Top 50 Verdicts in Texas in 2020
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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 |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $4,109,750.00 |
| Attorneys: | William W. Lundquist of Lundquist Law Firm; Robert D. Green, William Jones, Hunter Klein of Green & Klein |
| Case: | Commerce Office Park‐One, L.P. v. Texas Windstorm Ins. Assoc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Insurance Bad Faith, Property Damage |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $4,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Muhammad S. Aziz of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner |
| Case: | Pruitt v. Asphalt Zipper Inc. |
| Type: | Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Defective Product, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $3,941,969.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert E. Goodman Jr., Eric N. Roberson, of Kilgore & Kilgore P.L.L.C |
| Case: | Grim v. City of Denton |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort |
| 14 | |
| Amount: | $3,936,826.00 |
| Attorneys: | S. Scott West, Maddison M. West of The West Law Firm |
| Case: | Tatom v. Production Specialties Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Product Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Fall, Defective Product, Negligent Maintenance, Negligent Tort, Strict Liability, Design Defect |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $3,619,804.00 |
| Attorneys: | Millard A. Johnson, Bradley L. DeLuca Johnson DeLuca Kurisky & Gould P.C; Russell Foster, Brandon T. Darden of Carver DardenKoretzky TessierFinn Blossman & Areaux L.L.C |
| Case: | ANKOR E&P Holdings Corp. v. Yazoo Venture L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Unjust Enrichment, Quantum Meruit |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $3,420,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael R. Cowen and Malorie J. Peacock of Cowen Rodriguez and Peacock |
| Case: | Tovar v. M Construction Ltd. |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Dangerous Condition, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Wrongful Death, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $1,958,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Mike Moriarty of Moriarty Law Firm; Jud Waltman, The Lanier Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Garner v. Waldrop Construction |
| Type: | Construction Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Negligence, Fall, Negligent Tort |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $1,586,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Peter Scaff, Mary Frazier, Philip Morgan of Bradley ArantBoult Cummings L.L.P; Rhonda R. Weiner, Gardere Wynne Sewell L.L.P |
| Case: | Ahmed v. Mehta |
| Type: | Fraud, Unjust Enrichment, Intentional Tort, Breach of Duty of Care |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $1,178,742.00 |
| Attorneys: | Matthew L. Benson, of Matthew L. Benson, P.C. |
| Case: | Anson Distributing L.L.C. v. Starco Impex Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Quantum Meruit |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $1,135,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Robert P. Wilson of The Law Offices of Thomas J. Henry |
| Case: | Jackson v. Texdoor Transportation, L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Training, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $1,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Elizabeth Wang, Gayle Horn, Jonathan I. Loevy, Megan Pierce, Rachel Steinback of Loevy & Loevy |
| Case: | Winfrey Jr. v. Johnson |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Wrongful Imprisonment, False Arrest, Intentional Tort, Police Misconduct, Unreasonable Search & Seizure, Spoliation of Evidence |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $736,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Carnegie Mims, Husein Hadi of the Hadi Law Firm |
| Case: | Gonzalez v. GEICO |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Deceptive Trade Practices, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Consumer Protection, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $681,850.00 |
| Attorneys: | Adam Lewis, Joseph McGowin of Arnold & Itkin LLP; Aron Hutchins of Holt Hutchins PLLC |
| Case: | Elrod v. Siegert Water Wells, Inc. et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $600,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Camp, John Roven of Roven Camp, PLLC; Jeffrey Chod of Chod Law, LLC |
| Case: | Bailey v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. |
| Type: | Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, FELA, Negligent Tort |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $565,268.00 |
| Attorneys: | Luisa F. Calderon of Ferguson BraswellFraser Kubasta P.C.; Charles B. Holm, Peter J. Bambace, Kyle M. Smith, Kevin D. Didway of Holm Bambace L.L.P |
| Case: | J Bar Consol. L.L.C. v. GTM Real Estate Partners L.L.C. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Quantum Meruit, Civil Theft |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $521,872.00 |
| Attorneys: | Jerry C. Alexander of Passman & Jones A.P.C |
| Case: | Reliance Prop. Mgmt. Inc. v. Central Ins. Cos. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Deceptive Trade Practices, Insurance Bad Faith, Consumer Protection |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $490,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kyle L. Dickson, Patrick C. Bates of Murray Lobb P.L.L.C |
| Case: | Traffic Sys. Constr. Inc. v. C&D Scrap Metal Recyclers Co. Inc. |
| Type: | Conspiracy, Fraud, Misrepresentation, Conversion, Intentional Tort |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $487,637.00 |
| Attorneys: | Armin R. Mizani of Mizani Law Firm; Patrick Gallaghe of J. Patrick Gallagher P.C; Thomas M. Michel of Griffith Jay & Michel L.L.P |
| Case: | Arce v. Nelson, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 29 | |
| Amount: | $470,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Daniel B. Linebaugh, Timothy R. Allen of The Linebaugh Law Firm P.C |
| Case: | Hodges v. Steadham Trucking Co. |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Underinsured Motorist, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $425,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory N. Jones of Law Office of Gregory N. Jones |
| Case: | The HouReal Corp. v. Rescue Concepts Inc. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $416,448.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Crain, Quentin Brogdon, Darrell W. Calvin Jr., of Crain Lewis Brogdon L.L.P |
| Case: | Burgar v. USAA |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $414,537.15 |
| Attorneys: | Lisa Norman, Kathryn Baird of Andrews Myers, P.C.; Jiten Khurana of The Khurana Law Firm |
| Case: | Horizon International Group, LLC v. Armstrong Field Services, LLC |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Commercial Litigation |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $337,760.00 |
| Attorneys: | James R. Ames, Steve Samples of Samples Ames P.L.L.C |
| Case: | Hill v. Mendes, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Brain Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $235,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Wesley H. M. Gould, Gregory H. Bevel of Rochelle McCullough L.L.P. |
| Case: | Appleby v. Home Depot |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Forklift Accident, Failure to Supervise, Failure to Train, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $213,596.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith W. Lapeze, Taylor L. Shipman of Lapeze & Johns P.L.L.C |
| Case: | Gonzalez, et al. v. Hjerpe, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Training, Negligent Entrustment, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior, Negligent Retention |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $188,739.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian W. Zimmerman, David M. Scott of Zimmerman, Axelrad, Meyer, Stern & Wise P.C |
| Case: | Houstonian Home Renovations L.L.C. v. Conely |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Unjust Enrichment, Promissory Note, Quantum Meruit, Promissory Estoppel |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $186,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robbie Malone, Xerxes Martin, Jin S. Shin of Malone Frost Martin P.L.L.C |
| Case: | United My Funds L.L.C. v. Perera |
| Type: | Conspiracy, Fraud, Conversion, Intentional Tort |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $165,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brett S. Thomas of Roebuck & Thomas P.L.L.C |
| Case: | Markham v. Patterson-UTI Drilling Co. |
| Type: | Dangerous Condition, Failure to Warn, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Negligent Tort |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $162,256.00 |
| Attorneys: | Victor R. Rodriguez, Amy K. Witherite of Witherite Law Group |
| Case: | Stewart-Osarvonamen v. Reynolds |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $153,044.00 |
| Attorneys: | John M. Padilla, James Rodriguez, Joaquin Rodriguez, Zachary F. Caballero of Padilla & Rodriguez L.L.P. |
| Case: | Torres v. Anderson |
| Type: | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Tort |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $151,658.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Martin Futrell, Amy K. Witherite of Eberstein & Witherite L.L.P |
| Case: | Gallimore v. Escobar, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $151,500.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ethan L. Shaw, Rachel Crutchfield, John P. Cowart of Shaw Cowart L.L.P |
| Case: | Johnson v. Mercury Cnty. Mut. Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Underinsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $144,246.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachary D. Herbert of Herbert Law Group P.L.L.C |
| Case: | Coley v. Allstate Fire and Cas. Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist, Negligent Tort |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $128,069.00 |
| Attorneys: | Raymond D. Martinez, Jonathan L.R. Baeza of Martinez & Martinez Law Firm |
| Case: | Burns v. Nielsen |
| Type: | Civil Rights Violation, Disability Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, Labor & Employment, Intentional Tort, Workplace Harassment, Harassment |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $125,356.00 |
| Attorneys: | Kimberly G. Kleinhans, Keith L. Kleinhans of Law Office of KG P.L.L.C; Timothy B. Moss, Blake C. Erskine Jr., Mark B. Blackburn of Erskine & Blackburn L.L.P |
| Case: | Thomas v. Herbst |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $119,850.00 |
| Attorneys: | Zachary O. Luce, F. Scott De La Garza of DLG Luce Salazar P.L.L.C; Jeremy R. Sloan of Chunn, Price, Harris & Sloan P.L.L.C., |
| Case: | Ruiz v. Chavarria |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $119,050.00 |
| Attorneys: | Abraham Garcia of Abraham Garcia, Attorney at Law |
| Case: | Velazquez v. Davis |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $117,985.00 |
| Attorneys: | Karishma Patel Sandesara of Jim S. Adler & Associates |
| Case: | Gilhooly v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Ins. Co. |
| Type: | Breach of Contract, Car Accident, Insurance Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Uninsured Motorist |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $112,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | J. Luke Dow, David C. Wenholz, Sean B. Swords of Wenholz Dow P.C. |
| Case: | Brown, et al. v. DCOMM Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $100,426.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua P. Davis of Davis Law Group |
| Case: | Walker-Sanneh v. Lewis |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Negligent Tort, Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior |