Top 50 Settlements in Texas in 2019
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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: | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $7,800,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Darin Klemchuk, Mandi Phillips of Klemchuk LLP; Gary R. Sorden, Timothy J. Craddock of Cole Schotz P.C. |
| Case: | DynaStudy, Inc. v. Houston Independent School District |
| Type: | Copyright Infringement, Intellectual Property Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 9 | |
| 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 |
| 10 | |
| 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 | Ravipudi 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 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Paul “Chip” Ferguson, Jr., Timothy 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 |
| 12 | |
| 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 |
| 13 | |
| 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 |
| 14 | |
| 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 |
| 15 | |
| 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 |
| 16 | |
| 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 |
| 17 | |
| 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 |
| 18 | |
| 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 |
| 19 | |
| 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 |
| 20 | |
| 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 |
| 21 | |
| 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 |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $775,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett Anthony, Douglas P. Peterson, Wesley R. Vasquez of Anthony & Peterson, LLP; Ruben Bonilla, Jr., Eddie M. 'Ed Chapa' Chapa of Bonilla & Chapa, PC |
| Case: | Estate of Harvey v. Daybreak Community Services Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $705,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Wade Caldwell, Zachary J. Fanucchi of Caldwell East & Finlayson PLLC |
| Case: | Holt Texas Ltd. v. Texan Rentals & Lease Servs. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $700,421.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard W. Mithoff of Mithoff Law Firm |
| Case: | Adams v. Select Specialty Hospital Houston L.P., et al. |
| Type: | Failure to Diagnose, Hospital Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Failure to Treat, Medication Error, Erroneous Treatment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $650,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jason Kennedy of Harrison Steck P.C. |
| Case: | Marathon Commercial Constr. LLC v. Hightower Plaza Salons LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Commercial Litigation |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $630,534.00 |
| Attorneys: | G. Wade Caldwell, Zachary J. Fanucchi of Caldwell East & Finlayson PLLC |
| Case: | Holt Texas Ltd. v. Pierce Construction Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $607,955.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kimberly A. Bishop of Law Office of Kimberly A. Bishop |
| Case: | Upland Software Inc. v. Ascent Mortgage Resource Group LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $540,543.00 |
| Attorneys: | Donald L. Turbyfill, Deborah C.S. Riherd of Devlin Naylor & Turbyfill, P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | The Bancorp Bank v. Temesgen D.D.S., P.L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note, Commercial Litigation |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan L. Thompson, R. Matthew Graham of Thompson Law LLP |
| Case: | Segovia, et al. v. Salvador |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $494,040.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan L. Thompson, Ryan H. Anderson of Thompson Law LLP |
| Case: | Wiscombe v. Reece Albert Trucking LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $480,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan L. Thompson, Ryan H. Anderson of Thompson Law LLP |
| Case: | Rekieta v. Timco Logistics Systems, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $477,806.00 |
| Attorneys: | Glenn J. Deadman of Glenn J. Deadman PC |
| Case: | Premier General Holdings Ltd., et al. v. Monsour, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Deceptive Trade Practices, Fraud, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Tort, Intentional Misrepresentation, Civil Theft, Commercial Litigation, Negligent Tort, Embezzlement |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $406,949.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger C. Diseker of Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP |
| Case: | Rusco Operating L.L.C. v. Twisted K Services Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan L. Thompson, Ryan H. Anderson of Thompson Law LLP |
| Case: | Bell v. Tello |
| Type: | Dog Bite, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Animal Attack, Negligent Tort |
| 34 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $400,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey G. Wigington, Trace R. Blair of Wigington Rumley Dunn & Blair, LLP |
| Case: | Treutle v. Arana, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort, Catastrophic Injury |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Hieu Huynh of Huynh & Huynh, PLLC |
| Case: | DDS Buyer, et al. v DDS Seller, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Intentional Misrepresentation, Commercial Litigation |
| 35 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $375,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan L. Thompson, Ryan H. Anderson of Thompson Law LLP |
| Case: | Clinton v. Hannah |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jody R. Mask, Alberto L. Guerrero of Cowen Mask Blanchard; Alexander M. Begum of Villarreal & Begum Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Lopez v. Williams Brothers Construction Inc. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Wrongful Death, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 36 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $350,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | James D. Schull of The Law Office of James D. Schull |
| Case: | Mayo, et al. v. Johnson |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $335,204.00 |
| Attorneys: | R. Eric López of R.E. López & Morales |
| Case: | Estate of Cinto v. McMahan’s Flooring Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Entrustment, Gross Negligence, DUI, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $325,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Domingo A. Garcia, Albert Villegas of Law Office of Domingo Garcia, P.C. |
| Case: | Granillo v. Defendant Contractor |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Labor & Employment, Contractor Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $321,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Edward Juarez, Robert A. Canino, Philip Moss of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. United Airlines, Inc. |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Gender Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual Harassment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment, Harassment |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $316,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan D. Adair, John B. Reyna of R. D. Adair, PLLC |
| Case: | Baek v. Bauer, et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Deceptive Trade Practices, Consumer Protection, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $305,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Jason P. Adams of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Palomino v. Garcia, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Spencer P. Browne of Reyes Browne Reilley |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. Ramirez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress, Negligent Tort |
| 42 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $300,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daryl K. Washington of Washington Law Firm, P.C.; Thad D. Spalding of Durham, Pittard & Spalding, LLP |
| Case: | Estate of Mitchell v. Thomas |
| Type: | Wrongful Death, Gunshot Wound, Gross Negligence, Negligent Tort |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $295,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joseph R. Corteguera of Stern Law Group |
| Case: | Singh v. Ortiz |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $284,046.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bradley B. Clark of Bradley B. Clark Law Group, P.C.; Randall J. Poelma, Jr. of Doyen Sebesta & Poelma, LLLP |
| Case: | Travis Roofing Supply of San Antonio LLC v. Childs |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Promissory Note, Commercial Litigation |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $275,900.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mark W. Stout, Alan B. Padfield, Matthew D. Giadrosich of Padfield & Stout LLP |
| Case: | Ivywood L.L.C. v. McCullum |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Property Rights, Commercial Litigation |
| 46 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $275,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | W. Chase Medling, Preston R. Mundt, Ryan M. Roper of Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP |
| Case: | Johnson Properties L.L.C. v. Chileno Properties L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 46 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $275,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Suzanne M. Anderson, Joel P. Clark, Robert A. Canino Jr. of EEOC |
| Case: | EEOC v. Halliburton Energy Services |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Hostile Work Environment, National Origin Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Emotional Distress, Workplace Harassment, Harassment |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $265,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John G. Meazell of Law Office of John Meazell, PC |
| Case: | Espinosa v. Crabtree, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $262,402.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cliff A. Wade, Garrett L. Roberts of Baker Lopez, PLLC |
| Case: | United Laboratories Manufacturing L.L.C. v. Team Effort International L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Quantum Meruit, Commercial Litigation |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ryan L. Thompson, Kimberly P. Charter, Scott K. Koelker of Thompson Law LLP |
| Case: | Tackett v. Pineda |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 49 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Domingo A. Garcia of Law Office of Domingo Garcia, P.C. |
| Case: | Estate of Pineda v. Samira Enterprise Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Entrustment, DUI, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Vicarious Liability |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $245,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | John A. Daspit, Benjamin C. Kennedy of The Daspit Law Firm |
| Case: | Garza v. Rogers |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |