Number 1 Verdicts in Texas' Counties in 2023
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We are pleased to present to you a list of the largest – in each applicable case type (category) – plaintiff's jury verdicts obtained in several of Texas' counties in the year 2023. The list is comprised of cases either tried or originated (mostly both) in the corresponding counties below.
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| $1,200,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Bradford J. Gilde of Gilde Law Firm PLLC; Jacob Schiffer of Schiffer Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Victim of Internet Revenge v. Jackson |
| No. 1 in: * | Invasion of Privacy, Personal Injury, Psychological Injury, Cybercrime |
| County: | Harris |
| $860,012,006.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jason A. Itkin, Alexandra Poulson of Arnold & Itkin LLP; Michael P. Lyons of Lyons & Simmons LLP; Jonathon Clark of Glasheen, Valles & Inderman, LLP |
| Case: | Williams, et al. v. Bigge Crane & Rigging, Co., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Construction Accident, Falling Object, Wrongful Death, Crane Accident |
| County: | Dallas |
| $557,106,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | J. Kyle Findley, Kala F. Sellers of Arnold & Itkin LLP |
| Case: | Johnson v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Pedestrian Accident, Railroad Accident, Amputation, Bodily Injury, Train v. Pedestrian Collision |
| County: | Harris |
| $325,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jacob Mancha of Mancha Law |
| Case: | S.K. v. Kou |
| No. 1 in: * | Personal Injury, Child Abuse |
| County: | Bexar |
| $209,292,019.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Caj Boatright, Roland Christensen of Arnold & Itkin LLP |
| Case: | Schneider v. Terra Energy Partners LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Work Accident, Wrongful Death, Occupational Injury |
| County: | Harris |
| $157,000,306.36 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert R. Burford, Brent Perry, Zachary Carlson of Burford Perry, LLP; Jeff Diamant of Jeff Diamant P.C.; Shawn A. Johnson of SAJ Law PLLC |
| Case: | Yosowitz, et al. v. Kay, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Shareholder Dispute |
| County: | Harris |
| $69,250,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael D. Stacy, George A. Boll of Juneau, Boll & Stacy PLLC |
| Case: | Beatty v. Puga |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Car v. Pedestrian Collision |
| County: | Brazos |
| $53,965,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Sean E. Breen, Chris Lavorato of Howry Breen & Herman LLP; Brian Lauten of Brian Lauten, P.C.; Robert Swafford of Strike for Cause Jury Consulting |
| Case: | Taylor v. Oncor Electric Delivery Co., LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Personal Injury, Electrical Injury, Utility Negligence |
| County: | Dallas |
| $41,920,186.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Todd Mensing, Taylor Freeman, Jane Robinson, Cameron Byrd, Harrison Scheer, Hilary Greene, Thomas Cooke of Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing PLLC; Chris Hogan, James Schuelke, Johnathan Mondel of Hogan Thompson Schuelke LLP |
| Case: | El Dorado Gas & Oil, Inc., et al. v. ETC Field Services, LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Rights, Natural Resources |
| County: | McMullen |
| $41,441,202.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jonathan Stark, Christopher Carver of Daniel Stark Law, PC |
| Case: | Currie v. Landry, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, DUI, Truck v. Truck Collision |
| County: | Limestone |
| $21,613,634.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Daryl K. Washington of Washington Law Firm PC; J. Gregory Marks of Law Office of J. Gregory Marks; Jasmine F. Crockett of The Crockett Law Firm, PLLC; Thad D. Spalding, Shelby J. White of Durham, Pittard & Spalding LLP |
| Case: | Estate of J.E. v. Oliver |
| No. 1 in: * | Excessive Force, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct, Law Enforcement Misconduct |
| County: | Dallas |
| $17,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Michael Cowen, Malorie Peacock of Cowen Rodriguez Peacock |
| Case: | Zieske v. Hyster-Yale Group Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Work Accident, Forklift Accident, Amputation, Occupational Injury, Forklift v. Worker Accident |
| County: | Hidalgo |
| $16,857,276.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Maxey M. Scherr of Scherr Law Firm, PLLC; Robert Collins of Robert Collins & Associates; Christy Crowe Childers of Childers McCain, LLC |
| Case: | Mendoza v. Titan Transport., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Work Accident, Occupational Injury, Truck v. Truck Collision |
| County: | Dallas |
| $13,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Carlos Leon, Piero Garcia of The Leon Law Firm, PC; Jim S. Hart, Sean McCarthy of Williams Hart Boundas LLP |
| Case: | Read, et al. v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Wrongful Death, Train v. Car Collision |
| County: | El Paso |
| $10,650,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Maxey M. Scherr of Scherr Law Firm; Robert L. Collins of Robert L. Collins & Associates; John C. Camillus of Law Offices of John C. Camillus |
| Case: | Favela v. Swift Transp. Co. of Arizona LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Falling Object, Work Accident, Occupational Injury, Falling Object v. Worker Collision |
| County: | El Paso |
| $10,362,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Russell W. Endsley, Thomas J. Henry, Roger Turk, Travis Venable, Richard Hunnicutt, Kevin Norris of Thomas J. Henry Law Firm; Eddie Morales, Clint Butler of Langley & Banack, Inc. |
| Case: | Kimber v. Roywell, LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Truck v. Truck Collision |
| County: | La Salle |
| $9,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | John Zavitsanos, Jason McManis, Louis Liao, Michael Gorrell of Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing; S. Scott West, Maddison M. West of The West Law Firm; Christopher E. Moore of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.; Richard L. Tate of Richard L. Tate Attorney |
| Case: | DNOW LLP v. Eoff, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| County: | Fort Bend |
| $8,500,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Amy E. Gibson, David L. Wiley of Gibson Wiley PLLC |
| Case: | Jackson v. Granbury SNF LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Wrongful Termination, Whistleblower Retaliation |
| County: | Hood |
| $7,680,002.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin D. Evans, Thomas J. Turner, Bethany Gingras of Cain & Skarnulis PLLC |
| Case: | Circle F Investments, LP, et al. v. Ray, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Landlord-Tenant, Wrongful Eviction |
| County: | Comal |
| $5,646,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Deborah Hensley, Edward Hensley of Hensley Law Firm; Luke Dow, Jack Holtzman of Wenholz | Dow, PC |
| Case: | Combs v. Nussell, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Truck v. Truck Collision |
| County: | Travis |
| $4,531,207.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Terry Bryant, Gregg Anderson of Terry Bryant PLLC |
| Case: | Kliewer v. ES Transport LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Car v. Truck Collision |
| County: | Harris |
| $4,305,664.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jared W. Capps of Daspit Law Firm |
| Case: | Brown v. BNSF Ry. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Work Accident, FELA , Occupational Injury |
| County: | Tarrant |
| $4,300,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jack Walker, Marisa Allen of Martin Walker, PC; Michael Richardson, Robert C. Hilliard, Catherine T. Hilliard, Alexander Hilliard, Aissa L. Barrera of Hilliard Law |
| Case: | Lacey v. Walmart Stores, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Truck v. Pedestrian Collision, Retail Premises Liability |
| County: | Smith |
| $3,996,285.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Gary Cruciani, Scott Hejny, Patrick Pijls of McKool Smith |
| Case: | OSGHD LLC v. Nomi Health, Inc. |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Contract |
| County: | Dallas |
| $3,839,872.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Kevin Terrazas, Belinda Arambula, Eric Hudson, Jennifer Foster of Terrazas PLLC; Robert J. McKee of The McKee Law Group, LLC |
| Case: | Homeowners v. Construction Cos. |
| No. 1 in: * | Toxic Exposure, Contractor Negligence |
| County: | Travis |
| $3,150,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jacob Karam of Karam Law Office, PLLC |
| Case: | Washington v. Texas Roadhouse of Mansfield, Ltd. |
| No. 1 in: * | Restaurant Negligence |
| County: | Tarrant |
| $3,070,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | R. James Amaro, Matthew A. Elwell, Anna J. McMullen of Amaro Law Firm |
| Case: | Estate of Reyes, et al. v. Zaid Ansari, Inc., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Premises Liability, Car v. Pedestrian Collision, Automotive Premises Liability |
| County: | Harris |
| $3,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Van Shaw, Daniel K. Hagood, Jeremy B. “Beau” Powell of Law Offices of Van Shaw |
| Case: | Estate of Bradley v. Levine, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death, DUI, Single-Vehicle Accident, Car v. Passenger Accident |
| County: | Montgomery |
| $2,883,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Sean E. O’Rourke, Nicholas Simon of Simon & O’Rourke Law Firm; S. Benjamin Shabot of Beeton Shabot LLC |
| Case: | Clark v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Assault & Battery, Admiralty Law, Jones Act |
| County: | Harris |
| $2,470,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Sally Metcalfe of Metcalfe Law, PLLC; Matthew Breeland of Breeland Injury Law, PLLC; Todd Clement of Clement Speer Law Firm; Matthew J. Kita of Matthew J. Kita, Attorney |
| Case: | Bostick v. Baylor Scott & White Health, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Bone Fracture, Healthcare Premises Liability |
| County: | Burnet |
| $2,000,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jeffrey Joseph Lehrman of Anderson Lehrman Barre & Maraist |
| Case: | Rowland v. SR Trident |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Fiduciary Duty |
| County: | San Patricio |
| $1,680,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Demetrio Duarte, Jr. of Duarte & Molina, PC |
| Case: | Oviedo v. Garcia |
| No. 1 in: * | Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Legal Malpractice |
| County: | Starr |
| $1,660,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Sarah Patel Pacheco, Joshua R. Flores of Jackson Walker LLP |
| Case: | Bean v. Bean |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Rights, Wills, Trusts & Estates |
| County: | Harris |
| $1,251,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Rolando Salinas, Marco Salinas, Claudio Heredia of Knickerbocker, Heredia, Salinas & Salinas, P.C. |
| Case: | Ramirez v. De Los Santos |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Car v. Car Collision |
| County: | Maverick |
| $1,109,498.33 | |
| Attorneys: | L. Todd Kelly of Muery, Farrell & Kelly, PC; Craig W. Carlson, Julie L. Peschel of The Carlson Law Firm PC; Tyler Talbert of Scanes, Yelverton & Talbert, LLP |
| Case: | Davis, et al. v. Amazon.com Servs. LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Car v. Car Collision |
| County: | Bell |
| $1,049,634.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Corey F. Wehmeyer, Andrew Simank, Renee Yanta of Santoyo Wehmeyer P.C. |
| Case: | Ridge Renewables, LLC v. Southwestern Public Service Co., et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Rights |
| County: | Hale |
| $917,874.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Robert C. Alden of Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson LLP |
| Case: | Gabeletto v. Freedman |
| No. 1 in: * | Bone Fracture, Car v. Car Collision |
| County: | Harris |
| $822,900.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Fernando R. Cruz of Cruz Injury Lawyers PC |
| Case: | Soliman v. Ballou |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Multi-Vehicle Accident, Car v. Car Collision |
| County: | Bexar |
| $816,926.92 | |
| Attorneys: | John T. McNeff, Nathan P. Kennedy of The Carlson Law Firm, P.C. |
| Case: | Norton v. Rosenbrock, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Car Collision |
| County: | Travis |
| $696,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Charles R. Houssiere III, Randal A. Kauffman of Houssiere, Durant & Houssiere LLP |
| Case: | Black-Clark v. Gulf Coast Spine Care Ltd. PA |
| No. 1 in: * | Medical Malpractice, Surgical Error |
| County: | Harris |
| $638,337.00 | |
| Attorneys: | W. Kelly Puls, Brian T. Burkhardt of Puls Law PLLC |
| Case: | Smithson v. TxDOT |
| No. 1 in: * | Motorcycle Accident, Premises Liability, Single-Vehicle Accident, Public Premises Liability, Motorcycle v. Premises Accident |
| County: | Tarrant |
| $601,497.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Scott J. Davenport of Davenport Law Firm P.C. |
| Case: | Salas, et al. v. Schulz |
| No. 1 in: * | Head-on Collision |
| County: | Harris |
| $496,662.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Chris Arnell of Arnell Law, PLLC; Marcus L. Fifer of Marcus L. Fifer Law Firm, PLLC |
| Case: | Hernandez v. Southern Solar, LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Consumer Fraud, False Advertising |
| County: | Dallas |
| $460,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | W. Craft Hughes, Jarrett L. Ellzey, Leigh S. Montgomery, Ghazzaleh Rezazadeh of Hughes Ellzey LLP; Richard A. Hinojosa of Hinojosa Law P.L.L.C. |
| Case: | Frometa v. Swash Car Wash LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Workers' Compensation |
| County: | Harris |
| $339,692.94 | |
| Attorneys: | Kim Jones Penepacker, Matthew Aulsbrook of Aulsbrook Law Firm |
| Case: | Ferguson v. Holland |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Motorcycle Collision |
| County: | Tarrant |
| $283,582.00 | |
| Attorneys: | J. Mark Sudderth of Noteboom - The Law Firm |
| Case: | Mandell v. Jenkins, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Car Collision |
| County: | Tarrant |
| $266,918.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Steve Cichowski of Davis Law Firm |
| Case: | Stebbings v. Labatt Food Serv. LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Motorcycle Accident, Truck v. Motorcycle Collision |
| County: | Bexar |
| $265,705.57 | |
| Attorneys: | Matthew Malone, Valeri Stiers Malone of Malone Legal Group, PLLC |
| Case: | Doss v. Lopez |
| No. 1 in: * | Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Car v. Car Collision |
| County: | Lubbock |
| $264,834.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Alec T. Dudley, Whitley B. Zachary of Cokinos Young |
| Case: | Martinez v. JWHAC LLC |
| No. 1 in: * | Property Damage, Construction Defect |
| County: | Bexar |
| $254,400.00 | |
| Attorneys: | J. Thomas Bagby, Averie Maldonado of Brylak & Associates L.L.C. |
| Case: | Kaiser v. Progressive County Mut. Ins. Co. |
| No. 1 in: * | Uninsured Motorist |
| County: | Bexar |
| $227,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jimmy M. Negem, Joe M. Worthington, Jimmy M. Negem Jr., Nicholas M. Negem of Negem & Worthington |
| Case: | Cain-Johnson v. Horn |
| No. 1 in: * | Car v. Car Collision |
| County: | Dallas |
| $211,210.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Ethan L. Shaw, John P. Cowart of Shaw Cowart L.L.P. |
| Case: | Garner, et al. v. CCR Roofing LLC, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Unpaid Commissions |
| County: | Travis |
| $190,085.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Benjamin C. Kennedy of The Daspit Law Firm |
| Case: | Smith v. Amin |
| No. 1 in: * | Motorcycle Accident, Car v. Motorcycle Collision |
| County: | Harris |
| $140,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Brittney L. Thompson, Jamie J. Gilmore of Bailey & Galyen |
| Case: | Stella v. Tarrant County, TX |
| No. 1 in: * | Disability Discrimination |
| County: | Tarrant |
| $110,392.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Thomas F. Bickham Jr., David B. Swick of Bickham Law |
| Case: | Graham v. Metro. Transit Auth. of Harris County |
| No. 1 in: * | Train v. Passenger Accident |
| County: | Harris |
| $105,000.00 | |
| Attorneys: | Jessica Bebawi of The Daspit Law Firm |
| Case: | Hennessey v. DART, et al. |
| No. 1 in: * | Bus v. Passenger Accident |
| County: | Dallas |