. |
| Case: | Cobbs v. Williams Brothers Construction Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $1,893,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric D. Nielsen, Edward Festeryga of The Nielsen Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | M.C., Pro Ami v. Argueta |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Failure to Maintain, School Bus Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident, On-board Accident |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $1,819,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond L. Thomas of Ray Thomas, PC; Alexander M. Begum, Mario A. Cisneros of Begum Law Group |
| Case: | Beard v. Petrochem Transport, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $1,691,412.07 |
| Attorneys: | Bryan Schoeppey, Alexander M. Begum of Villarreal & Begum Law Firm |
| Case: | Porter v. Herrera, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $1,375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John B. Martinez, Marion M. Reilly, John C. Duff of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales L.L.P.; E. Chevo Pastrano of The Pastrano Law Firm |
| Case: | Rodriguez, et al. v. Air Performance Services, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Retention |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,320,830.00 |
| Attorneys: | Amy K. Witherite, Kristofor Heald of Witherite Law Group |
| Case: | Moore v. Harbin |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven C. Laird, Seth D. McCloskey of Law Offices of Steven C. Laird PC. |
| Case: | Hoak v. Sunrise Freight Systems Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Failure to Train, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,217,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Clay Dugas of Clay Dugas & Associates; Charlton P. Hornsby of Charlton P. Hornsby, PC |
| Case: | Shiver v. W&B Sevice Co. L.P., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $963,541.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua P. Davis, Margaret R. Allbritton of Davis Law Group |
| Case: | Holt v. Gator Gone Safety Pilots, et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Falling Object, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Truck Accident, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $856,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian W. Butcher of Noteboom - The Law Firm |
| Case: | Hurley v. Gordon, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Entrustment, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Catastrophic Injury |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $595,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert E. Haslam of The Haslam Firm; Darrell L. Keith of Keith Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Jones v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $518,247.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott W. Browne of Browne & Browne |
| Case: | Phillips v. Lopez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $502,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Johnny N. Garza Jr. of Adame & Garza, LLP; Daniel D. Horowitz, III of The Law Office of Daniel D. Horowitz, III PC |
| Case: | Clark v. Martinez, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Failure to Hire, Negligent Entrustment, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $450,512.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric D. Nielsen, Rasheed A. Taylor of The Nielsen Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Gammel v. Vazquez-Buezo |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $440,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael R. Rowland, Desiree Marrufo of Ketterman Rowland & Westlund |
| Case: | McKinney v. Goswitz |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $437,093.00 |
| Attorneys: | Eric D. Nielsen of The Nielsen Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Robbins v. Snipes, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $422,495.00 |
| Attorneys: | George Salinas, Eunice F. Moore of The Law Offices of George Salinas, PLLC |
| Case: | Cervantes, et al v. Souquette |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $416,518.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chance A. McMillan, David Aziel Garcia of Garcia McMillan Law Firm PLLC |
| Case: | Darby v. Allstate Insurance Company |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $400,260.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian H. Crockett, William G. Kanyha of Crockett Law, P.C. |
| Case: | Kuykendall v. Allstate Fire & Casualty Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ben C. Martin , Laura J. Baughman, Thomas Wm. Arbon, Kolter McKenzie of Martin Baughman, PLLC |
| Case: | Estate of Rigsby v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Premises Liability, Railroad Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $386,009.45 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua A. Fogelman of Fogelman & Von Flatern, LLP (FVF Law Firm); Justin A. Hill of Hill Law Firm |
| Case: | Burgess v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $379,138.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carlos R. Cortez, Meghana (Megna) Wadhwani of Cortez Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Townsend v. Johnson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $372,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Guajardo of Guajardo & Marks |
| Case: | Pillor v. HME Executive Coach Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Fall, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Single-Vehicle Accident, On-board Accident |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $337,228.00 |
| Attorneys: | Glenn A. Perry, Justin A. Smith of Sloan Firm |
| Case: | Covingston v. Fry |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $320,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua A. Fogelman, Matthew Breeland of Fogelman & Von Flatern, LLP (FVF Law Firm) |
| Case: | Diaz v. Encompass Indemnity Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $306,344.00 |
| Attorneys: | Chance A. McMillan, Mathew Mendoza of McMillan Law Firm PLLC |
| Case: | Romero v. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Mass Transit Accident, Single-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Retention |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $305,122.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher T. Morrow, Robert L. Ranco, Scott J. Braden of Komie & Morrow, LLP |
| Case: | Arevalo v. Phan, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $285,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Dominic M.V. Braus, Joshua L. Crowley, Ryan A. Luna of The Carlson Law Firm PC |
| Case: | Willis v. Bush |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $268,815.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew E. Toscano, Candelario S. Trevino of Gene Toscano Inc. |
| Case: | Miers v. Urquidez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $260,217.00 |
| Attorneys: | David W. Bergquist, Jovani Diaz of Bergquist Law Firm |
| Case: | Samie v. Allstate County Mutual Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $257,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hector G. Longoria of Hector Longoria PC |
| Case: | Duong v. Dea Transports Co. LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $255,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason DeSouza, J. Scott Frederick of DeSouza Law, PC |
| Case: | Ellzey v. Whitley, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Deceptive Trade Practices, Fraud, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Underinsured Motorist, Intentional Tort, Insurance Broker Malpractice, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 43 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $255,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wade A. Barrow of Barrow Law PLLC |
| Case: | Radcliffe v. Barnett |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Fidel Rodriguez, Jr., Fidel Rodriguez III of Law Offices of Fidel Rodriguez, Jr. |
| Case: | Torgerson v. Allstate Property and Casualty Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $249,812.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jordan A. Glaze, Joshua C. Garrett of Glaze Garrett, PLLC |
| Case: | Trevino, et al. v. Tijerina, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $247,464.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher K. Johns of Lapeze & Johns, PLLC |
| Case: | Puentes, et al. v. Smith |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $242,188.00 |
| Attorneys: | James M. Lassiter III, Timothy M. McHale, Mohammed Nabulsi of Lassiter Law Firm |
| Case: | Williams v. Blair |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $238,915.53 |
| Attorneys: | Scott R. Frase of Jim S. Adler & Associates |
| Case: | Valles, et al. v. Granflor |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Head-on Collision, Negligent Tort |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $235,195.00 |
| Attorneys: | Scott R. Frase of Jim S. Adler & Associates |
| Case: | Saenz v. Allstate Fire & Casualty Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $235,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas R. Madsen, Bradford "Brad" Bonilla, Courtney Dibrell Graham of Bonilla Law Firm |
| Case: | Salazar v. Guerrero, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Failure to Hire, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |