Top 10 Verdicts in Texas in 2020
We are pleased to present to you the list of the top 10 plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in Texas in the year 2020. The list is comprised of various case types that were tried either in state or federal courts of Texas.
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $506,200,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mike McCool, Theodore Stevenson III, Holly E. Engelmann, Erik B. Fountain, Steven J. Pollinger, Kevin L. Burgess, Christine M. Woodin, Seth Hasenour, Samuel F. Baxter, Jennifer Leigh Truelove, Jonathan Yim, Christopher P. McNett of McKool Smith P.C.; Jason G. Sheasby, Hong Zhong, Elliot Z. Chen, Ingrid M. Haslund Petersen, Andrew J. Strabone of Irell & Manella L.L.P; David T. DeZern, Jared Hoggan, Jill Bindler of Gray Reed & McGraw L.L.P |
| Case: | Optis Wireless Tech. L.L.C., et al. v. Apple Inc. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $102,792,510.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert C. Bunt, Charles Ainsworth of Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth P.C.; Jason G. Sheasby, Ben Hattenbach, Anthony Rowles, Lisa S. Glasser, Andrew J. Strabone of Irell & Manella L.L.P. |
| Case: | USAA v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $67,441,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Robert P. Wilson, Marco Crawford, Reggie Blakely of The Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry |
| Case: | Camacho v. Stewart Builders Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Workplace Safety, Forklift Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $33,639,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Art Anderson of Winstead PC |
| Case: | Trinity East Energy, LLC v. City of Dallas, Texas |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Inverse Condemnation, Negligent Misrepresentation, Intentional Tort, Negligent Tort |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $13,478,106.00 |
| Attorneys: | Leon R. Russell of The Russell Law Firm; R. Douglas Gentile of Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes; Frank G. Giunta of Giunta Law, P.C.; Cynthia Hollingsworth of Hollingsworth Walker |
| Case: | Cook v. Valentine |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Brain Injury, Strict Liability, Design Defect |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $13,205,841.00 |
| Attorneys: | David B. Weinstein, Matthew E. Coveler, Emily J. Bogenschutz of Weinstein Tippetts & Little L.L.P.; Travis C. Barton, Jordan K. Mullins of McGinnis Lochridge L.L.P |
| Case: | Daewoo Intl. Corp. v. Atlas Tubular L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $10,250,272.00 |
| Attorneys: | Langdon ‘Trey’ Smith and Michael Gomez of Jim S. Adler & Associates; Francisco Guerra, IV of Watts Guerra LLP; R. Louis Bratton of The Bratton Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Espinoza, et al. v. John Christner Trucking LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $8,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Melissa Richards Smith, Harry L. Gillam Jr., of Gillam & Smith L.L.P; Steven D. Moore, Taylor J. Pfingst, Rishi Gupta, Norris P. Boothe, Scott Kolassa, William E. Mosley, Taylor H. Ludlam of Koballa, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton L.L.P |
| Case: | GREE Inc. v. Supercell |
| Type: | Intellectual Property Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intentional Tort, Commercial Litigation |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $7,396,314.00 |
| Attorneys: | L. Todd Kelly, Jaime Lynn of The Carlson Law Firm, PC |
| Case: | Claxton v. Rayner, et al. |
| Type: | Business Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Failure to Maintain, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $4,675,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | George L. Salinas Jr., John R. Bozada II of Law Offices of George Salinas P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Wammack Jr. v. Howell Crane & Rigging Inc. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Falling Object, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Negligent Training, Crane Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |